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Your health should never have to suffer because your medicine is too expensive. Your copay will be $75 per 90-day supply of preferred and participating diabetes medications. Preferred insulins are Humalog, Humulin, and Lantus, effective 5/1/2021.
Jordan School District has developed an instructional plan for literacy and has adopted curricula to strengthen instruction in both Tier 1 and Tier 2 settings to support all students and address disrupted learning.
Please join us to learn about the plan, the curriculum, and the suggested daily schedule to help you prepare for the coming year. All K-6th grade gen ed. teachers, SCSC teachers, and coaches should sign up for a two day session. Coaches may choose which grade level session to attend. All sessions will be held from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. in either the ASB Auditorium or Presentation Room.
Please check each session for the location. Teachers will be compensated with a $600 stipend upon full completion of the two day session. Please see the Literacy Launch Packet for dates and agenda. Sessions will be offered in the fall for teachers not attending in the summer. Substitutes will be provided. Dates for fall sessions to be determined.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help households struggling to pay for internet service during the pandemic. This new benefit will connect eligible households to jobs, critical healthcare services, and virtual classrooms.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute $10-$50 toward the purchase price.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
Who Is Eligible for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program?
A household is eligible if one member of the household meets at least one of the criteria below:
When Can Families Sign Up for the Benefit?
The program has been authorized by the FCC, but the start date has not yet been established. The FCC is working to make the benefit available as quickly as possible.
Check out the Broadband Benefit Consumer FAQ for more information about the benefit and please continue to check this page for program updates.
The UServeUtah Youth Council is a youth-led advisory council that advocates for youth engagement in volunteerism, plans impactful projects in the community, and works with our commission to inform statewide public policy. Youth council members attend monthly meetings (currently held virtually), and upon successful completion of their service, they will receive a certificate and letter of completion from the Lt. Governor to help them gain employment or admission to higher education.
This is a great opportunity for civically-minded students to network with a wide range of professionals and other students from across the state, and a great addition to a resume or to a graduate school/future higher education application.
Each youth council member leads a community engagement project for a cause they are passionate about, with the support of UServeUtah staff. Past projects include environmental/recycling initiatives, the creation of a community garden, recruitment of volunteers for local nonprofits, serving refugees in the community, and more!
Students ages 16-22 have the opportunity to serve on the 2021-22 UServeUtah Youth Council. Selected youth council members will serve from September of 2021 through July of 2022.
We are accepting applications now through April 19th. Interested students can apply here. Please feel free to share this opportunity with any students who may be interested in participating, and please reach out to Wendy Carrigan with any questions.
Thank you!
USBE Math Progressions
STEM Action Center Grants
Math Personalized Learning Grant
The K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant provides schools and districts with access to a selection of math personalized learning software programs to improve student outcomes in mathematics literacy. Please click on the link to review available programs, features, and results.
Professional Learning Grant
This program focuses on locally identified needs associated with STEM learning for K-12 teachers. These efforts connect thousands of teachers to opportunities to create valuable STEM-based curricula and teaching practices. Funded activities include coaching, mentoring, self-reflection, off-contract work, and effective professional learning communities (PLCs).
USBE Updates -- More information will be available following the Utate State Board or Education meeting on April 8, 2021
Legislative Funding Updates
Early Learning Literacy and Mathematics Updates
Funding was reinstated to fulfill the purposes outlined in House Bill 114 in the 2020 General Session. The bill includes the following:
Assessment Updates
The 2021 legislative session has come to an end and now is the time to begin sorting through and implementing the associated changes. Of particular interest to assessment and accountability is S.B. 184S03 which includes, among other things, the following changes:
The state board is not required to identify schools not achieving state-established acceptable levels of student performance as described in Subsection (2)(b) for the 2020-2021 school year.
The state board is not required to assign to each school an overall rating in 2020-2021
The state board shall collect but is not required to publish the information described in Subsection (1) related to the 2020-2021 school year.
This bill, in addition to the addendum and waiver the USBE submitted to the U.S. Department of Education address the Board’s directive to “relieve schools from federal and state accountability determinations based on the 2020-2021 assessments.” You may be aware that on March 8, 2021 the U.S. Department of Education released an optional waiver template for accountability, school identification, and related reporting requirements that was not previously available. USBE staff are currently reviewing this new option to determine if a recommendation should be made to the Board to maintain the current addendum and waiver requests or resubmit, using the newly released template.
