2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference: Grid

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Conference Welcome...

Keynote: Honoring the Ask – Respecting What it Takes to Engage in Coaching 12:10pm - 1:25pm

Exhibitors & Partners Hall 11:00am - 4:00pm

AI for Administrators 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Adding in AI for Accessibility with Google Tools 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Conference Credit 10:30am - 11:00am

Conference Registration and Badge Pick-Up 11:00am - 4:00pm

Presenter's Lounge 11:00am - 4:00pm

Conference Wi-Fi Information AND Tech Support/Help Desk 11:00am - 4:00pm

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Refreshment Break

The Power of Feedback: Using Data and Reflection to Enhance Inst... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Analyzing Acadience Reading Data 1:30pm - 2:30pm

A Legislation Update on Education Law 2:50pm - 3:50pm

The National EdTech Plan in Action: Improving Technology Use in... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Building Your Ed Tech Roadmap: Using the National Ed Tech Plan a... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Bucking the National Trend: Competency-Based Licensing Impacts T... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Reaching Every Student: How Utah is Using Early Warning Systems... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Suicide Prevention in Schools 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Using TBRI and Connection to Teach Content and Standards 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Accuracy & Automaticity: Science of Reading for Upper Elementary... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The White Whale of Reading: Effective Comprehension Instruction 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Best Practices for Using Scrible in the Classroom 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Six Leadership Moves for High-Impact Professional Learning Systems 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Science of Reading Foundations: Building Student’s Executive Functioning Skills 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Burnout or Resilience Part 2: Addressing the challenges of educa... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Leading the Way to Improved Literacy Outcomes-The Principals Piv... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Rhythm, Rhyme, and the Hip-Hop Canon 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Survey Says! Educator Job Satisfaction 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Navigating the Landscape of School Mental Health: A Comprehensive Systems Approach 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Mild to Spicy- Turning Up the Heat on Math Rigor 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Water Wise: Engaging Science, Inspiring Stewardship 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Earn Credits, Endorsements, and APPEL Competencies with Utah Mic... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Designing Support for students with Executive Function Skill cha... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

High Engagement Writing 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Roles and Responsibilities for Faculty and Staff for ALL Learner... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

What's New and Exciting in Adobe Express? 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The Big Six: Designing a District-Wide Technology Strategy 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Empowering Student Sensemaking: A Student-Driven Approach to Lea... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Utilizing the New Focused Graduation Pathway to Keep Students En... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Centering On Students: PCBL In Action from Modern Classrooms In... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Full Class Missions: Bridge the Gap Between Learning and Applica... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

The Role of Prevention and Intervention in school behavior 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Unlocking Digital Literacy: Empowering Teachers for Today's Midd... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Beyond the Page: Elevating Students with Digital Resources 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Writing with Purpose: Build a Collaborative and Supportive Commu... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

How to Ukulele Your Way to Classroom Success 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Elevating Classroom Management 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Equal Opportunity in Education 1:30pm - 2:30pm

The Power of Connection: Influencing Others Through Authentic Re... 2:50pm - 3:50pm

You've Got To Move It! (Incorporating Movement in Secondary Clas... 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Won't you be our neighbor? Free educator resources from PBS Utah 2:50pm - 3:50pm

Building Better Bots: Elevating Teaching with AI 1:30pm - 3:50pm

Polleneighbors 1:30pm - 3:50pm

From Potential to Proficiency: Driving Systemic Change 2:50pm - 3:50pm

What to do in Summit & Wasatch Counties 11:00am - 4:00pm

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SESC & SEDC URSA Awards & Keynote Welcome

Keynote Speaker: Jim Knight 8:30am - 9:30am

USBE AI in Education Showcase - Teacher-Created Lesson Plans in All Grade Levels & Curriculum Areas 9:45am - 12:10pm

