2017 Utah Rural Schools Conference: Full Schedule

Utah Rural Schools Association appreciates the great support from:
Southern Utah University
Utah State Board of Education
Utah Education and Telehealth Network
Utah’s Rural School Districts
Everyone who attends

10:10am MDT

Administrative Style

Session Evaluation

What is your administrative style? Or, if you are working to become a principal, what most likely would be your style? The workshop features the use of an instrument to identify the characteristics of your administrative style. The instrument is structured around the use of metaphors to identify the dominant patterns in our thinking. Filling our the instrument can prove fun as well as insightful.

Presenters

Stanley Ivie

Professor Emeritus, TWU

Professor Ivie is a specialist in the history of educational ideas. He has written extensively on the power of metaphors to shape educational thought, which includes critical and creative thinking. The theory and practice of education shares more in common with the creative arts than... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 102

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Administration

10:10am MDT

Ten Steps to Comply with Student Data Protection Act

Session Evaluation

Utah's Student Data Protection Act outlines significant improvements to protection student data at both the state and LEA levels. This session will help guide administrators, and technology and assessment directors in implementing the mandates in this act. Topics include creating a Data Governance Plan, development of a Metadata Dictionary, and model documents for data sharing with third party vendors.

Presenters

Jared Hill

Information Security Manager, Utah State Board of Education

Whitney Phillips

Educational Director Data Privacy, USBE

Dr. Whitney Phillips is the Chief Privacy Officer at the Utah State Board of Education. Previously she was the project manager for federal and Utah state accountability and was a program evaluator at the Arizona Department of Education. She was a junior high English and taught students... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 203

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, Sage/Data Management, SLO's, Technology
Audience District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Data Privacy

11:20am MDT

Administrative Style

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Stanley Ivie

Professor Emeritus, TWU

Wednesday July 12, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Business Building 102

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Administration

11:20am MDT

DTL - What's Next in Digital and Personalized Learning for Utah?

Session Evaluation

This session will highlight the Digital Teaching and Learning Program, both current implementation successes from 2016-17 and information about the process to apply to the qualified grant program for 2017-18. The session will look at parallel grants that support creating a comprehensive vision for digital and personalized learning for the LEA and/or school level leaders.

Presenters

Sarah Young

Chief of Staff, Utah State Board of Education

Sarah Young is the Chief of Staff with the Utah State Board of Education and she works to bring next generation learning to Utah’s public schools. Her projects have included the state’s Digital Teaching and Learning initiative and development of Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Business Building 101

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, SLO's
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels

11:20am MDT

Ten Steps to Comply with Student Data Protection Act

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Jared Hill

Information Security Manager, Utah State Board of Education

Whitney Phillips

Educational Director Data Privacy, USBE

Wednesday July 12, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Business Building 203

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, Sage/Data Management, SLO's, Technology
Audience District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Data Privacy

11:20am MDT

You and Your Legislator..Make A Difference

Session Evaluation

The purpose of this workshop is to give you specific skills to work with your legislators. You will learn when, how, and where to contact them in ways that will be mutually beneficial.

Presenters

Terry Shoemaker

Executive Director, Utah School Superintendents Association

Terry Shoemaker has been a public educator for nearly 40 years, as teacher, principal, H.R. Director, and Superintendent of Schools. He has worked in three school districts, Jordan, Provo, and Wasatch, where he was Superintendent of Schools for 15 years. He is now the Executive Director... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Hunter Conference 111- Shooting Star

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, Sage/Data Management, SLO's, Technology, Utah Core Curriculum
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level All Grade Levels

11:20am MDT

Personalizing Digital Learning

Session Evaluation

What is personalized learning? How is it similar/different in comparison to differentiation and individualization? Where can you find out more about personalized learning? Is there a middle ground?

Presenters

Tony Campbell

Director of Learning & Innovation, WCSD

I currently work for WCSD as the Learning & Innovation Technologies Director. I began this journey in 2004. It has been amazing! The best part of my job is the opportunity to work with the amazing teachers in our district. They give so much to our students. Helping them connect technology... Read More →

Personalizing Digital Learning pdf

Wednesday July 12, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Education Building 202

20 Minute Over the Shoulder

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's, Technology
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels

1:30pm MDT

Administrative Style

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Stanley Ivie

Professor Emeritus, TWU

Wednesday July 12, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
Business Building 102

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Administration

1:30pm MDT

DTL - What's Next in Digital and Personalized Learning for Utah?

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Sarah Young

Chief of Staff, Utah State Board of Education

Wednesday July 12, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
Business Building 101

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, SLO's
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels

1:30pm MDT

Formative Assessment: The Underused Magic Bullet

Session Evaluation

Research demonstrates that formative assessment can dramatically improve the caliber of student learning but unfortunately it is underused by most classroom teachers. Formative assessment is a planned process in which evidence of students’ status is used to by teachers to adjust their ongoing instructional procedures or by students to adjust their current learning tactics. Because formative assessment is a ubiquitous ‘buzzword’ in education, educational leaders need to take a close look at what it means and how it is different from other kinds of assessment. The focus of this presentation will be on how evidence of student understanding is gathered and used by teachers and students in a formative way to promote learning. Formative assessment strategies will be addressed, and a model for implementing a school-wide program for formative assessment will be presented.

Presenters

Lee Montgomery

Professor of Graduate Education, Southern Utah University

For the past 30 years Dr. Lee Montgomery has been a professor of graduate education at Southern Utah University. He teaches courses in educational psychology, philosophy and ethics, assessment and curriculum design.

Wednesday July 12, 2017 1:30pm - 3:40pm MDT
Business Building 208

Two Hour Session

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, Assessment, SLO's, Utah Core Curriculum
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels

2:40pm MDT

Slice and Dice Data Like a Ninja: Advanced Google Forms and Sheets

Session Evaluation

You’ve used Google Forms to quickly collect data. The automatic summaries and charts are great, but what’s next? How can you see beyond simple averages and totals to make better decisions and gain true insights? Join me to learn more about some powerful features in Forms and Sheets like data validation, data filters, and pivot tables. We’ll also take a look at some useful add-ons that will allow you to do some amazing things for any classroom.

Presenters

Clint Stephens

Educational Technology Specialist and UCET Preside, Southwest Educational Development Center

During his twelve years teaching secondary Science, Regional Technology Integration Specialist Clint Stephens was awarded the Utah Middle School Science Teacher of the Year award in addition to several technology innovation grants & awards. Currently, Clint is a Level 1 & 2 Certified... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 2:40pm - 3:40pm MDT
Education Building 339

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, Sage/Data Management, SLO's, Technology
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels

10:10am MDT

Techniques for Going Beyond the Data to Identify Root Causes

Session Evaluation

Assessment data can be useful at identifying problems in a school, but the exact cause of the problem will not always be obvious. If the underlying problem is misidentified, then any interventions may fail. In this presentation, we will borrow from the field of public policy and review various techniques policy makers, administrators, and even teachers can use to identify the root causes of problems in schools, including boundary analysis, classification analysis, and assumptional analysis. At the end of presentation, participants will be better equipped to identify problems in their schools in order to make better informed solutions.

Presenters

David Sallay

Student Data Privacy Auditor, USBE

David started as the Chief Privacy Officer at USBE in December 2021. He is a Fellow in Privacy (FIP) Certified Information Privacy Professional-US Sector (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), and Certified Data... Read More →

Thursday July 13, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Education Building 215

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, Sage/Data Management, SLO's
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels

10:10am MDT

Tier 1 Instruction - AMPLIFIED

Session Evaluation

For good, or bad, technology will a simply amplify the Tier 1 instruction that is already going on in the classroom. For teachers/administrators considering 1-to-1 deployments, or BYOD, we would like to offer a short list of considerations, and host an open dialog with the group based on our 4+ years of pilot groups in Alpine School District.

Presenters

Cody Spendlove

Ed Tech Director, Alpine School District

I think people should be sharing the BEST Pedagogical Practice you have seen during COVID 2020-21 school year. Things you think Teachers/Schools SHOULD KEEP Doing it AFTER the pandemic.

Thursday July 13, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 203

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's, Technology
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level 3-4, 5-6, High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Ed Tech Leader

11:20am MDT

Digital Teaching and Learning (DTL) Prgram Updates and Best Practices

Session Evaluation

This session will update participants on The Digital Teaching and Learning Program and highlight best practices and great examples from schools and districts around the state.

Presenters

Rick Gaisford

Board Member, UCET

Rick Gaisford has 35 years in education and has been involved with educational technology for over 30 years at the classroom, school, district and state levels. He was an elementary school teacher, school technology specialist, district technology specialist and trainer. For the past... Read More →

Sarah Young

Chief of Staff, Utah State Board of Education

Thursday July 13, 2017 11:20am - 12:20pm MDT
Hunter Conference 114- Vermillion Cliffs

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, SLO's, Technology
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level All Grade Levels

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.

Presenters

Tony Pellegrini

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

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
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area Adult Education

2:40pm MDT

Slice and Dice Data Like a Ninja: Advanced Google Forms and Sheets

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Clint Stephens

Educational Technology Specialist and UCET Preside, Southwest Educational Development Center

Thursday July 13, 2017 2:40pm - 3:40pm MDT
Education Building 339

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, Sage/Data Management, SLO's, Technology
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level All Grade Levels

9:00am MDT

School Community Councils and the School LAND Trust Program

Session Evaluation

This presentation will provide an overview of issues related to the school trust lands, permanent state school fund, and School LAND Trust Program. Training will be provided on the law and rules applicable to the school community councils.

Presenters

Tim Donaldson

School Childrens Trust Director, USOE

Tim Donaldson is the School Children’s Trust Director for the Utah State Board of Education in Salt Lake City. In that capacity Tim is responsible for independent oversight of the prudent and profitable management of the 4 million surface and subsurface acres of Utah school trust... Read More →

Friday July 14, 2017 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Business Building 101

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level All Grade Levels

10:10am MDT

School Community Councils and the School LAND Trust Program

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Tim Donaldson

School Childrens Trust Director, USOE

Friday July 14, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 101

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level All Grade Levels

10:10am MDT

Tier 1 Instruction - AMPLIFIED

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Cody Spendlove

Ed Tech Director, Alpine School District

I think people should be sharing the BEST Pedagogical Practice you have seen during COVID 2020-21 school year. Things you think Teachers/Schools SHOULD KEEP Doing it AFTER the pandemic.

Friday July 14, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Business Building 203

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's, Technology
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level 3-4, 5-6, High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Ed Tech Leader

10:10am MDT

Your Most Powerful Teacher

Session Evaluation

School administrators are under immense pressure to show improvement in student achievement. The public, the legislature, accreditation boards, and colleges are all demanding higher student performance. The key to achieving these goals is to raise reading levels and improve critical thinking skills. In this session, we will show you the benefits of adding a certified teacher librarian to your team. Twenty-five separate state studies demonstrate that teacher librarians raise student achievement. We will show you how a teacher librarian can improve reading scores, writing skills, critical thinking, college readiness, and more, across all subject areas in your school. The research indicates this positive impact is even more pronounced among at-risk students. Come learn how to harness the potential of “Your Most Powerful Teacher.”

Presenters

Brian Ferguson

Teacher Librarian, Davis District

Brian is on the Steering Committee for schoollibraryPALS (Parents Advocating for Libraries in Schools). He is a member of the NEA Committee on Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules and serves as UEA parliamentarian. He is a retired teacher librarian from Davis District.

Caitlin Gerrity

Associate Professor, Southern Utah University

Caitlin Gerrity is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the School Library Media Endorsement Program at Southern Utah University. She teaches college-level information literacy skills and prepares teacher librarians for the State of Utah and beyond.

Friday July 14, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Education Building 202

20 Minute Over the Shoulder

Learning Strands Administration- Includes Evaluation, SLO's
Audience Curriculum District Specialist, District/School Administration
Grade Level All Grade Levels
Subject Area All Subject Areas