General Legislative Updates
Jordan School District School Counseling has partnered with Granite School District, Salt Lake Community College, and the Utah Department of Workforce Services to hold the ChamberWest Job Fair. The Job Fair will be held on Friday April 9, 2021 at Granger High School. It will be student focused from 2 - 4 p.m. and open to the community from 4 - 6 p.m. District students can get more information by contacting their school’s Counseling Center.
Are You Looking for a Job? Your New Career Could be Just Around the Corner
If you are looking for a new job or a first-time career, please join us for the free COVID friendly JOB FAIR.
The JOB FAIR will be held on Friday April 9, 2021 at Granger High School in West Valley City:
For More Information, please visit www.ChamberWest.com
Dear Jordan Employees,
I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to each of you. My name is Niki George and I was recently elected to represent District 6 on the school board. This is specifically the Western edge of West Jordan with all my schools feeding into Copper Hills High School.
By way of introduction, I am a special education teacher, having worked in both severe and mild/moderate classrooms. I was raised here in Utah, and attended the University of Utah until receiving my Master’s Degree. I taught until I had my first child, and then became a stay-at-home mom for ten years while my children were home. I have four children attending elementary school in the district. During this time at home, I experienced education from a new perspective, volunteering in classrooms, on the PTA, and in the School Community Council. This was also the time when I began attending school board meetings. I have been a lover of public education through each step of my life, beginning with my own school experience, and the names of my own teachers, held reverent to this day. When my youngest was nearly old enough to go to first grade and thus full school days, I began to wonder what life would look like next. I took a job teaching and decided to run for Jordan School Board.
I know something of the joy and difficulty that comes along with working with children. I believe strongly in the potential of public education and want to contribute to that process. This is the work of love, and will never be successful unless people from many backgrounds come together to create real solutions. I know that my knowledge is inadequate to make important school board decisions, and so I rely on the contributions and perspectives of many people to be successful. I welcome your thoughts and feedback. Please feel free to contact me at niki.george@jordandistrict.org or 801-694-8576. Thank you for the contributions you make to the lives of children. While we may never reach levels of fame and fortune, we will live forever in the minds of the students whose world was expanded because of a teacher. I look forward to working with you and thank you for the effect that you have had on my own children in your efforts to affect the lives of children in the Jordan School District.
Sincerely,
Niki George
We are excited to announce the State Legislature has authorized a COVID-19 Bonus for employees. To qualify, employees must have started work by December 1, 2020, and must still be employed by the District.
The legislature provided the bonus for school-based Education Support Professionals, Licensed Employees, and Administrators. Through a cooperative effort, the Board of Education, JESPA, and JEA have made it possible for employees who are not based at a school to receive a bonus as well. As a result, all FTE based (non-miscellaneous) employees will receive the bonus on their March 25, 2021 paycheck.
The amount of the bonus is proportional to the employee’s full-time equivalent status (part-time or full-time) multiplied by $1,000 for Education Support Professional employees and $1,500 for Licensed and Administrator employees. Substitutes, athletic coaches, and sweepers do not qualify for the bonus.
On behalf of the Legislature, the Board of Education, and the children we have all served these past several difficult months – thank you!
Our Wonderful Utah Educators,
It is astounding that we are approaching the one-year mark since the COVID-19 pandemic ushered our schools into “soft closures.” I do not believe any of us knew in those early moments that the way we were reimagining education for our children during the pandemic would carry-on for this long. I want to thank you for the way you have adjusted and adapted to each and every challenge as it has come your way. I also appreciate the concerted efforts extended by so many education stakeholders to support our children’s physical, emotional, and academic well-being.
In addition to your extraordinary efforts, it has been remarkable how quickly and decisively our policy makers responded to the challenges of our day by adjusting or waiving requirements and repurposing funding as possible. For example, the Utah State Board of Education waived 13 rules in 2020-2021 to provide increased flexibility for educators and schools. In addition to these waivers, the Board is seeking relief from using the 2020-2021 state assessments for federal and state school accountability requirements.
