2025 Elevated Teaching Summit: Full Schedule

Vision

In Canyons School District, we believe that all stakeholders benefit from purposeful technology integration within the learning process, focusing on student achievement. Educational technology will be used to empower teachers, students, and other stakeholders to gain the knowledge and skills needed to adapt, create, consume, and connect responsibly and ethically with the broader world in preparation for meaningful life opportunities.

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9:40am MDT

Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners in the Classroom OPEN SEATS

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:40am - 10:40am MDT

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Twice-exceptional (2e) students are those who are both gifted and have learning disabilities, such as ADHD or dyslexia. This session will help you understand the characteristics of 2e learners and how neurodiversity shapes their needs. You’ll gain practical strategies for designing strengths-based instruction and accommodations that support these unique students, empowering them to succeed in your classroom.

Presenter

Halley Kirk

GT Specialist, Canyons School District

Halley Kirk is the Gifted and Talented Specialist and SALTA Program Coordinator in Canyons School District and brings a unique perspective to education. Her journey began with a Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Philosophy and a stint in Washington DC, laying the foundation... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:40am - 10:40am MDT
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Elementary Teachers Middle School Teachers

10:50am MDT

Supporting Language Development through the Creative Process OPEN SEATS

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:50am - 11:50am MDT

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All students need and deserve the opportunity to be creative! All students also need and deserve to develop and practice academic and social language skills. We will engage in and practice language-development strategies that are essential for all students as they learn to be creative independent artists, successful students, and engaged learners. We will explore and use simple digital and traditional tools that support the creative process as we learn.

Presenter

Mindy Curtis

District BTS Elementary Arts Specialist, Canyons School District

Dr. Mindy Curtis has been teaching, writing, devising, directing, choreographing, and producing in theatres, schools, and non-profit venues across the U.S. for decades. Her educational and theatrical work has consistently explored the power of content integration, collaborative creation... Read More →

Wednesday June 4, 2025 10:50am - 11:50am MDT
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Elementary Teachers Middle School Teachers High School Teachers

2:15pm MDT

From Research to Stage: Collaborative Playwriting and National History Day in Upper Elementary OPEN SEATS

Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT

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Learn how our 4th graders brought history to life through historical analysis and collaborative playwriting in a cross-curricular ELA, Social Studies, and Arts project. We’ll share our process and tools to help you bring this engaging experience to your 4th or 5th grade class, culminating in the Utah National History Day competition.

Presenter

Halley Kirk

GT Specialist, Canyons School District

Mindy Curtis

District BTS Elementary Arts Specialist, Canyons School District

Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:15pm - 3:30pm MDT
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Elementary Teachers