Name: Getting Your New Teachers to Stay: Research to Impact Practice in Small Schools
Start: 2026-07-16T09:45:00-0600
End: 2026-07-16T12:10:00-0600

Welcome to URSA 2025 at Park City High School!

Getting Your New Teachers to Stay: Research to Impact Practice in Small Schools

Thursday July 16, 2026 9:45am - 12:10pm MDT

AU - Auditorium Foyer

🖼️ Format Alert: This is a relaxed, 2-hour "drop-in" poster session where you can browse at your leisure and chat informally with presenters.

New teacher attrition is a concern for all school systems, especially small or rural schools. Learn current research insights regarding new teacher induction. This poster session will suggest ways to design effective mentoring and induction activities based on research. Discussion, interaction, sharing of best practices, and exploring ways to impact new teacher retention in your setting will be a key part of this presentation. Finally, I will ask for interview volunteers to help in my research and will provide initial research findings, if possible.

Participants MUST HAVE one of the following platforms/devices in order to participate in this session: None

Participants MAY FIND IT USEFUL to have one or more of the following platforms/devices during this session: iPad / iPhone; Any of these

Speakers

Pamela Pedersen

Doctoral Researcher, University of Utah, Education Leadership and Policy

I bring 27 years of experience in public education, beginning as a special education teacher and later serving as a grant writer and secondary administrator in the Salt Lake City School District.

For the past 17 years, I have led in a range of school settings, including small district charter schools, alternative high schools, and large comprehensive high schools. These experiences have given me a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities schools face across different... Read More →

Thursday July 16, 2026 9:45am - 12:10pm MDT
AU - Auditorium Foyer 351 W. University Blvd., Cedar City, UT 84720

Instructional Coaching, Intermediate - basic core competency; some prerequisite skills required. | Leadership, Intermediate - basic core competency; some prerequisite skills required.

Learning Strand or Track 2 Hour Poster Session - informal discussions with various small groups during a 2-hour window
Subject Area Not Applicable
Audience District / School Administrators, Instructional Coaches
Grade Level Instructional Coaching, Leadership

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Pamela Pedersen

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2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Pamela Pedersen

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