InstaTeacher: Teacher Leadership in the Age of Social Media 9:45am - 12:10pm

USBE AI in Education Showcase - Teacher-Created Lesson Plans in All Grade Levels & Curriculum Areas 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Rock Band - The Secret to Building Meaningful Music Programs in Rural Schools 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Lead From the Classroom to the Community 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Exhibitors & Partners Hall 8:30am - 4:00pm

Taming the AI Dragon: Practical Gemini & Notebook LM for Educato... 9:45am - 10:45am

AI for a Rise and Something to Aspire to! 11:10am - 12:10pm

Unlocking Authentic Expression: How AI Empowers Writers 1:40pm - 2:40pm

On the Edge of AI: Exploring Emerging Innovations 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Networking & Refreshment Break

Refreshment Break 2:40pm - 3:05pm

Evening Activities 5:30pm - 8:00pm

What's Next in Google Workspace? Essential Updates for Every Edu... 9:45am - 10:45am

What's Next in Google Workspace? Essential Updates for Every Edu... 11:10am - 12:10pm

AI for a Rise and Something to Aspire to! 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Taming the AI Dragon: Practical Gemini & Notebook LM for Educato... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Thank You for the Feedback 9:45am - 12:10pm

Discovering what your students really know when “asking” the rig... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

From Silos to Synergy: Integrating Instructional Ecosystems 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Maintaining Privacy Through the Whistleblowing Process 9:45am - 10:45am

Strengthening Leadership Capacity Through Communities of Practic... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Teaching Ethnic Studies in Utah: New Requirements, Trusted Mater... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Try Walking In My Shoes 3:10pm - 4:10pm

From Past to Press: Teaching News Literacy Strategies through So... 9:45am - 10:45am

Important Lessons in School Safety from a Behavioral Health Pers... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Reel Rights: Curating, Streaming, and Copyright Essentials for S... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Won't you be our neighbor? Free educator resources from PBS Utah 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Not Your Grandmother's Spreadsheets: Deep Dive Into Google Sheet... 9:45am - 10:45am

Data-Driven Storytelling: Creating User Friendly Dashboards in L... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Building STEM Leadership and Integration: Lessons from Utah’s SE... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Strengthening Paraeducator Capacity: A Collaborative Professiona... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Commemorate America250 with National History Day 9:45am - 10:45am

Exploring Cultural Responsiveness: Practicum Experiences in Rura... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Teaching through Modeling: DigCit in Action 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Radical Candor for Educators 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Rural STEM Learning Pathways and Effective Educator Support: Str... 9:45am - 10:45am

Rural STEM Learning Pathways and Effective Educator Support: Str... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Energize and Elevate Teaching and Learning for All! 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Strategies to Reignite Your Joy of Teaching! 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Discover Hidden Gems in Utah’s Online School Library 9:45am - 12:10pm

CATALYST - Coaching and Alignment Toward Adaptive Leadership Yielding Systemic Transformation 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Trigonometry in Motion 9:45am - 10:45am

Sine Curves and Spaghetti 11:10am - 12:10pm

Leading with Hope: Building Resilient Communities 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Compassion and Hope in Action 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Pathways to Success: Positive School Experiences Supporting Stud... 9:45am - 10:45am

Building Foundations: Strategies for Successful Early Learning I... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Writing instruction for grades K-2 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Writing Instruction in Grades 3-6 3:10pm - 4:10pm

The Pressure is on: Using SEEd to Design Highly Effective 3D Les... 9:45am - 10:45am

A Love Affair With Picture Books Across the Standards 11:10am - 12:10pm

Playful Pathways: Teaching Science of Reading Using Developmenta... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

How to Improve Fluency through Partner Reading-Paragraph Shrinki... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

How Nature and Movement Can Impact Educator and Student Wellness 9:45am - 10:45am

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Mindset Shifts: Ac...

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Early College Q&A

Engineering Design...

