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

How Classroom Teachers Can Deal with Confrontational Parents

Session Evaluation

Managing angry parents is not like managing a customer service counter. Teachers market knowledge and cognitive skills, and when instruction doesn't fit, angry parents seek resolution. This stress compounds everyday demands of scrutiny and assessments. In this session, participants will practice skills that deflect parents who bully, criticize, demand, and threaten. Real-life scenarios will be investigated, and role-playing will model how teachers can cater to all customers while delivering rigorous content that is priceless.

Presenters

Lorraine Wallace

Associate Professor, Utah Valley University

As an associate professor at Utah Valley University, Lorraine Wallace specializes in English Education, teaching methods courses and supervising student teachers. She also teaches First-Year composition. Before moving to UVU, she taught at Juab High School for 18 years. Her... Read More →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Hunter Conference 114- Vermillion Cliffs

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Classroom Management
Audience Teachers
Grade Level High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area All Subject Areas, Language Arts

11:20am MDT

Quiz Bowl - a Fun Regional Academic Competition

Session Evaluation

Come experience the fun, fast-paced challenge of Quiz Bowl. You will join in a competitive academic game pitting your team's knowledge against another team's knowledge. After actually playing a quiz bowl game, you will learn about putting together a team and the competition in Southeast Utah. Coach Mike Estenson from Grand County Middle School in Moab has taken teams to the Junior National Academic Championship four out of the last eight years. Come learn how you to could establish a quiz bowl program in your school.

Presenters

Mike Estenson

8th Grade Math Teacher, Quiz Bowl Coach, MLHMS

Mike has taught math for 20 years at Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School. He is currently piloting Carnegie Learning Systems and incorporating Building Thinking Classrooms. As the quiz bowl coach, he has taken teams to the National Academic Championships four out of the last eight years... Read More →

Teryn Estenson

2nd Grade Teacher, HMK

2nd grade teacher

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

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Academic Competition
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Computer Science, Current Events, Language Arts, Math, Music, Physical Education and Health, Science, Social Studies

1:30pm MDT

Implementing Google Classroom

Session Evaluation

Using technology in a paperless classroom. This presentation will be given by two secondary LA teachers for grade levels 6-12, and it can be applicable to other relative content areas. We will be discussing how to implement programs such as Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Forms, Utah Compose, UTIPS, as well as other technology based instructional programs.

Presenters

Kim Bailey

Iron County School District

Sami Hunt

Teacher, Iron School District

Wednesday July 12, 2017 1:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
Hunter Conference 114- Vermillion Cliffs

1 Hour Session, BYOD- Hands On

Learning Strands Google Apps, PLC's- Professional Learning Communities, Technology, Utah Core Curriculum
Audience All School/District Personnel, Teachers, Technology Coordinators/Facilitators
Grade Level High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area ESL, Language Arts, Social Studies, Special Education

2:40pm MDT

Some of the Best Educational Online Libraries/Resources for Educators

Session Evaluation

During this session you will learn about and see some of the best online libraries of resources available to educator at all levels and in all subject. All the highlighted resources are free to use by educators.

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 →

Wednesday July 12, 2017 2:40pm - 3:40pm MDT
Hunter Conference 114- Vermillion Cliffs

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Technology
Audience All School/District Personnel
Grade Level All Grade Levels

10:10am MDT

Quiz Bowl - a Fun Regional Academic Competition

Session Evaluation

Presenters

Mike Estenson

8th Grade Math Teacher, Quiz Bowl Coach, MLHMS

Teryn Estenson

2nd Grade Teacher, HMK

2nd grade teacher

Thursday July 13, 2017 10:10am - 11:10am MDT
Hunter Conference 114- Vermillion Cliffs

1 Hour Session, Traditional Lecture/Audience Participation

Learning Strands Academic Competition
Audience District/School Administration, Teachers
Grade Level High School Grades 9-12, Middle School/Junior High Grades 6-8
Subject Area Computer Science, Current Events, Language Arts, Math, Music, Physical Education and Health, Science, Social Studies

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

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 →

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

Finding Connections with Interdisciplinary Teaching

Session Evaluation

Brain science teaches us that learning depends on making relevant connections. As teachers we have opportunities to make connections between the past and present, between student lives and the community around them, but sometimes we miss out on opportunities to help them make connections between disciplines. This presentation will describe why collaborating with teachers from other disciplines can benefit students, resources that will help teachers do it effectively, and describe our attempt to help kids make connections between English and history in a 7th grade program called PUSH.

Presenters