2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

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Full URSA 2025 Session Schedule will be published here NO LATER than June 1. Please check back soon!

1:30pm MDT

Empowering Student Sensemaking: A Student-Driven Approach to Learning Room #232Lora Gibbons High Engagement Writing Room #148Buffy Camps Rhythm, Rhyme, and the Hip-Hop Canon Room #144Elyse Arrington Bucking the National Trend: Competency-Based Licensing Impacts Teacher Shortages Room #134Malia Hite Mild to Spicy- Turning Up the Heat on Math Rigor Room #146Jenna Keyes • Paula Carlson • Stephanie Folkman Using TBRI and Connection to Teach Content and Standards Room #136Amie Huggins

2:50pm MDT

Water Wise: Engaging Science, Inspiring Stewardship Room #146Milo Maughan • Jill Flygare • Chris Miller Building Your Ed Tech Roadmap: Using the National Ed Tech Plan as a Guide Room #133Amber Wright • Rick Gaisford • Melanie Valentine Designing Support for students with Executive Function Skill challenges Room #147Sheryl Vernon • Lauren Ezzell • Katie Clark Writing with Purpose: Build a Collaborative and Supportive Community of Writers Room #235Jenny Blauer

9:45am MDT

The Pressure is on: Using SEEd to Design Highly Effective 3D Lessons Room #143Jan Hermansen • Kaylei Jones • Westen Miller How Nature and Movement Can Impact Educator and Student Wellness Room #144Sarah Roundy • Teri Davis Trigonometry in Motion Room #141Josh White Understanding Weather: Heat, Water, and Air Room #146Thomas Quayle • Jason Trump

11:10am MDT

3 Dimensional Science: Evaluating Pool Chemistry Room #237Kaitlyn Mecham AI for a Rise and Something to Aspire to! Lecture HallJason Snow Collective Efficacy: Empowering Teachers and Boosting Student Success Room #235Katie Jones A Love Affair With Picture Books Across the Standards Room #143Teresa Pugmire From Comics to Comprehension: Why Graphic Novels Belong in Every Classroom and School Library Room #241Gretchen Zaitzeff • Davina Sauthoff Sine Curves and Spaghetti Room #141Josh White

1:40pm MDT

AI for a Rise and Something to Aspire to! Room #131Jason Snow Building a STARfleet: Mentoring for Teacher Retention Room #235Katie Jones Elevating ELA Engagement with Adobe Express Room #241JoLynn Torgerson Unlocking Authentic Expression: How AI Empowers Writers Lecture HallNaomi Watkins • Davina Sauthoff Building STEM Leadership and Integration: Lessons from Utah’s SEI Cohort Room #135Kellie Yates • Kody Colvin Playful Pathways: Teaching Science of Reading Using Developmentally Informed Interactions Room #143Jared Lisonbee • Cristina Barrera • Katrina Herd Reel Rights: Curating, Streaming, and Copyright Essentials for Schools Room #134Gretchen Zaitzeff Student and Child-Centered: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model Lives in Rural Schools Room #147Darren Parry • Pam Powell • Sarah Allen Teaching Ethnic Studies in Utah: New Requirements, Trusted Materials Room #133Wendy Rex-Atzet • Etiana Coley-Mells Kinesthetic Astronomy Room #146Thomas Quayle • Jason Trump Math the Matters: Reaching Every Student Room #148Molly Basham • Mike Spencer • Melissa Garber Supporting Language Development through the Creative Process Room #243Mindy Curtis • Elizabeth Brown CATALYST - Coaching and Alignment Toward Adaptive Leadership Yielding Systemic Transformation Room #138Andrea Rorrer • Cori Groth • Quinn Kellis

3:10pm MDT

Building Bridges: Practical Strategies to Empower Teachers To Help All Language Learners Succeed Room #147Talia A. Casares • Patricia Zavala Movement Integration for K-6 classes Room #234Ashley Boyack Supporting Your Students With Derivita Room #233Duane Call

9:45am MDT

Exploring Earth & Sky: Navigating Stellarium, SOS Explorer and Universe Sandbox Room #147Thomas Quayle • Jason Trump From Comics to Comprehension: Why Graphic Novels Belong in Every Classroom and School Library Room #134Gretchen Zaitzeff • Davina Sauthoff Elevate Learning and Leadership with the CLEAR Feedback Framework Room #138Andrea Rorrer • Cori Groth • Kody Colvin Elevating Your Literacy Instruction with the Arts Room #132Elizabeth Brown • Amy Hickenlooper

11:00am MDT

Integrated Singing Games for the Elementary Classroom Room #147Katie Hejazi-Far PBL Reimagined - Unleashing Student Potential through EdTech & Community Impact Room #232Lora Gibbons Utah Science Assessment Updates Room #234Samantha Tinkey

2025 Utah Rural Schools Conference

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