Self-Determination is on the Menu! 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Empowering Coach-Teacher Collaboration: Elevating Impact with AI 9:45am - 10:45am

Learning How to be Diagnostic. Evidence-Based Interventions Made Easy and How to Intensify Them for Each Tier. 11:10am - 2:40pm

Practical Classroom Management: Addressing the Current Behaviora... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Understanding Weather: Heat, Water, and Air 9:45am - 12:10pm

Kinesthetic Astronomy 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Amplify Classroom Voices with Adobe Podcast 9:45am - 10:45am

Digital Skills, Analog Tools: Unplugged Coding for Kids 11:10am - 12:10pm

Student and Child-Centered: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model Li... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Building Bridges: Practical Strategies to Empower Teachers To He... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Tier 1 Text: Scaffolded Reading Techniques to Engage Every Student 9:45am - 12:10pm

Math the Matters: Reaching Every Student 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Leaving the Classroom for Leadership: Lessons in First Year Scho... 9:45am - 10:45am

Lessons in Leadership from the Culture Code 11:10am - 12:10pm

Leading Off the Grid: Innovation and Leadership in Rural Schools 1:40pm - 2:40pm

From One Spark to a System: Scaling MTSS in Remote Schools 3:10pm - 4:10pm

School Improvement In Successful Schools: Making Good Schools Gr... 9:45am - 10:45am

Leading Deeper Learning with Deeper Purpose 11:10am - 12:10pm

Addressing Key Challenges in Educational Leadership: Insights from SUU’s Administrative Leadership Masters Project 1:40pm - 4:10pm

SchoolAi: Using AI in the Classroom 9:45am - 10:45am

Scrible 101: Free Research and Writing Platform for Newbies 11:10am - 12:10pm

Scrible 102: Scaffolding Research and Writing in ELA & Social St... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Supporting Your Students With Derivita 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Raising Up Readers: Scaffolding Grade Level Text for All 9:45am - 10:45am

Power Tools: Differentiate For All Your Learners Without Teacher... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Elevating Your Art Instruction: Adobe Fresco 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Movement Integration for K-6 classes 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Vector Self Portraits 9:45am - 10:45am

Collective Efficacy: Empowering Teachers and Boosting Student Su... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Building a STARfleet: Mentoring for Teacher Retention 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Enhancing Science and Engineering Practices Through Mind Mapping 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Let Them Count 9:45am - 10:45am

3 Dimensional Science: Evaluating Pool Chemistry 11:10am - 12:10pm

Professional Development Credit Options 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Utah Out-of-School-Time Needs Assessment--Findings and Next Step... 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Elevate Your Institution's Competative Advantage with Family Eng... 9:45am - 10:45am

Taking a Unified Approach to Meet School Prevention Requirements 11:10am - 12:10pm

Transform Your Canvas in 3 Minutes: Boosting Student Engagement... 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Raising Resilient Kids In A Tech Heavy World 3:10pm - 4:10pm

AI and Privacy: What Every Teacher Needs to Know 9:45am - 10:45am

From Comics to Comprehension: Why Graphic Novels Belong in Every... 11:10am - 12:10pm

Elevating ELA Engagement with Adobe Express 1:40pm - 2:40pm

No Cap: Finding the "Joy Snacks" in Ed Tech Integration 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Introducing K-2 Computer Science using Robotics 9:45am - 10:45am

Celebrating Educators: Creating Meaningful Recognition Practices 11:10am - 12:10pm

Connecting to Best Practice: Small Moves for Big Effects 1:40pm - 2:40pm

Beyond the Page: Elevating Students with Digital Resources 3:10pm - 4:10pm

Empowering Rural Schools Through the Statewide Online Education Program (SOEP): Navigating Opportunities and Challenges. 9:45am - 12:10pm

Supporting Language Development through the Creative Process 1:40pm - 4:10pm

Pedagogy First: Guiding Principles for Using AI to Empower Stude... 9:45am - 10:45am

Using Nearpod to Support Multilingual Learners 11:10am - 12:10pm

What to do in Summit & Wasatch Counties 7:45am - 4:00pm

Lunch 12:20pm - 1:30pm

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CUES URSA Awards a...

