All second-grade teachers, coaches, and administrators are invited to join the literacy team for Second-Grade Night Out on February 1st at 4:15 at South Jordan Middle School. This month we will be talking about vocabulary instruction and best practices for second-grade teachers. Please join us for this informative and fun evening! Please share the attached flier with anyone who may be interested in attending.
February 2023 School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns Meeting
DATE:
January 16, 2023
TO:
School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Fulvia Franco, Guidance Consultant
SUBJECT:
February School Psychologists & School Psychology Interns Meeting
A meeting for school psychologists and school psychology interns has been scheduled for Friday, February 3, 2023, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building (7905 South Redwood Road). Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, Neurology, Learning and Behavior Center will provide us with a presentation on Understanding, Evaluating, and Treating Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) in Children, including a review of diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and assessment, treatment, and resources.
Part-time Staff: I would appreciate it if you could adjust your schedules in order to attend this meeting.
cc: Principals
The JEF Challenge Run is on for 2023!
Hello Principals,
The JEF Challenge Run is on for 2023!
A representative from the JEF Challenge Run Committee would like to meet with your faculty to discuss the Challenge Run sometime in the next 30 days. We have a short 10-minute presentation we'd like to share at your next soonest faculty meeting.
Below is a Google Link. Would you please select a date and time in the next 30 days that would work for you? Thank you!
Urgent LETRS Final Reminder
The final sessions of LETRS training offered by USBE are available for registration. No new sessions will be added so it is important that all teachers who are taking LETRS training through USBE register for the sessions they need ASAP.
- Unit 5, MIDAS #60810 (General Registration) Aug. 2022 through Feb. 2023
No additional unit 5 sections will be added after this unit has ended.
MIDAS #60810 enrollment link - Unit 6, MIDAS #60788 (General Registration) Oct. 2022 through April 2023
No additional unit 6 sections will be added after this unit has ended.
MIDAS #60788 enrollment link - Unit 7, MIDAS #60789 (General Registration) Jan. 2023 through June 2023
No additional unit 7 sections will be added after this unit has ended.
MIDAS #60789 enrollment link - Unit 8, MIDAS #60790 (General Registration) March 2023 through Sept. 2023
No additional unit 8 sections will be added after this unit has ended.
MIDAS #60790 enrollment link
Full-Time Benefit-Eligible Substitute Continuation
Dear Administrators,
During 2021-22 and continuing through the 2022-23 year, schools were given the option to hire benefit-eligible substitutes for which the school paid half the cost (including benefits) and the District paid half. This position was originally intended to be temporary through 2022-23.
GREAT NEWS! As this option has shown to be a benefit to schools, it will now be available going forward.
CURRENT SUBSTITUTES
For schools who are currently taking advantage of the benefit-eligible substitute position, the following information will apply:
- The position will continue for the 2023-24 and future years. You will not need to submit a change form unless you need to change the budget codes.
- If your current benefit-eligible substitute resigns, you have the option to repost the position. Please follow the job posting steps below.
- If your funding availability changes in the future, the substitute position will be subject to a Reduction in Force. Please contact Brent Burge to work through this process.
POSITION INFORMATION
- Benefit-eligible substitutes will be contracted to work 180 days per year.
- Pay is equivalent to the ESP Lane 4 Step 1 at eight hours per day ($18.52/hour or $148.16/day for the 2022-23 year). (The District may modify this amount as needed) The contract will be paid over 10 months, September to June.
- This position is eligible for benefits, including insurance, leave time and Retirement.
- The benefit-eligible substitute is expected to arrive 15 minutes prior to students arriving and stay 15 minutes after students leave. These benefit-eligible substitutes will be paid full days on Fridays/shortened days as long as they stay 15 minutes after students leave.
- This position must be posted in Frontline and the schools must follow all hiring procedures established for Contract ESP positions, including:
- Requisition submitted
- Position posted for a minimum of five working days
- All applicants must be screened by the administration to determine interview eligibility
- Interviews conducted following best practices
- Recommendation for hire submitted, prior to any job offer, including submitting all interview notes
- Minimum of two references complete. One must be with the current/most recent supervisor
Please contact a Human Resource Administrator or Recruiter if you have questions regarding this position.
