Utah LEARNS Agenda
| Topic | Presenter(s) | Grades | Location | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration | Auditorium Atrium |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Opening Session | Welcome Keynote Address Practical Trauma-Informed Behavioral Strategies for the Classroom |
Nate Justis Dr. Greg Benner |
Auditorium | |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 |
Using Movement to Motivate & Manage Through movement activities, you can create a more dynamic, interactive, and enjoyable learning environment for your students and yourself. |
Analisa Smith | K-6 | Room 101 Gym |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | Getting Littles Outside in Every Season! Unpack the process of developing field experiences for the youngest learners that help them feel safe and find success. |
Leslie Larsen | K-2 | Room 117 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | A Discussion on Full-Day Kindergarten Join this discussion to share what’s been working, brainstorm how to meet challenges of this change, and learn ways to better our classroom practices within a full day kindergarten setting. |
Krysta Hamilton | K | Room 120 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | End the Battles: Foundational and Relationship Building Strategies for the Classroom | Dr. Greg Benner | Room 135 | |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | Social and Emotional Learning: The Root of Classroom Management Discover practical strategies to create an inclusive and supportive classroom environment in which students develop resilience and learn to regulate their emotions. |
Cami Player | K-6 |
Room 216 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | Fostering Positive Relationships to Improve Student Learning Relationship building is important in setting up your classroom for success for both your students and yourself. |
Joel López Mandy Seifert | 2-6 | Room 220 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | Teach Math Understanding (not tricks!) through Active Learning Math knowledge is built through deep understanding of math core concepts. Come and do it with us in this hands-on number sense building session. |
Jan Farmer Nancy Stewart |
4-6 | Room 221 |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Session 1 | Building your own Curriculum Map Our curriculum is the basis for our instruction and the more we know - the better we teach. Unpack your curriculum to better understand your curriculum! |
Dr. Laura Reina | K-6 | Room 222 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 |
Classroom Environments: Flexible Seating and Data-Driven Motivation Explore the transformative power of classroom environment, flexible seating, and data-driven motivation strategies. Discover how to create a dynamic and inclusive learning space that enhances student engagement and academic success. |
Shannin Kishbaugh | K-2 | Room 115 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Birding: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Early Literacy Literacy can be powerful when intentionally integrated with a meaningful topic. Learn how we include fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension in lessons taking flight! |
Dr. Joey Kozlowski | 2-4 | Room 118 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Creating an Inclusive Classroom Help develop skills for inclusivity that support students with disabilities to find success in traditional classrooms. |
Dr. Rachel Fields | K-6 | Room 119 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | The Whole-Brain Child Analyze the science of how a child’s brain is wired to better understand how to foster healthy brain development and create happier and calmer children. |
Krysta Hamilton | K-3 | Room 120 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Putting Power Struggles in the Rearview Mirror: Boosting Engagement with Classroom Reset | Dr. Greg Benner | Room 135 | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Unlocking Creativity in Teaching: Practical Strategies for Educators Learn and experience the curriculum through highly integrated lessons - sing it, dance it, create it - then you'll remember it! |
Jill DeVilbiss Ida Walters |
K-6 | Room 214 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Diving Below the Surface with the Math Iceberg Model Diagnosing a student's math needs can be challenging, but with the right tools we can dive down and unpack exactly what a student needs! |
Arla Westenskow Jalyn Kelley |
K-6 | Room 219 |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Session 2 | Building your own Curriculum Map Our curriculum is the basis for our instruction and the more we know - the better we teach. Unpack your curriculum to better understand your curriculum! |
Dr. Laura Reina | K-6 | Room 222 |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch | Auditorium Atrium | |||
| 12:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 3-5 |
The Floating Classroom: Integrating science and writing in the field (Sessions 3-5) Experience how water-based field programs can have strong curricular connections as students learn in an authentic setting. Please note: This is a field experience on the Little Bear River in Cache Valley. This class will cover Sessions 3-5. |
Stu Baggaley Jennifer Jenkins Dr. Eric Newell |
