2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

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8:00am MDT

What to do in Summit & Wasatch Counties TBD

8:30am MDT

CUES URSA Awards and Keynote Welcome Auditorium Exhibitors & Partners Hall Exhibitor Hall

8:40am MDT

Keynote Speaker: Sayre Posey AuditoriumSayre Posey

9:45am MDT

CUES Training Extravaganza 1 Room #242Brandon Harrison Bringing Stories to Life with Robotics and Balloons Over Broadway Room #235Emily Perkins • Michelle Kantaris Building Dignity in Schools: Exploring the Dignity Index Room #146Karren Pyfer Connecting to Best Practice: Small Moves for Big Effects Room #143Meghan Everette Exploring Earth & Sky: Navigating Stellarium, SOS Explorer and Universe Sandbox Room #147Thomas Quayle • Jason Trump Navigating the Information Jungle: Strategies for Teaching Information Literacy Room #142Kayla Towner Unlock Creativity in Your Classroom with Adobe Express Room #234Lisa Perry AI and Privacy: What Every Teacher Needs to Know Lecture HallJohn Lyman • Nicole Sanchez • Jeremy Zabriskie AI for Administrators Room #131David Long • Cody Spendlove Connecting with your Community Room #136Kole Krahenbuhl • Kelly Winn Diffusing Defiance- Navigating Resistance Effectively Room #145Katie Clark From Comics to Comprehension: Why Graphic Novels Belong in Every Classroom and School Library Room #134Gretchen Zaitzeff • Davina Sauthoff Google Demo Slam: 2025 Room #137Kelli Cannon How to Solve the AI Plagiarism Problem: Process over Product Room #233Shilpa Duvoor Illuminate Learning with Lucid Tools for FREE Room #241Clint Stephens Learning to Learn: Teaching that Supports the Science of Learning Room #237Jeremy Smith New Teacher Retention: Influence Your Young Teachers to Stay Room #238Pamela Pedersen Superpower to Success: Leading People, Teams, and Yourself in Today’s Landscape Room #232Adam Mendler The Power of Feedback: Using Data and Reflection to Enhance Instruction Room #144Kelbie Jackson Updates from the School Safety Center Room #135Ashley Pistello Customized Learning: ELA and Health Education Integration Room #148Jodi Parker • Christine Elegante Elevate Learning and Leadership with the CLEAR Feedback Framework Room #138Andrea Rorrer • Cori Groth • Kody Colvin CYA: The Most Important Skill for Personal and Professional Fulfillment Room #141McKinley Withers Elevating Your Literacy Instruction with the Arts Room #132Elizabeth Brown • Amy Hickenlooper The Exploratorium Room #133Sharla Arnold • Cassie Walker

10:45am MDT

Refreshment Break PCHS

11:00am MDT

CUES Training Extravaganza 2 Room #242Brandon Harrison Adding in AI for Accessibility with Google Tools Room #131Emma Moss • Kelli Cannon ELL as a Foreign Language Room #231Maggie Grindstaff Integrated Singing Games for the Elementary Classroom Room #147Katie Hejazi-Far PBL Reimagined - Unleashing Student Potential through EdTech & Community Impact Room #232Lora Gibbons Pedagogy First: Guiding Principles for Using AI to Empower Students Lecture HallNicole Johnson • Braxton Thorley Self Care: What is it? Room #145Sheryl Vernon USETS - Your toolkits of One-Pagers Elevating Science Room #134Milo Maughan • Michelle Berg Utah Science Assessment Updates Room #234Samantha Tinkey Adventure Awaits: Guiding Students with Disabilities to Postschool Success Room #135Crystal Emery • Deanna Taylor Creating a predictable environment for optimal behavior In our schools and classrooms Room #237Elizabeth Howcroft Creative Writing Made Simple Room #233Becca Wilhite Engendering Hope in Teachers and Students: Using the Skills of Improv and Storytelling in Education Room #146Jacob Earnest HELP! My Students Can't Write...Advancing Thinking Through Writing K-5 Room #137Amy Mahoney Keep It Together With Google Keep Room #241Clint Stephens School Attendance and the Effect on Risk and Protective Factors Room #143Phillip Bertoch Scrible: Elevate Student Research and Writing in Your K-12 Classroom Room #235Chris Haught Singleton PLCs: We Survived, and Thrived! Room #238KC Olson The Adventure Awaits: A Teachers Guide to unlocking their Leadership Potential. Room #142Kelbie Jackson • Courtnee Justice

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

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