Jordan Supercast

It is designed to help coaches and student athletes recognize and embrace the true power of being positive.

On this episode of the Supercast, we take you inside athletic trainings where the emphasis is on teamwork, good sportsmanship, and being your best self on and off the playing field. Hear from Jordan School District coaches and student athletes who are truly embracing the concept and spreading the word in a winning way.

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Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. It is designed to help coaches and student athletes recognize and embrace the true power of being positive.

On this episode of the Supercast, we take you inside athletic trainings where the emphasis is on teamwork, good sportsmanship, and being your best self on and off the playing field. Hear from Jordan School District coaches and student athletes who are truly embracing the concept and spreading the word in a winning way.

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We're at Riverton High School today just before a training talking with Bryan Veazie, our District Athletic and Activities Director. Thanks for joining us.

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So I got to it as being a former athlete. My mom was a teacher and coach and was a college athlete. Personally, as a youngster didn't experience I think a lot of positive coaching. So I was curious about the organization in that aspect and found a lot of fulfillment over the last decade plus being able to work with schools and school districts with our partnerships.

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One, the idea of mastery that we talked about. How are we becoming the best version of ourselves, the best athlete? And then we also talk about really our second core principle. We use the analogy of an emotional tank. All of our kids are gassed up and someone pointed out to me that sometimes maybe we've got some hybrid kids, right? We've got to recharge. Sometimes we do have to like we can't just fill up and keep going. Sometimes we've got to step back and recharge. And so we've all got this emotional tank and when those emotional tanks are full, behavior is better, performance is better. So how do we create that not as a coach but within peer-to-peer environments? We know how strong peer-to-peer influence is. So how do we as a coach in our athletic culture foster that encouragement that kids are showing up with e-tanks that are fuller so we can achieve more, do more, and face more challenges when we have a full e-tank.

The last third part is like you said kind of what we hone in on sportsmanship. We call it honoring the game. How do you have respect for what we call the roots which is really I think those key pieces that we see at our competitions. How do you demonstrate and have dignity and integrity for the respect for the rules, the officials, your opponents, the teammates you have and then most importantly yourself.

I think when we model that as an athlete and a coach and have that self-respect, a lot of the other things can take care of themselves. Those are really the three core things that we know that when those things are focused on they drive experience, they drive performance.

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So one thing that I've been doing a lot of research on and one thing that I've come to understand in the Jordan School District and throughout the nation is that we really need to take the opportunity to go back to the focus of why athletics exist at the high school level in the first place. Understanding that it is an opportunity that kids have a high level of interest in that not only gives them those skills and teaches them from those life's experiences, but motivates them to come to school and holds them accountable for being in attendance, for demonstrating good behavior, for maximizing their academic capacity and for achieving high levels of success in academics.

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What does the training schedule look like? What does the involvement of coaches and students look like? Just for those who are wondering about an overview of the program in Jordan.

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We are really excited about making sure that we provide opportunities for all stakeholders involved in athletics to better understand their role, to learn more what that looks like and to become more effective and efficient in executing that role. Today we're offering the Student Leadership Captains Academy workshop. We're going to help some of the leaders of each program at every school for the fall sports to be more intentional, to improve themselves, to help improve others, to honor the game, to do things right. And then we're going to ask them to go and share that with their teammates and with their coaches and try to find ways to implement that within their programs.

We're going to be doing this for seasons. So coming up in the winter season, we'll be doing a winter season session for winter athletes, student athletes, and for winter coaches. And then we'll be doing another one in the spring. Our hope is that moving forward, we can take advantage of some of the parent workshops the Positive Coaching Alliance provides and really help our parents better understand how to most effectively support their children.

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If you want to join the thousands of parents already using the app, it's easy. All it takes is a few simple steps. First download the Zonar MyView app from the App Store or Google Play. Then visit auxiliaryservices.jordandistrict.org/zonar. That's where you'll find the school access code and directions on how to enter your student's unique ID and learn how to create an alert zone around your child's drop-off and pickup locations.

Let the Zonar MyView app help you stay on top of things knowing when a bus might be running a little late and when to get your kids going or head out to meet them at the bus stop. It's one more way for us to better connect with you.

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Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Supercast. Remember, education is the most important thing you'll do today. We'll see you out there.

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You can follow the progress of your child’s Jordan District school bus for pickup and drop off with an optional app that is easy to use and brings parents some peace of mind.

On this episode of the Supercast, we hear all about Zonar MyView. It’s an app that allows parents to check on their own child’s school bus location and the estimated time of arrival at the bus stop each day. Thousands are already using the app, could it be useful to you as well? Listen and find out.

