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2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Welcome to URSA 2025 at Park City High School!

1:30pm MDT

Rhythm, Rhyme, and the Hip-Hop Canon Room #144Elyse Arrington The Role of Prevention and Intervention in school behavior Room #234Heidi Mucha Navigating the Landscape of School Mental Health: A Comprehensive Systems Approach Room #145Trevor Olsen • Chathuri (Chat) Illapperuma-Wood • Matthew T. Smith Using TBRI and Connection to Teach Content and Standards Room #136Amie Huggins

2:50pm MDT

Designing Support for students with Executive Function Skill challenges Room #147Sheryl Vernon • Lauren Ezzell • Katie Clark Reaching Every Student: How Utah is Using Early Warning Systems to Support Student Success Room #134Nicole DellaRocco Utilizing the New Focused Graduation Pathway to Keep Students Engaged Room #232Stephanie Patton

9:45am MDT

AI and Privacy: What Every Teacher Needs to Know Room #241John Lyman • Nicole Sanchez • Jeremy Zabriskie Elevate Your Institution's Competetive Advantage with Family Engagement Room #238 Pathways to Success: Positive School Experiences Supporting Students with Disabilities Room #142Andrea Rorrer • Crystal Emery Empowering Rural Schools Through the Statewide Online Education Program (SOEP): Navigating Opportunities and Challenges. Room #243Meagan Johnston

11:10am MDT

Important Lessons in School Safety from a Behavioral Health Perspective Room #134Scott Eyre Taking a Unified Approach to Meet School Prevention Requirements Room #238Cathy Davis • Clarissa Stebbing

1:40pm MDT

Rock Band - The Secret to Building Meaningful Music Programs in Rural Schools Gym: LUNCH HallChris Woods Lead From the Classroom to the Community Black Box TheaterFangaafa Tuifua

3:10pm MDT

Building Bridges: Practical Strategies to Empower Teachers To Help All Language Learners Succeed Room #147Talia A. Casares • Patricia Zavala Raising Resilient Kids In A Tech Heavy World Room #238Nate Webb Utah Out-of-School-Time Needs Assessment--Findings and Next Steps Room #237Lisa Wisham

9:45am MDT

AI and Privacy: What Every Teacher Needs to Know Room #145John Lyman • Nicole Sanchez • Jeremy Zabriskie Antecedents in the Classroom: What's the Function? Room #147Emma Preston

11:00am MDT

Self Care: What is it? Room #145Sheryl Vernon 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 Engendering Hope in Teachers and Students: Using the Skills of Improv and Storytelling in Education Room #146Jacob Earnest

1:30pm MDT

The Dignity Index: How to disagree without being disagreeable ED 204 - Emma Eccles Jones Education Building, Room 204Stephan Seabury