Some have asked, “why aren’t we also seeking a waiver on the administration of state assessments?” Some even may worry about the time and logistics required to administer the RISE and Utah Aspire Plus tests to our students and question if continuing forward is in the best interest of our students and schools. These concerns have been discussed and thoughtfully considered by many, including the Board and its assessment and accountability advisory councils, which include assessment directors, superintendents, teacher and parent organizations and technical experts. Ultimately, given the broader purpose of state assessments (beyond accountability), which includes providing parents, educators, administrators, and policymakers with an additional tool to plan and target necessary resources, I am supportive of the decision to continue with the administration of our state assessments to the greatest extent feasible.
Perhaps there has never been a greater need for data to understand more fully, not just the impacts of the pandemic induced disruptions, but to identify and promote some of the foremost innovations that will emerge through the burden of necessity that each of you have carried on behalf of your students.
We are taking steps to ensure all 2021 data are protected from misuse and appropriately interpreted. One of these steps includes providing the opportunity for students to report information on their experiences this year to contextualize and interpret the assessments.
By collecting this valuable data, we will be able to work collaboratively to resource and support your efforts as we move into future academic years. Again, I appreciate you and all you do to ensure the academic and emotional well-being for our Utah students. You are always my heroes, especially this year.
Sincerely,
Sydnee Dickson, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Utah State Board of Education
Community Nursing Services (CNS) is offering COVID-19 vaccine to educators and school staff by appointment only. Please follow the instructions and guidelines below:
These appointments can also be used by individuals who were unable to attend their second boost appointment provided by Community Nursing Services due to uncontrollable events. We ask for your honesty in using this accommodation appropriately.
Note that vaccine availability is only for individuals (educators and staff only) who have secured an appointment through this link. It is NOT appropriate to attempt to attend without one. A confirmation email will be received and need be shown prior to clinic entry. Those scheduling should be sure to CORRECTLY input their own email address for confirmation. Confirmation emails should be printed out or be ready to show on an electronic device as this will be required as proof of appointment.
Before attending your scheduled appointment, please consider the following:
Use the link below to schedule your appointment. Note the appointment type listed below for which you need to select.
Appointments are available now…if unused, they will be transitioned to general public this week. Please act now while the vaccinations are available.
South Jordan City has two programs to help employees afford housing in their city.
Check out the March 2021 Be Well newsletter from EMI. Stories include:
To receive the monthly Be Well Newsletter via email and check out back issues, please visit the EMI Hope Health Newsletter page.
In the November, it was announced that any and all websites in the domain of Weebly or Wix would be blocked in January. This action has been delayed. Wix and Weebly sites will be available through July 15, 2021. This will give individuals additional time to transfer sites to a JSD supported website.
The Payroll Department will no longer email “Important Payroll Deadlines” to employees.
Please refer to monthly dates and deadlines on the Payroll web page found at payroll.jordandistrict.org.
Utah Retirement Systems are scheduling extra sessions throughout March for Retirement Planning. These sessions are a free valuable service where URS calculate where employees will be in retirement.
Please join us for a URS Tier I Virtual Presentation on Friday, March 11, 2021 from 4:00pm-5:00pm via Microsoft Teams Meeting
Locations selected for testing this week include:
TestUtah sites:
Results of tests from TestUtah sites will be emailed with a link to the patient portal where results can be accessed. For issues with accessing TestUtah results, please call (801) 683-0790.
UDOH/National Guard mobile test team sites:
Testing at UDOH/National Guard mobile test team sites is limited to individuals age 5 and older.
Test results from these locations will be emailed to you in an encrypted file from CV19result@utah.gov 30 minutes to several hours after your test is done. If the testing location is extremely busy, it may take a while to process your results. If you don’t see an email in your inbox, look in spam or junk mail. Or try to open the email on a non-app browser (chrome, firefox, etc.) and on a computer or non-phone device. If you have trouble opening the email or it doesn’t come within a few hours, call (385) 273-7878 for assistance.
The following location is offered through the Salt Lake County Health Department. Rapid antigen testing is limited to individuals with COVID-19 symptoms. Exposed and asymptomatic individuals will be offered a swab PCR test that will provide results within 2-3 days.
For other testing locations visit: coronavirus.utah.gov/covid-testing-locations-list.
The Utah Department of Health as issued an updated State Public Health Order. The COVID-19 School Manual and School Manual Summary have also been updated.
The following are new administrative assignments:
New Assignments effective as soon as possible: