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!

Tara Turley Creel

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11:00am MDT

Conference Registration and Badge Pick-Up PCHS

12:10pm MDT

Keynote: Honoring the Ask – Respecting What it Takes to Engage in Coaching AuditoriumKatie Dewey Hill

1:30pm MDT

Earn Credits, Endorsements, and APPEL Competencies with Utah Microcredentials! Room #147Amy Coray • Daron Kennett You've Got To Move It! (Incorporating Movement in Secondary Classrooms) Room #241Mary Saylor The Power of Feedback: Using Data and Reflection to Enhance Instruction Room #131Kelbie Jackson Science of Reading Foundations: Building Student’s Executive Functioning Skills Room #142Jared Lisonbee • Cristina Barrera • Katrina Herd

2:30pm MDT

Refreshment Break PCHS

2:50pm MDT

Writing with Purpose: Build a Collaborative and Supportive Community of Writers Room #235Jenny Blauer

8:30am MDT

Keynote Speaker: Jim Knight AuditoriumJim Knight

9:45am MDT

Empowering Coach-Teacher Collaboration: Elevating Impact with AI Room #145Amy Wood Tier 1 Text: Scaffolded Reading Techniques to Engage Every Student Room #148Breyanna Evans • Rachelle Packer

10:45am MDT

Networking & Refreshment Break PCHS

11:10am MDT

AI for a Rise and Something to Aspire to! Lecture HallJason Snow Collective Efficacy: Empowering Teachers and Boosting Student Success Room #235Katie Jones Scrible 101: Free Research and Writing Platform for Newbies Room #233Shilpa Duvoor 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 Power Tools: Differentiate For All Your Learners Without Teacher Burn-Out Room #234Dari Thacker

12:20pm MDT

1:40pm MDT

Unlocking Authentic Expression: How AI Empowers Writers Lecture HallNaomi Watkins • Davina Sauthoff

2:40pm MDT

Refreshment Break PCHS