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We're here at the Transportation Department with three of our transportation experts to talk about Zonar. Introduce yourselves and then let's talk a little bit about this great app for parents.

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So people can have fun with it and play around to determine where those zones are. They establish their own zones and what kind of an alert kind of comes at them.

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They play a vital role in our schools, leading the way when it comes to decisions regarding School LAND Trust money and so much more.

On this episode of the Supercast, find out why parents participate in School Community Councils and how their involvement can elevate the quality of education for students, by addressing needs and rallying support.

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Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. They play a vital role in our schools, leading the way, making decisions regarding School LAND Trust money and so much more.

On this episode of the Supercast, find out why parents participate on School Community Councils and how their involvement can elevate the quality of education for students by addressing needs and rallying support.

We're talking today with Lisa Eskesen about School Community Councils. She's been a parent on several and Mike Anderson, our Associate Superintendent, who oversees the work of School Community Councils and submitting information to the state, completing the trainings, all of that. So thank you both for being here.

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Well, Utah is a beneficiary of that because we have enough land in the public trust to constitute a state the size of New Jersey inside of the state of Utah. That's how much public LAND Trust there are out there. So what happens is those lands get leased for mineral rights, for recreation purposes, for businesses that want to build on them, and the lease monies and all of the returns and the profits from that go into a general fund. That fund is then distributed on an annual basis to schools.

Years ago in the 1980s, a well-informed PTA mom at the time, found out about the laws that governed LAND Trust in the state of Utah and realized that they weren't really being safeguarded as they should be. The legislature was using LAND Trust money outside of the intended scope. She helped the legislature pass laws that really safeguarded and built fences around the LAND Trust initiative that protected those monies. And it grew from a very small amount at the time in 1985-ish to over, I think we have well over $3.2 billion dollars. That’s billion with a “B” in the LAND Trust program today. And so we get a distribution at the school level each year. This year, Jordan School District is going to receive $8.3 million. That accounts to about $145 per student.

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School Community Councils also review the digital citizenship requirements for the school. Principals will often bring the school student handbook with them and make sure they are familiar with the rules and get input from both the teachers and the parents on the council. I think that's an important component that the School Community Council really gives key stakeholder groups a voice.

You've got the principal who's automatically seated on the council, does vote but is not elected of course. You've got faculty members, teachers from the school that also serve on the council and as Lisa mentioned there has to be at least a two parent majority on the council. The baseline for that at the elementary and middle schools are four parents and two faculty members or two employees and at the high school that jumps up to six parents and four staff members. If they feel like those numbers need to be adjusted because of interest or because of a lot of input from the school they can be adjusted through what we call the rules of order and procedure and the School Community Council votes on those. Those are actually posted and kind of the rules that govern the council and the state law is pretty specific on how those are to be carried out and executed. It's a great way to allow the flexibility to tailor the needs of the school through the School Community Council.

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Mike, thank you. You've overseen this for many years in the training that's offered to new School Community Council members so thank you for all the support you give those parents and staff members making decisions at the school level to help support our students and our staff.

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She has a passion for pickleball and this summer a West Hills Middle School counselor hit the road to pursue her passion.

On this episode of the Supercast, meet Lorraine Rupper. She traveled to every state in the nation hoping to play pickleball with strangers at every stop from coast to coast. Find out how she achieved her goal and won a game in every state, making memories to last a lifetime.

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On the show today, we have some fun with West Hills Middle School counselor Lorraine Rupper. Find out how she managed to travel to all 50 states, playing a pickup game of pickleball with strangers at every stop, and making memories to last a lifetime.

We're talking now with Lorraine Rupper here at West Hills Middle School. You're a counselor here at West Hills, but when you are not counseling, you are pickleballing.

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He jumps at the opportunity to hit the skate park trying new tricks on his board every chance he gets.

On this episode of the Supercast, a South Hills Middle School student talks about his goal to become a professional skateboarder, the grit it will take to get there, and the lessons he’s learning along the way. Lessons that are helping him in the classroom as well.

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And now we meet up with JaShawn on the heels at a national skateboarding competition.

We're talking with JaShawn Hill here at the Bluffdale Skate Park. Thanks for talking with me today. Tell me about some of your accomplishments as a skater right now.

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So he went back up on the quarter pipe just to get a little momentum and gives it a couple of kicks, comes down the ramp, up on the rail. Oh, and it flips around and but luckily he did not flip around. The board did. Wow. What do you call that?

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So when you started on the penny, a penny is not going to lend itself to tricks. So you're a casual rider. What was the first trick that you really made work?

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We're here with Jessica Burkhart, JaShawn's mom. Tell me about what skating has meant to JaShawn.