Panorama Student Success Implementation and Renewal
DATE:
January 18, 2023
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
SUBJECT:
Panorama Student Success Implementation and Renewal
The Panorama Student Success platform is a tool to proactively identify student needs and focus on building students’ sense of belonging and relationships. This platform provides immediate and timely information to quickly identify students who may be in need of interventions. Student Success is, at its most basic function, a data-dashboard for school teams to diagnose school/student needs and areas in need of immediate attention. When used, this tool will empower your teams to identify, track, and intervene with students more effectively.
Panorama’s Student Success platform is an early warning system and the only such vendor approved by the State. Currently each elementary, middle, and high school in Jordan District is on the State approved list for the subsidized amount of $2,000. For 2022-23 school year only, Student Services covered the cost for every school to have full access to Student Success. The Student Success contract ends on June 30, 2023.
This information is being shared with you at this time so you may plan your budgets accordingly.
If you are in need of any training, whether it be a refresher or in-depth, please reach out to Travis Hamblin at travis.hamblin@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8439. Trainings can be done in-person or virtually or time can be arranged with Panorama to conduct an ‘office hours’ drop-in style training.
Assistant Principal Meetings – February 2 & 7, 2023
The February Assistant Principal meetings will be held on February 2 (8:00-11:00am) and February 7 (8:00-11:00am). All meetings will be held in-person at the JATC-S. All assistant principals and intern assistant principals are invited. A beverage service will be provided, beginning at 7:30 am at each of the meetings. As a reminder you only need to attend one of the sessions offered per month. Both sessions will provide the same information. Please CLICK HERE and it will take you to the Google Doc to sign up for which day you would like to attend. If you have any questions please call Nadine Page at 801-567-8182 (x88182). Thank you!
Grow With Us Job Fair
Explore endless opportunities in education at the Jordan Job Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 – 8 p.m. at Oquirrh Hills Middle.
Find out about openings for school bus drivers, classroom assistants, custodians, cafeteria workers, substitute teachers, and more. A representative from all schools and departments throughout the district with open positions will be in attendance.
Principal Meeting – January 31, 2023
STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (EIP)
Are you interested in or currently pursuing a STEM endorsement? Let USBE PAY FOR YOUR EDUCATION! This is called the STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (EIP). See our EIP website for a full list of endorsements.
Reimbursement applications for courses completed in Fall/Winter 2022 will be reviewed after the January 27, 2023 deadline. Another round of reimbursements will be available for classes taken in Spring 2023.
See the attached flyer and link to our EIP website for more information. If you have any questions, please reach out to your content consultant. We would love to talk to you!
GoalView / EdPlan Update for Special Education Staff
District Special Education Staff,
Due to technical difficulties that we have experienced with EdPlan in addition to a meeting with the EdPlan group, it has been decided that it would be in our best interest to switch back to Goalview for the time being. This switch will take place on Tuesday, January 17th. Please note the following:
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Progress Reports: Continue moving forward with progress reports for this quarter as previously planned. Click here for the template
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If possible, you should reschedule any meeting planned for Friday, January 13th until after the switch takes place. If you are unable to reschedule please make sure to download a hard copy of any generated documents from the meeting so that it can be uploaded to Goalview.
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Anything that has been created in EdPlan will be migrated over to Goalview in the next few weeks. This will be done at the district level.
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Both EdPlan and Goalview will be unavailable over the weekend. Goalview will be available starting on the 17th.
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You will still be able to access EasyTrac as you did before using the link in Goalview. Everything that has been entered up to this point will still be there. You will not need to re-enter any information.
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New teachers will receive a condensed training in Goalview in the near future. Date and times will be forthcoming.
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For Kauri Sue Hamilton School and South Valley School please see your administrators for your process.
Thank you for your patience as we work on upgrading this system. We recognize that everyone has worked very hard to make this transition. Unfortunately, there are still some modifications that EdPlan needs to correct before the platform can meet the needs of our district.
