Jordan School District
A COVID-19 booster clinic will be held in the Oquirrh Hills Middle Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 23 from 4 - 7 p.m. A limited number of doses will be available on a first come, first served basis.
The following vaccines will be available:
DATE:
February 17, 2022
TO:
All Principals
Secondary Registrars
Secondary Attendance Secretaries
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Michelle Love-Day, Consultant, Language & Culture Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Clarification on Enrollment of Asylees and Refugees
Please see memo below.
DATE:
Thursday, February 17, 2022
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Acadience Reading Analysis Dashboard Updated with MOY Benchmark Results
The Acadience Reading Analysis Dashboard has been updated to include the middle-of-year benchmark results for schools and the district going back to 2015. The dashboard contains the following data:
Each of these dashboards contain student group filters to help you drill deeper into the data. The student groups that are included are economically disadvantaged, EL, minority and students with a disability.
You may access the Acadience Reading dashboards here. You can also navigate to the dashboards within your Tableau Viewer account this way:
Explore menu > Acadience Reading & Early Literacy > School Acadience Reading Analysis, 2015-2022
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with questions about these dashboards or to set up a time to discuss your school’s results.
Only 6 additional sections were added to the LETRS for Admin, part 1, course (#60389). Any administrative participants who would like to enroll for Part 1 can do so by following the links below:
LETRS for Amin, part 1 (Admin Overview) – Course #60389
The remaining dates for these sessions include March 4, 15, 31, April 8, 13 & 26.
You do NOT need to have the Principal’s Primer book read before this session.
LETRS for Amin, part 2 (Principal Primer) – Course #60446
Dates for these sessions are from February 17 - August 16.
*Remember that LETRS for Admin is a two-part course and you will need to enroll and attend both. These are the same 2 sessions that your school psychologists attend.
Questions? Call Bev Griffith at 801-567-8466 or email beverly.griffith@jordandistrict.org.
The long awaited G9 and G4 model Chromebooks are now available! These Chromebooks will be supported by Google through June 2029. We encourage everyone to move to these new models as you make your Chromebook purchases.
The new models are:
Part# 3V2Y2UT#ABA HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6" (basic model)
Part# 3V2Y3UT#ABA HP Chromebook 11 G9 Education Edition, Touchscreen 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6". (Touchscreen model)
Part# 3V254UT#ABA HP Chromebook x360 11 G4 Education Edition, Touchscreen & Flip design , 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 11.6" (Touchscreen & Flip model)
Please check the monthly Technology Pricing page on the Purchasing Department webpage for current pricing and awarded vendors:
https://purchasing.jordandistrict.org/vendors/references/
Since these are just starting into production, HP is estimating that orders placed now will be on 8-12 week lead times. However, demand is expected to be high for these models, as well as supply chain and logistics problems can quickly extend these lead times. The sooner you place your orders, the quicker you will receive your Chromebooks.
Larger orders over $80,000 needing school board approval should note school board meetings will be March 29th and April 26th. Your order will be held until it can be approved at one of these meetings.
Please contact Tonya Hodges in Purchasing with any Chromebooks questions. She can be reached at tonya.hodges@jordandistrict.org or 801-567-8706.
Over the past two years, the district’s loaner Chromebook program has successfully enabled thousands of students to have Internet access while schools have awaited the arrival of more permanent inventory. With numbers of school owned devices now at far more suitable levels, it has been determined that the district loaner Chromebook program is no longer needed.
As a result, the district will be permanently distributing all loaner Chromebook inventory to all schools equitably based on student population. Over the next few months, individual school administrations will be contacted by Mark Sowa to make delivery arrangements. If you have questions about this, please contact Mark directly at 801-567-8392, or at mark.sowa@jordandistrict.org.
DATE:
Thursday, February 17, 2022
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Research Project
The Research Review Committee has reviewed a research project in which your school has been asked to participate.
Project Title: Online Learning: Perspectives of Secondary Teachers in Northern Utah
Applicant: Matt Smith, Northern Arizona University
The project has been approved by the District Research Review Committee. The applicant has been directed to contact you to discuss the extent of the project and to obtain your permission to conduct the study at your school. Participation in the study is at your discretion. If you have questions or concerns relating to participation, please contact Ben Jameson at 801-567-8243.