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He's friends with a kid that did like made first place out there. They're actually on the same team on the same sponsorship now and he does really well. We can't wait till nationals this year. He's already qualified cause he won first to his first competition.

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How many hours in a row, if you didn't have anywhere else you had to be, do you think you could skate nonstop before you got tired of it? Do you ever get tired of skating?

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Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Supercast. Remember, education is the most important thing you will do today. We'll see you out there.

He went from teaching students in the classroom at Copper Hills High School to the Cannes Film Festival in France.

On this episode of Supercast, hear the incredible story of Film and TV Broadcasting teacher Kamiko Adcock. Find out how he managed to produce a short film that was so good, it got into Cannes and hear how Mr. Adcock uses his experience and incredible talents to teach students at Copper Hills High.

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On this episode of The Supercast, hear the incredible story of the film and TV broadcasting teacher, who managed to produce a short film that was so good it was accepted at Cannes, and how he uses his experience and incredible talents to teach students at Copper Hills High.

We're here with Kamiko Adcock to talk about his experience at the Cannes Film Festival. Thanks for taking some time with us.

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“Right Club” was very much kind of a, "Can we do this?" And then this year was a, "Okay, we can do it. Let's go bigger and better." It's much more ambitious. And it's, you know, as you get older, you meet people that are like, "I've got this script. I've got this killer script, and I'm really excited to make it." But they never do because it's harder to get things done as you age. Like you have jobs. You're frightened to have jobs.

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It is designed to enhance communications throughout Jordan School District benefiting students, teachers, staff, and parents.

On this episode of the Supercast, listen as we give you easy to use tips and tricks to make the most of JSD’s new communications platform called ParentSquare. Find out what it has to offer when it comes to emergency communications, two-way communications between parents and teachers, and so much more.

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We're talking with Steffany Ellsworth, the Support Services Manager in Information Systems for Jordan School District, Steffany, thanks for taking a few minutes.

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Stay with us. When we come back, we're going to go over some more user-friendly tips to make the most of ParentSquare. And we'll let you know how to get ahold of the help desk if you need assistance.

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They are the best of the best coming right out of college and many of them heading right into Jordan School District classrooms.

On this episode of the Supercast, join us as we have some fun talking to interns who are well on their way to full-time jobs in teaching thanks to a partnership between Jordan School District and local universities.

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On this episode of the Supercast, we sit down with some very talented interns who are well on their way to full-time jobs as teachers, thanks to a partnership between Jordan School District and local universities. It's a pretty cool program with some pretty cool people.

We're here talking with Jane Olsen today about our intern program in Jordan School District. Introduce yourself and talk to us a little bit about the future intern programs we have going.

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The interns that I've talked to highlight that Jordan's School District is all about support and growth, and this is a really great way for them to continue to grow in their professional opportunities with a lot of support. I can't imagine going into Human Resources and actually having someone dedicated to me for the first year. That would have made me such a better professional quicker than what I've been able to get to at this point.

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And then some of the universities receive travel stipends due to the distance from their home location. So it can become quite the great compensation package that you're actually getting paid to come and travel to Jordan School District and have the great experience. And then you're already on a step two next year, so you're already kind of a lane ahead of what you would be if you would have just graduated as a student teacher.

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So depending on what your area of expertise is, you could potentially be selected for any one of those school locations. The max that we would have at any one location when it comes to interns is three. So that would be the max ratio for you to the intern facilitator. So you have somebody that's really only working with two to three of you at a time, really dedicated time, and they have no other responsibilities, which is unique to Jordan. So they don't have anything that's going to pull them away or out of the classroom, or they're not teaching another class next door. They're dedicated to your growth and development.

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I had really awesome teachers all throughout my education and they just inspired me to be a teacher. So that was really important for me. Just seeing how much they loved me and cared about me really helped me even though I had loving and caring parents. I was with my teachers most of the day, so it was amazing to see that.

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So I feel like that really kick started this desire in me of, specifically I feel like I'm a TESOL minor and just very, I don't know, very passionate about student minorities and advocating for them and being there for them. So I feel like that really is kind of where I come from and what I'm most excited for with teaching. What I'm most passionate about, what inspires me I guess with that.

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Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Supercast. Remember, education is the most important thing you will do today. We'll see you out there.

It is a class that combines biology and technology giving students the tools to change the world for the better and improve people’s lives.

On this episode of the Supercast, join us as we take our own microscopic look into the Bio Tech program inside JATC North. It is a program where young student scientists study things like genetics, DNA isolation, protein methodologies, and much more. Some students are even engaged in finding cures for life-threatening illnesses like cancer.