2023 Health & Wellness Meal Instructions
More details regarding the Health & Wellness Day will be coming. In order to give departments and schools time to plan meals the following information is being shared now.
Principals and Department Directors should arrange for lunch or breakfast for all your employees one day from February 6th–9th . Please do not schedule meals on February 10th so all employees feel free to participate in the Health and Wellness Day activities occurring that day.
Traditional schools (i.e. the 42 elementary schools, 13 middle schools and 7 high schools) will receive an additional $12 per employee in the school’s supply budgets. Traditional schools may then charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 0050 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.
All other schools (i.e. Kauri Sue Hamilton (including the Child Development Center), River’s Edge (including the Jordan Family Education Center), South Valley, JATC North, JATC South, Valley High School, and Southpointe Adult High) will also have $12 per employee available. However, these schools will need to charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 1090 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process.
District departments will also have $12 per employee available. Departments should charge the cost of this meal to 10 E xxx 9054 yy90 639 by submitting the receipt to Accounting through the normal P-Card or NPO process. The “yy” listed in the account above will differ for each department as follows:
Superintendent – 24
Associate Superintendent – 24
Administrators of Schools – 24
Accounting, Budgets, and Audits – 25
Auxiliary Services – 26
Business Administrator – 25
Career & Technical Education – 22
Central Warehouse – 26
Communications – 28
Custodial and Energy – 26
Equity & Compliance – 21
Evaluation, Research & Accountability – 10
Facilities – 26
Human Resources – 28
Information Systems – 28
Instructional Support Services – 22
Insurance Services – 25
Jordan Education Foundation – 22
Language and Cultural Services – 21
Nurses – 21
Nutrition Services – 26
Payroll – 25
Purchasing – 26
Transportation – 27
Special Education – 22
Student Services – 21
Teaching and Learning – 22
Transportation – 27
Discontinued Notice: “Special Program” Banners in Elementary Schools
Some elementary schools have an old “Special Programs” banner hanging in their halls. These banners were distributed many years ago, and some of the programs they promoted are no longer active. Schools can feel free to remove the banner from their halls.
Of note: The Teaching and Learning department still sponsors enrichment programs such as debate, Monster Math, Story Weavers, and the math tournament. More information about the enrichment programs can be found on the Gifted and Talented website or by contacting Rebecca Smith @ 88368.
Walk to Read Extension Resources
Since the number of Walk to Read extension groups has increased, schools may need extra copies of the resources the Gifted and Talented department provided when Walk to Read began.
If your school is using the resources for more than one classroom of students in Walk to Read extensions, you can order more copies on this Google form.
You can view the cover of the resource books on this link.
Before ordering on the form--- Please verify with your grade-level teams as to the resources they are using, the number of extension groups, and the additional copies that are needed.
Please make the requests by February 1, 2023.
Registration for Elementary Math Tournament
Please see the attached document for registration and other information for the Elementary Math Tournament at Daybreak. Registrations are due on Friday, February 17 and can be submitted via this Google Form.
Please contact Rebecca Smith (88368) with any questions you may have.
Jordan School District at UCET 2023
For those who don’t know about the UCET Conference, this is the annual, state-wide educational technology conference for teachers, coaches, and administrators. This fantastic conference is a wonderful opportunity to improve digital learning in your schools!
Digital Teaching and Learning (DTL) wants to ensure that one administrator, from each school, has the opportunity to attend the conference this March 14th and 15th. To that end, DTL is providing each school with a complimentary administrator registration. To apply for your complimentary registration, please fill out the form below. If you find you are unable to attend UCET, the registration may be transferred to another admin or educator in your building.
In addition to an administrator registration, DTL is also providing a complimentary registration for each digital coach (secondary)or instructional coach (elementary) in the district. For those in secondary, this also includes the required substitute for the days of the conference. Please use #5655 for the sub code. We are excited to have a huge presence at this year’s UCET Conference and can’t wait to strengthen the technology skills of our fantastic coaches!
You must apply by January 27, 2023 so we can secure your registration.
Please contact Jared Covili, Digital Teaching and Learning Consultant, with any questions, jared.covili@jordandistrict.org.