Thank you for your assistance.
Please take note of the following MANDATORY deadlines:
2020-21 School LAND Trust Final Report
Completion Deadline: February 28, 2022
Note: The column labeled "Amended Expenditures (entered by the school)" CANNOT be changed. Please ignore this column. The actual expenditures were provided by our Accounting Office to the State according to what you spent during the 2020-21 school year. Please complete this report, by the listed deadline, so the plans can be approved in a timely manner. After which you will be able to submit the 2022-23 Upcoming Plan.
Principal Assurance for 2021-22
Completion Deadline: February 28, 2022
This wasn't working in the fall so some of you may have completed this back in October, others have not. Please go into the "Council Membership & Signature Form" and check to see if you selected the date when the training was completed and then did the digital signature. If yours is not finished, please add in the date and your digital signature.
2022-23 School LAND Trust Upcoming School Plan
Completion Deadline: March 25, 2022
Your school's 2022-23 LAND Trust Allocation can be found on the State Website. When you click on the "Upcoming Plan" your "Estimated Distribution for 2022-2023" can be found in the box "Funding Estimates" on the 6th line down. This is your actual distribution.
New Information: You cannot submit your 2022-23 School LAND Trust plan until after your 2020-21 Final Report has been finalized. The final reports will be finalized as quickly as possible to enable you to get the 2022-23 Upcoming School Plan submitted.
I can't stress this enough------please use the correct categories for the expenditures as you add them to your goals. They need to be distributed correctly. Don't put everything under salaries/benefits. Call Nadine Page (x88182) if you have questions of what category it should go under.
Last Reminder: The 2022-23 TSSA Plan will also be due on March 25, 2022. Your TSSA Plan Link can be found HERE.
DATE:
Thursday, February 10, 2022
TO:
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
AP Analysis Dashboard Updated
The AP Analysis Dashboard has been updated with 2020-21 AP exam data in Tableau. School administrators may access both district and school dashboards here.
School administrators will be able to view participation rates, pass rates, and a distribution of scores by school, discipline, and assessment from 2016 to 2021. In addition, the dashboard also contains scores by AP teacher and student.
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the AP Analysis Dashboard.
DATE:
Thursday, February 10, 2022
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Ben Jameson, Director of Evaluation, Research and Accountability
SUBJECT:
Demographics Dashboard Updated with Oct. 1, 2021 Enrollment
The Demographics Dashboard in Tableau has been updated with Oct. 1, 2021 enrollment data. The dashboard will show district and school demographic trends from 2016-2021 Oct. 1st enrollment by race/ethnicity, gender, economically disadvantaged status, EL status, and student with a disability status. School administrators may access this dashboard here.
For the district’s population, school administrators will note some significant shifts in demographics that will also apply to some school populations:
Please contact Ben Jameson in Evaluation, Research & Accountability with any questions about the Demographic Dashboard.
CSTAG training consists of two (2) training levels and both levels must be completed by all administrator’s and threat assessment team members. Please see the memo below for all the details.
We are thrilled with the number of Jordan teachers who have been accepted for the Donors Choose/USBE Classroom Grant. As teachers look to purchase technology as part of the classroom grant, please remember that not all devices work on the Jordan network. Before purchasing a device or software, please have your teachers check with their digital learning specialist to ensure that purchased equipment will be allowed on the network. For questions, please reach out to Jared Covili, Consultant for Digital Teaching and Learning, at jared.covili@jordandistrict.org.
Reading Recommendation Data was shared with Principals on Tuesday, 2/8/22. As an assistance and reminder to you and your teams, we wish to provide some context for this data that should help you and your teams guide decision making, as well as resolve any questions that might come up from counseling staff, parents, or students.
T&L occasionally gets requests from Counseling Teams to share the files directly with them, which we cannot do for student data privacy reasons. We will direct those teams to contact you for access. Once the file is under your supervision, you may share it with team members and educators as you see fit.
The data we have provided is NOT a reading placement--it is a recommendation. This data should be used to help inform discussions between Administrators, Educators, Parents, and Students to make the best decision for students. When questions arise about a student's literacy readiness, we leave it to schools to collaborate with parents and students to make an informed decision in the best interest of the student. We provide this information to support that collaborative effort.