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On this episode of the Supercast, join us as we take our own microscopic look into the biotech program inside JATC North. It is a program where young student scientists study things like genetics, DNA isolation, protein methodologies, and much more. Some students are even engaged in finding cures for life-threatening illnesses like cancer.

We're here at JATC North to learn more about the biotechnology class. And here to talk with us about it is the teacher, Dr. Carlson. Thank you very much for talking with us.

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So what I did is I created four identical moisturizer recipes just changing out the humectant each time. So I tested honey, hyaluronic acid, which occurs naturally in our bodies. I tested propylene glycol, which is the only synthetic humectant. And I tested glycerin, which also occurs naturally. I tested these on two different types of gels, an agarose gel and a Ly agar gel, which are basically gels that have a lot of water content in it, which is perfect because they'll generally dry out when left for a while.

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But just based on the moisturizers alone, I was still able to come to a good conclusion on which would be the most efficient. So you would think that the honey or the glycerin would be the best because it absorbed in. But when products claim that they're fast-absorbing, it basically just means it goes on your skin and then it immediately begins evaporating. So nothing's really going into your skin. It's just being absorbed into the air.

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You could say they are young bookworms aspiring to become authors.

On this episode of the Supercast, we take you inside Barbara Steven’s 5th grade classroom at South Jordan Elementary School where the Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum is helping students develop a love for reading and for being exceptional writers. In fact, Mrs. Stevens got them so excited about reading and writing, they decided to become young authors. Listen and find out how.

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On this episode of the Supercast, we take you inside Barbara Stevens' 5th-grade classroom at South Jordan Elementary School, where the Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum is helping students develop a love for language. In fact, Mrs. Stevens got them so excited about reading and writing, they decided to use their talents to become young authors. Listen and find out how.

We are at South Jordan Elementary School talking with Mrs. Stevens and some of her students about their Wit and Wisdom project. Introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about Wit and Wisdom and what's been going on.

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Then we jumped into the book, which does a lot of wordplay as well. And in there they had, you would name the characters crazy things like, they went to the abandoned elementary school and the principal was Mrs. McQuitter, or she was the mayor. So we took an exploded moment and modeled and wrote in that style.

At first, I was really nervous when I told the kids. I don't usually let kids write in dialogue a lot. I let them write one-time dialogue, but this was like dialogue back and forth, back and forth. We had to teach them their separate paragraphs for each person who talks and all the commas, and the periods, and the quotation marks. I was hesitant to teach that, but we went ahead and they ended up actually loving it. Loving it so much that they were like, let's do more and I had to put extra credit. Okay, extra credit. You can do another one. Okay, extra credit. And so, yeah, I'll let them share their experience because they did really love the creative work that was behind it.

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Stay with us. When we come back, students from Mrs. Stevens' classroom read some of their writing.

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‘So far he did not like the classroom. There were also a lot of ungraded papers on the teacher's desk. “Hi” grumbled Tock. “Why is there nobody in the classroom, Mr. Disorder?”

“Why? I just let them go early. School is just a waste of time. Learning is useless. It's a piece of cake, not learning everything.” answered Mr. Disorder as he was walking across the room.”’

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“Mr. Deserted, can I speak with you?” Milo questioned.

“What do you need, kid?” He grunted in reply.

“Why did you give everyone an F-? I worked hard. I at least got one right. It's like you didn't even try. Did you?” Milo whispered in his sad voice.

“I didn't. It's way easier, kid. You'll learn that someday.” Mr. Deserted replied in a deep, booming voice.

“But then they have nothing to look forward to after all that hard work!” Milo shouted in anger as he clenched his fists.

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"Milo, if we die, tell my mom and dad that I love them and that I don't know why I have bad grades. I like to finish every assigned paper halfway through," said Quitter faintly.

“Okay, I will. And if I die, tell my mom and dad I love them too”, said Milo.

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‘Milo and Tock and Mr. Left were in a dark and gloomy school with bad food. While Milo turned to Mr. Left and asked, "Why do you like reading books?"

“Because you can learn a lot from them,” said Mr. Left, as he closed the door and came back to his chair.’

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We also do nature walks, don't we? We like to go on nature walks. We've done one down to the fishing ponds. We do rotations there. This was in FOSS. They like to have a nature part at the end of their investigations. We walk the neighborhood sometimes. We had a fun time when we walked the neighborhood. We were supposed to look for landforms that were made with natural resources. We came across Sawyer's house on that walk. He had a bunny in the backyard. Halle caught the bunny. It was his pet bunny that he just kept in the backyard. It's kind of a good moment. That was fun. We did it again the next week.

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Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Supercast. Remember, education is the mos important thing you will do today. We'll see you out there.