Name: School Attendance and the Effect on Risk and Protective Factors
Start: 2025-07-11T11:00:00-0600
End: 2025-07-11T12:00:00-0600

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Friday July 11, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT

Room #143

A team approach to addressing chronic absenteeism in schools, specifically in the early learning grades. Students who are chronically absent in the early learning grades of K-3, where students are learning to read, are at extreme risk of developing large gaps in their learning. These gaps manifest themselves in the later grades when students are reading to learn. Additionally, research has shown that absenteeism is a learned behavior that begins in the early, learning to read, grades. Research has linked chronic absenteeism to adolescent risk taking behavior that increases the probability that a student will drop out of school and/or end up in the juvenile justice system.

Duchesne County School District has teamed up with North Eastern Counceling, Uintah School District, V6 Media and our local Prevention Advisory Coalition to bring awareness to all stakeholders of the need to address chronic absenteeism at all levels of schooling, but especially in the early grades of K-3. Come learn with us how we can better address the problem of chronic absenteeism.

Participants MUST HAVE one of the following platforms/devices in order to participate in this session: Mac Laptop

Speakers

Phillip Bertoch

Human Resources Director, Duchesne County School District

Phillip is a career educator with over twenty-nine years of experience. Fourteen of those years were spent teaching high school Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Physics, in both Duchesne County School District and the Kingdom of Tonga. Phillip spent four years as an adjunct... Read More →

Friday July 11, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Room #143 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City, UT 84060

1 hour traditional lecture/audience participation, Beginner - limited to no experience; no prerequisite skills required.

Learning Strand or Track Other
Subject Area Leadership, Mental/Behavioral Health
Audience All of the above
Grade Level All Grade Levels

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2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Phillip Bertoch

Attendees (7)

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Phillip Bertoch

Attendees (7)

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