5-6 | Auditorium Atrium Little Bear River |
| 12:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 3-5 |
Dropping the Walls of Your Classroom in Practical Ways (Sessions 3-5) Join us on an outdoor experience up Logan Canyon where we will integrate reading, writing, the arts, and science in a powerful way. Please note: This is a field experience up Logan Canyon. This class will cover Sessions 3-5. |
Lorena Jiménez Cami Player |
2-5 | Cafeteria Atrium Logan Canyon |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Session 3 | Using Movement to Motivate & Manage Through movement activities, you can create a more dynamic, interactive, and enjoyable learning environment for your students and yourself. |
Analisa Smith | K-6 | Room 101 Gym |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Session 3 |
Classroom Environments: Flexible Seating and Data-Driven Motivation Explore the transformative power of classroom environment, flexible seating, and data-driven motivation strategies. Discover how to create a dynamic and inclusive learning space that enhances student engagement and academic success. |
Shannin Kishbaugh | K-2 | Room 115 |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Session 3 | The Whole-Brain Child Analyze the science of how a child’s brain is wired to better understand how to foster healthy brain development and create happier and calmer children. |
Krysta Hamilton | K-3 | Room 120 |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Session 3 | Diving Below the Surface with the Math Iceberg Model Diagnosing a student's math needs can be challenging, but with the right tools we can dive down and unpack exactly what a student needs! |
Arla Westenskow Jalyn Kelley |
K-6 | Room 219 |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. | Session 3 | Teach Math Understanding (not tricks!) through Active Learning Math knowledge is built through deep understanding of math core concepts. Come and do it with us in this hands-on number sense building session. |
Jan Farmer Nancy Stewart |
4-6 | Room 221 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 |
Award-Winning Literacy Lessons: Recreating a Utah Science of Reading Award-Winning Lesson Experience firsthand the strategies and methodologies that led to this recognition, gaining practical insights into how to integrate the Science of Reading principles into your own teaching practice. |
Shannin Kishbaugh | K-2 |
Room 115 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 |
Getting Littles Outside in Every Season! Unpack the process of developing field experiences for the youngest learners that help them feel safe and find success. |
Leslie Larsen | K-2 | Room 117 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 | Birding: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Early Literacy Literacy can be powerful when intentionally integrated with a meaningful topic. Learn how we include fluency, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension in lessons taking flight! |
Dr. Joey Kozlowski | 2-4 | Room 118 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 |
Positive Reinforcement to Motivate Students Understand and create tools to utilize positive reinforcement as a motivator for all students. |
Dr. Rachel Fields | K-6 | Room 119 |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 |
Supporting Students with Mental Health Concerns: Tier 2 and Tier 3 Behavioral Interventions (Part 1) |
Dr. Greg Benner | Room 135 | |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. | Session 4 |
Writing Through Voice: The Integrated Approach Unpack the writing process through oral language and content integration. |
Dr. Laura Reina | 3-6 | Room 222 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 |
Award-Winning Literacy Lessons: Recreating a Utah Science of Reading Award-Winning Lesson Experience firsthand the strategies and methodologies that led to this recognition, gaining practical insights into how to integrate the Science of Reading principles into your own teaching practice. |
Shannin Kishbaugh | K-2 |
Room 115 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 | Positive Reinforcement to Motivate Students Understand and create tools to utilize positive reinforcement as a motivator for all students. |
Dr. Rachel Fields | K-6 | Room 119 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 | Supporting Students with Mental Health Concerns: Tier 2 and Tier 3 Behavioral Interventions (Part 2) | Dr. Greg Benner | Room 135 | |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 | Unlocking Creativity in Teaching: Practical Strategies for Educators Learn and experience the curriculum through highly integrated lessons - sing it, dance it, create it - then you'll remember it! |
Jill DeVilbiss Ida Walters |
K-6 | Room 214 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 | Fostering Positive Relationships to Improve Student Learning Relationship building is important in setting up your classroom for success for both your students and yourself. |
Joel López Mandy Seifert | 2-6 | Room 220 |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. | Session 5 | Writing Through Voice: The Integrated Approach Unpack the writing process through oral language and content integration. |
Dr. Laura Reina | 3-6 | Room 222 |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Closing Session | Nate Justis | Auditorium | ||