2022 Utah Rural Schools Conference

Are you in Proactive-mode, or Reaction-mode? Are you engaged in Prevention, or waiting for crisis, and then intervening? Are you actively connecting to students, or waiting for them to reach out to you? It's time to set aside ineffective strategies, and implement the best prevention, intervention, and postvention tool available!
What's the benefit to you? Less behavioral issues. Students are more engaged in curriculum. Early detection and prevention reduces crisis. Students feel supported and connected, thus raising the overall climate at your school.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for teens in Utah! Over 44% of youth reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year! The CDC states "a sense of being cared for, supported, and belonging at school—called 'school connectedness'—had an important effect on students during a time of severe disruption." What are you doing to help your students feel cared for, supported, and like they belong? What solutions are available? Join me and take home a tool that you can implement right away, at no extra burden to your staff. See you here.

"Connecting All Learners With the Expert Teachers They Deserve"
Proximity Learning livestreams certified teachers into districts in pursuit of greater educational equity. Students everywhere deserve the most interactive, dynamic, and effective education possible. Proximity Learning teachers are trained to take full advantage of the cutting-edge digital tools at their disposal to help make that happen.

100% live interactivity over multiple platforms is the core reason that Proximity Learning teachers are so impactful. They aren’t just talking heads on a screen — they prioritize engagement and effectiveness.

Prepare for next year and fill your teacher vacancies now.

Follow co-founder of Instructure and co-creator of Canvas, Devlin Daley, as he introduces URSA attendees to Derivita - an all-in-one digital math learning solution. Daley walks participants through the capabilities of the Derivita platform directly from within a Canvas Instance!

In this session you will see Derivita’s math test bank with 60,000+ math test items, SpotCheck -a real-time assessment tool, ability to deliver automated and targeted feedback, the process of automated grading for free-response questions and more!

Be prepared to participate for the chance to win a Derivita swag box!

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Since the passing of HB 417 last month, high schools with fewer than 1,000 students can keep full WPU any time their students enroll in an any SOEP course. The cost of the SOEP course will be covered by the state, without impacting the school's WPU for that student. Starting in Fall 22, your students can sign up for an online class with a UT certified teacher to accelerate their progress, remediate a credit, or take an elective that interests them. Further, your school can partner with ASU Prep Digital Powered by Juab School District to offer an online version of a course to your students that you have not been able to staff on-site. In this session, we'll talk about the steps for students to enroll in a free online course, what they can expect from the course and teacher, and how ASU Prep Digital and Juab School District have worked together to ensure high student achievement alongside academic integrity.