Prior to spring break, we had some individuals who were not district employees try to access a server/networking room at Washington Elementary. We have had this occur in the past at Rose Park Elementary as well.
The only persons who are authorized to access a server/networking room in the district office or school building are the individuals listed on these websites:
If the individual requesting access is not pictured on these websites, they must be accompanied by an individual whose picture is on these websites. Otherwise, no one should be permitted access to the server/networking rooms. If someone not listed on these websites tries to access one of these rooms, please contact Sam Quantz.
As we approach the summer months, we want to share some important information about our summer work schedule. During this period, our workweek will shift to four 10-hour days. This schedule provides a great opportunity for extended weekends while maintaining productivity.
Please keep in mind that if you need to take time off, PTO must be used for any hours not worked. Working only five hours in a day will not be considered a full workday. If you need to adjust your schedule, please coordinate with your supervisor to ensure coverage and compliance with our policy.
We appreciate your dedication and commitment, and we hope this schedule allows you to enjoy a bit more flexibility during the summer months. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
In order to support the Board priority of Social Emotional Learning, we offer SEL curriculum to each school who wants to use it to teach SEL skills to their students. As a school leader, you may choose to use other methods to teach these skills. Please think through your options and decide what will work best for your staff and your students then complete this form by April 22 to communicate how your school will support SEL instruction in the 25-26 school year.
Teaching SEL to every student is not optional! Regardless of the method, it is an expectation that every student in our district will receive direct instruction in SEL skills and that they will experience our Signature Practices every day. Please work with your Area Director if you need support making this happen.
Before continuing to the form, familiarize yourself with the three programs available through district funding:
Inner Explorer - Inner Explorer programs are audio-guided and require no training or preparation from school staff. The “press play” format allows school communities to easily implement and maintain a daily mindfulness practice on any device. Our practices build on traditional Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) framework, utilizing daily mindfulness as the foundation and creates foundational support across all aspects of a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). Additionally, Inner Explorer programs are approved by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and recommended as one of the top ten programs for increasing executive function by Brain Futures.
Move This World - This platform is designed to ignite a powerful transformation in students, teachers, and families, empowering them to embrace and implement essential social emotional skills that transcend the boundaries of traditional education. Their dynamic, participatory approach to Student and Educator wellness, merges the esteemed CASEL core competencies with evidence-based research and the visionary expertise of a team of educators, innovators, and mental health experts.
Second Step - Committee for Children’s research-based Second Step® programs give teachers an easy-to-implement, engaging way to teach social-emotional skills and concepts. Second Step programs are designed to help children thrive and be more successful in school—ultimately setting them up to be thoughtful and productive adults.
Discover Second Step, an evidence-based social-emotional learning curriculum that fosters students' emotional intelligence, empathy, and problem-solving skills.
We are excited to share our SLS Summer Learning Series with you! Throughout this summer, we want to support you with learning opportunities addressing the needs we are seeing in our schools. Each session is optional, but we would love to get an idea of how many folks to expect, so please register via Kickup asap.
SLS Summer Learning Series
Time: 2:00PM – 4:00PM Location: District office, room 1016
Date
Title
Description
Facilitator
June 19
Supporting students with habitual disruptive behaviors
This session will focus on understanding the process to support students with habitual disruptive behaviors including using your SSC, creating/evaluating behavior plans, and accessing district supports.
Alli Martin
June 25
Addressing bullying
Learn how state law has changed the way we document and address allegations of bullying. This session will focus on developing practical SEL skills and tools to improve school climate.
Alli Martin
July 9
S-3/discipline processes
New admin are highly encouraged to attend! We will review guidance for log entries vs incidents and practices around S-3 violations.
Alli Martin
July 16
De-escalation and trauma-informed discipline
This session will focus on how trauma impacts student behavior and how to develop restorative disciplinary practices that lead to positive behavioral change.
We will be launching StudentSquare for students in grades 9-12 in the next couple of weeks. Students will receive an invitation email from parent square that looks like this.
This is the next step in our ParentSquare rollout. Teachers and staff will be able to send monitored/logged direct messages to students.
As we approach the end of the 2024-25 school year, Human Resource Services is requesting that you complete hiring processes for all school-based hourly employees by April 15th. If you have any open positions, please be sure to submit recommendations to hire those positions on or before April 15th.
Hiring for contract positions will continue per standard procedures/timelines. Please remember that PTPS for internal teaching positions takes place now until the last day of school on May 30, 2024.
Please contact a Human Resource Services professional with any questions. 801-578-8340
There will be an update to Online Registration for the summer 2025 registration to increase security. We will no longer be supporting registration pins. Parents will have three options to register their students.
1. They will be able to login with their parent portal account,
2. They will be able to request a one-time code that will only be sent if they enter the email address that is listed on their contact screen in PowerSchool, and
3. They can register as a new student.
Student Square
We will be launching student square for students in grades 9-12 in the next couple of weeks. Students will receive an invitation email from parent square that looks like this.
This is the next step in our ParentSquare rollout. Teachers and staff will be able to send monitored/logged direct messages to students.
Student Surveys for 2025-26 school year
t's that time of year to begin gathering the surveys that will be administered for the upcoming school year. As a reminder, parents need to opt-in for their students to participate in the following types of surveys:
In order for us to be able to ensure that parents have the opportunity to opt-in during registration, IT will need a list of approved surveys by May 30, 2025.
Ethnics Training and Assessment Scheduling
All staff assisting with testing need to complete testing ethics training and that when they schedule for RISE and End of Levels. Please remember to build in ample time for make-up testing and unexpected test interruptions beyond our control.
Kindergarten Intent to Register (Elementary Schools Only)
Afterschool registration will begin on April 24. In order for 25-26 Kindergarten students to be able to apply for the afterschool program, they must be pre-registered in PowerSchool. To help you obtain the necessary information, please run the Intent to Register portion of Online Registration. Some schools have already done this and do not need to do it again. To run Intent to Register, you simply need to advertise your community. When they go to online registration (https://registration.slcschools.org), they just need to select the 25-26 school year, and they will be walked through the process. Kindergarten students should select the 'Register as a new student' option. Schools may want to consider sharing or temporarily removing the new student pin.
We are increasing our security safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to PowerSchool SIS. Starting March 28, PowerSchool SIS will only be available from district networks and district devices. This change will only affect the administrative side of PowerSchool and will not affect Parent/Student portal or PowerTeacher. If you need to access PowerSchool SIS from home or a remote location, you will need to use an approved district device.
