Parents are important partners in achieving the Utah State Board of Education's vision that each student is prepared to succeed and lead by having knowledge and skills to learn, engage civically, and lead meaningful lives. The purpose of this document is to help parents better understand what their children should learn, when a child may need more help or when a child would benefit from extra challenges. By using these resources, you may find more ways to advance your child's learning at home while encouraging growth in their communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Parents are important partners in achieving the Utah State Board of Education's vision that each student is prepared to succeed and lead by having knowledge and skills to learn, engage civically, and lead meaningful lives. The purpose of this document is to help parents better understand what their children should learn, when a child may need more help or when a child would benefit from extra challenges. By using these resources, you may find more ways to advance your child's learning at home while encouraging growth in their communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Parents are important partners in achieving the Utah State Board of Education's vision that each student is prepared to succeed and lead by having knowledge and skills to learn, engage civically, and lead meaningful lives. The purpose of this document is to help parents better understand what their children should learn, when a child may need more help or when a child would benefit from extra challenges. By using these resources, you may find more ways to advance your child's learning at home while encouraging growth in their communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Parents are important partners in achieving the Utah State Board of Education's vision that each student is prepared to succeed and lead by having knowledge and skills to learn, engage civically, and lead meaningful lives. The purpose of this document is to help parents better understand what their children should learn, when a child may need more help or when a child would benefit from extra challenges. By using these resources, you may find more ways to advance your child's learning at home while encouraging growth in their communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Tending to one's social and emotional well-being is a daily, lifelong practice. We will share strategies as to how to introduce this practice to young people of all ages in a way that is ongoing and consistent for students while being manageable for teachers.

Kirk Ziemke
Big Shoulders Fund
Wellness Specialist
Illinois

Kirk is a former All-American swimmer, high school teacher and head swimming coach, currently working with The Big Shoulders Fund in Chicago as a Wellness Specialist. He combines lessons learned from a lifetime in competitive athletics, with an educational background featuring degrees in kinesiology, teaching, and psychology to form a unique approach to cultivating holistic student wellness.

This week UEN Homeroom is pleased to rebroadcast our interview with Rushton Hurley, the founder and executive director of Next Vista for Learning, to the podcast. In our conversation we focus on how teachers can effectively develop opportunities for students to create videos in class. Topics included in the discussion are: How teachers can use student video projects to engage kids in learning. How film festivals promote student work. How much technical know-how teachers need to help with student video projects and the basic essentials teachers need to get started. How video projects are particularly effective during blended or online learning and more...

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Matt and Dani are joined by Shannon Rupert from the Mars Society and Jen Carver Hunter. They share great ways teachers can take advantage of learning opportunities involving the Mars Desert Research Station, right here in Utah!

In our second SGEN episode, Dani Sloan takes the host's seat and shares some more good education news! She highlights an array of unique graduation stories and goes in-depth with Bridgette Barrowes about the necessity to have a dialogue about race with other teachers and students to overcome uncertainties. Share your good education news with us with #uengoodnews. Stay safe, be kind and keep learning!

In this episode, we see how schools and educators are innovating throughout this unusual school year. Katie Blunt, continuing her role as host, shares uplifting highlights from the past few months. From tractor parades to students helping communities in need, the highlights prove that there is always some good education news. This episode's in-depth interview is with none other than the 2021 teacher of the year, John Arthur from Meadowlark Elementary School - Salt Lake City. It's not one you'll want to miss!
Share your good education news with us with #uengoodnews. Stay safe, be kind and keep learning!

On the first episode of the new Homeroom season, Matthew Winters debuts as Dani Sloan's new co-host! The two talk to Dan Ryder, and Mat Dombrowski about encouraging student innovation and maintaining innovation over time.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom,Dani and Matt are in the studio with Utah's First Lady, Abby Cox. Abby discusses the experiences of her new position and starting education initiatives to make positive change. The three of them chat about the need to focus on both educators' and students' emotional wellness.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom,Dani and Matt are joined by Kami Dupree from the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and Heidi Mattews with the Utah Education Association(UEA) to discuss teacher retention in Utah. Listen to learn more about how these two groups define teacher retention and how, through their data collection, they're creating initiatives to address the teacher retention issue in our schools.

Paleontologists, including a leading expert in horned dinosaurs, lead students through this phenomenon-based investiigation to understand the evolutionary pathway that lead to Triceratops. Students will study use the fossil record and use a suite of interactives to evaluate shared traits, phylogenetic trees, and deep time maps to build an evidence base to help them answer their research question. Along the way, they'll earn a virtual field tool kit and a NHMU Junior Paleontologist certificate.
NHMU Research Quests are phenomena-based, online investigations asynchronously led by museum educators and scientists that are rooted in museum research and collections. Resources include teacher instructional guides, formative and summative assessments, and student notebooks. A free educator acount is required to access the materials.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Dani and Matt talk to educators Mike Roberts & Cory Henwood. They are presenting the keynotes for the upcoming UCET Conference. Listen for advice on making it through the end of the school year, and a teaser of what's to come at the conference.

In this episode of Adobe Spotlight trainer Rob Bentley shows us how to create an animated character with Adobe Character Creator! He takes us through step-by-step to create a unique animated video using your voice and expressions. Create your character today!

In this episode of Adobe Spotlight you'll learn about the new Adobe ACE: Level 2 course from UEN. You'll also hear about an exciting opportunity to attend the virtual Adobe Max conference for free.

Gabbi demonstrates how teachers can utilize Pages in Canvas to get information out to students.