Keynote Speaker: Sayre Posey 8:40am - 9:40am

Exhibitors & Partners Hall 8:30am - 11:00am

AI and Privacy: What Every Teacher Needs to Know 9:45am - 10:45am

Pedagogy First: Guiding Principles for Using AI to Empower Stude... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Refreshment Break

AI for Administrators 9:45am - 10:45am

Adding in AI for Accessibility with Google Tools 11:00am - 12:00pm

Elevating Your Literacy Instruction with the Arts 9:45am - 12:00pm

The Exploratorium 9:45am - 12:00pm

From Comics to Comprehension: Why Graphic Novels Belong in Every... 9:45am - 10:45am

USETS - Your toolkits of One-Pagers Elevating Science 11:00am - 12:00pm

Updates from the School Safety Center 9:45am - 10:45am

Adventure Awaits: Guiding Students with Disabilities to Postscho... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Connecting with your Community 9:45am - 10:45am

Google Demo Slam: 2025 9:45am - 10:45am

HELP! My Students Can't Write...Advancing Thinking Through Writi... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Elevate Learning and Leadership with the CLEAR Feedback Framework 9:45am - 12:00pm

CYA: The Most Important Skill for Personal and Professional Fulfillment 9:45am - 12:00pm

Navigating the Information Jungle: Strategies for Teaching Infor... 9:45am - 10:45am

The Adventure Awaits: A Teachers Guide to unlocking their Leader... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Connecting to Best Practice: Small Moves for Big Effects 9:45am - 10:45am

School Attendance and the Effect on Risk and Protective Factors 11:00am - 12:00pm

The Power of Feedback: Using Data and Reflection to Enhance Inst... 9:45am - 10:45am

Diffusing Defiance- Navigating Resistance Effectively 9:45am - 10:45am

Self Care: What is it? 11:00am - 12:00pm

Building Dignity in Schools: Exploring the Dignity Index 9:45am - 10:45am

Engendering Hope in Teachers and Students: Using the Skills of I... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Exploring Earth & Sky: Navigating Stellarium, SOS Explorer and U... 9:45am - 10:45am

Integrated Singing Games for the Elementary Classroom 11:00am - 12:00pm

Customized Learning: ELA and Health Education Integration 9:45am - 12:00pm

ELL as a Foreign Language 11:00am - 12:00pm

Superpower to Success: Leading People, Teams, and Yourself in To... 9:45am - 10:45am

PBL Reimagined - Unleashing Student Potential through EdTech & C... 11:00am - 12:00pm

How to Solve the AI Plagiarism Problem: Process over Product 9:45am - 10:45am

Creative Writing Made Simple 11:00am - 12:00pm

Unlock Creativity in Your Classroom with Adobe Express 9:45am - 10:45am

Utah Science Assessment Updates 11:00am - 12:00pm

Bringing Stories to Life with Robotics and Balloons Over Broadwa... 9:45am - 10:45am

Scrible: Elevate Student Research and Writing in Your K-12 Class... 11:00am - 12:00pm

Learning to Learn: Teaching that Supports the Science of Learnin... 9:45am - 10:45am

Creating a predictable environment for optimal behavior In our s... 11:00am - 12:00pm

New Teacher Retention: Influence Your Young Teachers to Stay 9:45am - 10:45am

Singleton PLCs: We Survived, and Thrived! 11:00am - 12:00pm

Illuminate Learning with Lucid Tools for FREE 9:45am - 10:45am

Keep It Together With Google Keep 11:00am - 12:00pm

CUES Training Extravaganza 1 9:45am - 10:45am

CUES Training Extravaganza 2 11:00am - 12:00pm

What to do in Summit & Wasatch Counties 8:00am - 12:00pm