While some students may be far above or below proficiency, and their need for support is readily apparent, other students may be in a gray area on the edge of proficiency--both above and below. Please work flexibly with families as they seek to understand the precise needs of their students.
You may use the rubric to assist you in understanding how close or far a student is to proficiency.
--RISE Score:
A student's most recent Utah Standardized Assessment in ELA.
--Lexile Level:
A Lexile Level is a standard data point that is used nationwide to quickly assess a student's ability to engage with and comprehend a complex text. Specific Grade Level Curricula correspond with Lexile measure bands. At a minimum, it is expected that students be able to demonstrate proficiency at the Lexile levels commonly associated with their grade level in order to succeed across the curriculum.
--Acadience MOY Composite:
As a state, the USBE has provided Acadience to all K-6 Classrooms to assist in the monitoring of reading proficiency. In our district, we participate in using this assessment, and use it to monitor student growth and to provide targeted RTI. As a 6th grade, all students have a middle of year assessment that is delivered between December-January.
--Most Recent ELA Grade:
For grades above 6th, we take into account, their current performance in ELA.
Thank you again for your collaboration and continued leadership through thick and thin!
High School Administrators:
We are in desperate need of custodial assistant help. Can you please help us find some great graduating students who are looking for full time jobs by sharing the attached flyer with students you might feel would be interested in after graduation employment. Also, please post in areas of visibility in your schools.
Thank you for your much needed assistance.
High School Administrators:
We are in desperate need of summer help with our grounds crew. Can you please help us find some great students who are looking for summer jobs by reading the attached flyer as often as you deem appropriate from now to the end of school with your regular announcements. Also, please post in areas of visibility in your schools.
Thank you for your much needed assistance.
It is time to swing into a Swig location in Jordan School District and receive your free menu item on us.
Swig week starts tomorrow and runs from February 11 – 17. Every JSD employee can receive one free menu item when you show your Employee ID badge at the location of your choice.
Superintendent Godfrey recommends the 44-ounce Endless Summer Swig!!!
Participating Locations:
Substitutes may obtain a JSD Honorary ID badge from a receptionist at the District Office from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Dear Substitute Teachers and Nutrition Substitutes,
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication during what has been one of the most challenging years in education.
Between February 11 and February 17, the District has arranged with SWIG for each employee to receive one free menu item when you present a JSD Honorary ID Badge Coupon at participating SWIG locations in Jordan District boundaries. Substitutes may obtain their SWIG Coupon from a District Receptionist at the District Office (7387 S. Campus View Drive, West Jordan) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
As you are aware and to help manage the added stress, the District converted Friday, February 11, into a Health and Wellness Day for employees, students, and families in place of the Flex Friday previously scheduled. The Health and Wellness Day is for every employee.
On February 11, the District will be providing a Health and Wellness curriculum directly to parents and students so employees can focus on their own Health and Wellness.
Full-time school-based substitute teachers and long-term substitute teachers with a long-term assignment on February 11th will be paid for the day by choosing from the following three options while part-time at-will substitute teachers and nutrition substitutes will be limited to option two below.
The Health and Wellness Day is for every employee.
Thank you for your continued hard work and dedication to students and education. If you have any questions, please contact Juli Martin, Administrative Assistant.
Principals and Department Directors should arrange for lunch or breakfast for all your employees one day from February 7th - 10th. Please do not schedule meals on February 11th so all employees feel free to participate in the Health and Wellness Day activities occurring that day.
Traditional schools (i.e. the 41 elementary schools, 13 middle schools and 6 high schools) will receive an additional $12 per employee in the schools 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
To help manage added stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are converting Friday, February 11, into a Health and Wellness Day for employees, in place of the Flex Friday previously scheduled.
We are extremely proud and appreciative of community partners who are contributing to our Health and Wellness Day because they care deeply about teachers and all district employees.
For complete details of free offers, discounts and all of the in-person and virtual activities available to employees on Health and Wellness Day, Friday, February 11, please see the flyers below or visit wellness.jordandistrict.org/day
A reminder to spend your At risk funds. Your reporting for EARS can be completed on this form. Please include the totals you used from the 5336 budget. You can view this sample here as you work on the spending for 2021-22. Please email your final budget to M. Love-Day (michelle.love-day@jordandistrict.org). A new funding budget will be allocated soon.
