2017 Utah Rural Schools Conference: Full Schedule

10:10am MDT

Little Known UtahFutures Tools That Make a Big Impact

UtahFutures.org offers a lot of free tools that many don’t know about! One of these tools is called LearningExpress Library. With this tool, users can prepare for a wide variety of college and career tests such as the ACT, SAT, ACCUPLACER, NCLEX-RN, Praxis and much more! This workshop will be going over this tool along with others such as the Resume Builder and Skills Online.

Presenters

Max Gonzales

Project Manager, UEN

College Advising, CTE training,

Wednesday July 12, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Education Building 339

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands ACT Prep, Utah Core Curriculum
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Library Media Specialists, Teachers, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level Adult Education, High School Grades 9-12
Subject Area ACT, Adult Education, Cross Curriculum

10:10am MDT

Speed Dating with UtahFutures

Session Evaluation

Here is your chance to get to know UtahFutures without committing. In speed dating fashion, we'll take a look at the most popular college and career planning tools and resources on UtahFutures. If you like something, we'll spend more time getting to know it. Don't like it. We won't waste your time. This session will be fun, interactive, and a good overall view of UtahFutures.

Presenters

Jami Gardner

Associate Director, Marketing & PR, UEN

As the Product Manager for the state’s contract with Nearpod, Jami Gardner shares her Nearpod expertise with educators across the state of Utah. Jami is also passionate about helping teachers integrate the 4Cs into their lessons by using educational escape rooms and computer science... Read More →

Thursday July 13, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 208

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Technology
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level Adult Education, High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Adult Education, CTE

1:30pm MDT

21st Century Tools for 21st Century Instruction and Learning

Session Evaluation

Web-based tools are becoming more accessible and affordable for educators and the learners whom we serve. Come enjoy the vision of Bart and Tony from SUU's College of Education and Human Development as they share their researched-based practices to meet educational leaders and learners needs in the 21st Century!

Presenters

Tony Pellegrini

Professor and Department Chair, Teacher Education, Southern Utah University - SUU

Dr. Tony Pellegrini is a professor of Education at Southern Utah University. He received his B.A from Brigham Young University, his M.Ed. from Utah State University, and terminal degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before eventually becoming school principal at Blanding... Read More →

Thursday July 13, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
Education Building 202

20 Minute Over the Shoulder

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, SLO's, Technology
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Adult Education, Language Arts

1:30pm MDT

Faculty Self-Reflective Process to add Value to Teacher Performance.

Session Evaluation

Ken Bain's text, "What the Best College Teachers Do" outlines several wholistic principles of teaching and learning to move our practice as remarkable. This session will address our crafting of a self-reflective process for our faculty (both full-time and adjunct) that provides us a metric approach to identify strengths, challenges, and future professional development needs for individual instructors and our department.

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