Instructional Leadership Conference “Teaching Begins with the Learner” – March 23 and 24, 2023
The Conference will be held March 23 & 24, 2023 at Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo. Registration fees for 1 administrator and up to 2 teachers per school will be provided by Teaching & Learning. Sign up HERE before March 8, 2023. Please contact LeAnn Nelson for questions.
District office administrators and teacher specialists interested in attending may also sign up using this LINK.
The 2023 Instructional Leadership Conference has an incredible line-up of speakers! Look for flyers in district mail or visit the website.
Coverage for Open Unfilled Assistant Custodial Positions
TSI and CSI Calculations for All Schools Now Available
DATE:
Thursday, January 12, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
CSI/TSI Calculations Released by USBE for All Schools
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Targeted School Improvement (TSI) and Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) are two school designations under the state’s ESSA plan and are part of the state’s school accountability system. The purpose of these two school improvement programs is to help schools identify and support student groups that are struggling academically.
Schools are designated as TSI if one or more of its student groups’ total school report card points earned is in the bottom 5% statewide for two consecutive years.
Schools are designated as CSI if one of the following conditions are met:
- They are a high school with a low graduation rate in the year CSI was calculated (every three years).
- They are a Title I school that has one or more student groups identified as TSI that haven’t exited after four years.
- They are a Title I school where the total student population’s school report card points earned is in the bottom 5% of Title I schools statewide in the year CSI was calculated (every three years).
For your information, CSI was calculated for the 2021-22 school year.
USBE has recently released the school report card calculation data for TSI designations, and the results may be accessed in school administrator Tableau accounts. School administrators may use this information to identify student groups that are close to being designated as TSI, or in other words, student groups that have one year below the state’s 5% threshold of the two consecutive years required. The 2021-22 TSI Calculations for All Schools Statewide dashboard may be accessed here.
Title I schools may also see a similar view for CSI calculations for their total student population here. Using this dashboard, school principals will be able to see how close to the 5% threshold their student population came to being designated as CSI for each of the school report card indicators.
For questions about TSI, CSI, school report cards, or the state’s school accountability system, please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
Establishing Procedures for WIDA Test Proctors to Ensure Students Do Not Have Access to Personal Technology Devices
DATE:
Thursday, January 12, 2023
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Identifying School Procedures to Prevent Plagiarism During WIDA Testing
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In order to provide targeted supports to multi-language learners, educators need valid and reliable data from assessments that help pinpoint a student's academic language ability. Plagiarism negatively effects the validity and reliability of that data.
As part of normal classroom instruction, many ML students are accustomed to using their device (cell phones or smart watches) to help them communicate and understand their learning. Thus, they have a natural tendency to want to use that technology to help them understand and communicate their learning on the WIDA Access. WIDA test proctors must explicitly communicate to students that their devices are not allowed or needed for the test because we need to understand what they can do without the aid of their device. WIDA test proctors must also implement procedures to ensure students do not have access to their personal technology devices during testing.
The 2022-23 WIDA Access Test Administration Manual states (see page 4):
"A key responsibility of all staff involved in testing is to ensure students are actively monitored during testing and do their own work. Test proctors are to ensure students don't use internet-connected devices, such as cell phones, while testing. Follow your state's test security policies and, whenever possible, have students leave their devices outside the testing room. The use of unapproved devices during testing or the submission of copied or plagiarized responses can result in student scores being invalidated."
The WIDA Access test vendor has the capacity to detect plagiarism from other websites. When this occurs, actions will need to be taken to investigate the issue by the school administration in collaboration with Evaluation, Research & Accountability.
To help schools formulate their procedures regarding student personal technology during the WIDA Access test administration, we are asking school test coordinators, in collaboration with their school administration, to fill out a survey form prior to test day that outlines the step-by-step procedures test proctors will use so that students do not have access to their personal technology devices during testing. The form may be accessed here. A copy of the questions is attached with this memo. In addition, school test coordinators will need to ensure that all WIDA Access test administrators and proctors are aware of and follow the outlined procedures to prevent plagiarism so that ML students have the best opportunity to demonstrate what they know and can do.
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions regarding this new requirement.