Utah LEARNS Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)	Grades	Location
8:00 am	Registration			Auditorium Atrium
8:30 am - 9:20 am	Welcome & Opening Session Keynote Address Practical Trauma-Informed Behavioral Strategies for the Classroom	Nate Justis Dr. Greg Benner		Auditorium
9:30 am - 10:20 am	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
	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
	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
	End the Battles: Foundational and Relationship Building Strategies for the Classroom	Dr. Greg Benner		Room 135
	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
	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
	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
	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 am - 11:20 am	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
	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
	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
	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
	Putting Power Struggles in the Rearview Mirror: Boosting Engagement with Classroom Reset	Dr. Greg Benner		Room 135
	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
	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
	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 am	Lunch			Auditorium Atrium
12:30 pm - 3:20 pm	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
	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 pm - 1:20 pm	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
	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
	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
	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
	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 pm - 2:20 pm	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
	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
	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
	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
	Supporting Students with Mental Health Concerns: Tier 2 and Tier 3 Behavioral Interventions (Part 1)	Dr. Greg Benner		Room 135
	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 pm - 3:20 pm	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
	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
	Supporting Students with Mental Health Concerns: Tier 2 and Tier 3 Behavioral Interventions (Part 2)	Dr. Greg Benner		Room 135
	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
	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
	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 pm - 4:00 pm	Closing Session	Nate Justis		Auditorium