The purpose of this class is to provide an overview of literary and informational texts for children and young adults with an emphasis on classic and contemporary publications and their appropriate use in the classroom. Participants will acquire knowledge of authors and genres with applicable background information. They will also discuss literary trends and how they can be applied to classroom learning. rn

Arts Express is sponsored by the BYU Arts Partnership and is a two-day conference for classroom teachers, arts specialists, administrators, and school volunteers. This conference provides arts instruction to integrate the arts across the curriculum.

This is registration for USBE credit only. YOU MUST ALSO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE THAT REQUIRES A FEE at: http://education.byu.edu/arts/arts_express/2019/schedule

This online course equips participants with a range of different formative assessment methods to inform their instruction. These include strategies to gather data on student understanding during instruction, approaches using data to adjust instruction, and techniques for sharing feedback with students in ways that help them to become self-directed learners. This course is based on current best practices and evidence-based instructional strategies.

This online course equips participants with a range of different strategies for creating and maintaining student engagement, as well as methods for building student self-monitoring skills for engagement. It is based on current best practices and evidence-based instructional strategies.

This online course equips participants with a range of different methods to leverage the power of their questions. These include strategies to increase student participation in answering questions, approaches for responding when students answer questions both correctly and incorrectly, and suggestions for building a classroom culture that encourages risk-taking in asking and answering questions. This course is based on current best practices and evidence-based instructional strategies.

This course prepares educators to be successful on the Praxis Principals of Learning and Teaching test. The Praxis PLT is a requirement for a Utah Level 2 Teaching License. The course equips participants with test preparation techniques, study topics, and strategies for the selected response and constructed response sections of the test.

Strand 7.1: Forces interact with matter Forces are push or pull interactions between two objects. Changes in motion, balance and stability, and transfers of energy are all facilitated by forces on matter. Forces, including electric, magnetic, and gravitational forces, can act on objects that are not in contact with each other. Scientists use data from many sources to examine the cause and effect relationships determined by different forces.

Strand 7.2: Changes to Earth over time Earth's processes are dynamic and interactive, and are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among Earth’s systems. Energy from the sun and Earth's internal heat are the main sources driving these processes. Plate tectonics is a unifying theory that explains crustal movements of Earth’s surface, how and where different rocks form, the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes, and the distribution of fossil plants and animals.

Strand 7.3: Structure and Function of Life Living things are made of smaller structures, which function to meet the needs of survival. The basic structural unit of all living things is the cell. Parts of a cell work together to function as a system. Cells work together and form tissues, organs, and organ systems. Organ systems interact to meet the needs of the organism.

Strand 7.4: Reproduction and Inheritance The great diversity of species on Earth is a result of genetic variation. Genetic traits are passed from parent to offspring. These traits affect the structure and behavior of organisms, which affect the organism's ability to survive and reproduce. Mutations can cause changes in traits that may affect an organism. As technology has developed, humans have been able to change the inherited traits in organisms which may impact society.

Strand 7.5: Changes in Species Over Time Genetic variation and the proportion of traits within a population can change over time. These changes can result in evolution through natural selection. Additional evidence of change over time can be found in the fossil record, anatomical similarities and differences between modern and ancient organisms, and embryological development.

Strand 8.1: Matter and energy interact in the physical world The physical world is made of atoms and molecules. Even large objects can be viewed as a combination of small particles. Energy causes particles to move and interact physically or chemically. Those interactions create a variety of substances. As molecules undergo a chemical or physical change, the number of atoms in that system remains constant. Humans use energy to refine natural resources into synthetic materials.

Strand 8.2: Energy is stored and transferred in physical systems Objects can store and transfer energy within systems. Energy can be transferred between objects, which involves changes in the object’s energy. There is a direct relationship between an object’s energy, mass, and velocity. Energy can travel in waves and may be harnessed to transmit information.

Strand 8.3: Life systems store and transfer matter and energy Living things use energy from their environment to rearrange matter to sustain life. Photosynthetic organisms are able to transfer light energy to chemical energy. Consumers can break down complex food molecules to utilize the stored energy and use the particles to form new, life-sustaining molecules. Ecosystems are examples of how energy can flow while matter cycles through the living and nonliving components of systems.

USBE Suicide Training

Participants will learn what their responsibilities are as a DIBELS Leader in Davis District and review how to score DIBELS in mCLASS. They will learn how to ensure consistent, quality DIBELS testing in the school(s). They will also learn about Alternate Assessments, entering those results and other testing codes, as well as test invalidation reporting.

Participants will learn what their responsibilities are as a DIBELS Leader in Davis District and review how to score DIBELS in mCLASS. They will learn how to ensure consistent, quality DIBELS testing in the school(s). They will also learn about Alternate Assessments, entering those results and other testing codes, as well as test invalidation reporting.

Secondary Math Progressions/BELS

PLCs Meet to collaborate on formative assessments

This meeting provides policy updates, networking opportunities, budget allocations for the following program year and professional development for all Utah Adult Education program directors.

This online course prepares educators in all grade levels and content areas with tools to add depth to the questions, prompts, and tasks they use for instruction and assessment. The course covers both Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) framework and Karen Hesse’s Cognitive Rigor Matrix (CRM) as tools to help teachers achieve the appropriate level of depth in their questioning. This course is based on current best practices and evidence-based instructional strategies.

This online course prepares educators in all grade levels and content areas with strategies to organize, sustain, and encourage classroom discussion. The course covers multiple types of class discussion, including teacher-led discussion, small group discussion, and student-led discussion (Socratic Seminars). This course is based on current best practices and evidence-based instructional strategies.

This course is designed to provide historical and theoretical perspective on literacy instruction. Teachers will participate in the study of current research in literacy instruction and explore the implications the findings have for today’s classrooms. Effective instructional methods will be shared and practiced, including the explicit instruction model and durable literacy processes and routines.