A Conversation on the Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work
August 25, 2021

Panelists: Dr. Jared M. Hansen, Marin Christensen, & Dr. Christopher J. Hartwell
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2021 has impacted all Utahns in profound ways. Yet, a host of national and global reports have argued that women’s employment and careers have been disproportionately impacted during this time. To better understand Utah women’s experiences specifically, UWLP researchers conducted an extensive, in-depth survey focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on women and work. This comprehensive study included the collection of data on a wide variety of topic areas and included both quantitative and open-ended questions to capture participants’ perceptions and experiences. Over 3,500 Utah women responded to the survey. Study researchers discuss the findings from this research, particularly focusing on burnout, hope, career advancement challenges, childcare, homeschooling, caregiver experiences, physical and mental health struggles, and more.

Developing strategies around vision, culture, capacity, team, community, finance, and measure is the work of leaders. These elements of leadership influence learning, teaching, and the environment of your school, and help establish and sustain a commitment to continuous innovation. In this book you’ll have opportunities to engage with each element through interactive widgets, guiding questions, and downloadable resources, including a planning tool that can help you raise the bar for how technology enables your learning community.

The Elements of Learning provides research-based strategies for designing student learning experiences with iPad and Mac. The book covers five elements of deeper learning, supported by a rubric, interactive examples, and 19 downloadable lessons, designed by teachers around the world. Teachers and technology esecialists can use this book to design innovative and effective learning experiences with Apple technology.

In this activity students will work in pairs while addressing the social dilemma of who gets to be the leader and who follows, a common strain in relationships.

In this activity students will work in pairs while addressing the social dilemma of who gets to be the leader and who follows, a common strain in relationships.

Innovation in Schools shows how innovative leaders leverage technology to develop learning, teaching, and their school environment. It outlines the stages of innovation we see schools go through when they introduce, integrate, then innovate with new technology. The book includes real stories and examples from our Apple Distinguished Schools that demonstrate not only innovative practices, but also what schools can do to grow and evolve the use of technology. Interactive widgets allow readers to explore concepts more deeply. And two downloadable tools—the School Snapshot Tool and the Stages of Innovation Overview—help leadership teams make observations, identify where they are, and consider where they want to go.

In this module, school leaders and educators learn to envision and create an intentional culture of innovation and learning. This culture has shared goals that engage the community. These goals also motivate leaders, educators, and all stakeholders to plan and lead change through collaboration.

On this episode of UEN PDTV, Katie Blunt travels to Provo to visit with attendees at the annual conference of the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET). She talks to a teacher, an administrator, and a UCET board member about how the UCET conference provides them with opportunities for professional growth.

This course is organized around the well-established planning, organizing, leading, and controlling framework (or, simply, P-O-L-C). Three underlying themes carry throughout: strategic thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, and active management.

Dr. Susan Madsen opens the discussion with a presentation, based on her research, about raising girls to become leaders. She will also shares resources that can enrich influencers’ efforts. Dr. Madsen then moderates a panel of women leaders including Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Abby Cox, Jeanette Bennett and Michelle Kaufusi who have raised daughters and worked with young women in various ways through the years on finding their voices and becoming more influential.

With the help of academic researchers, we created this book to give you a few ideas about how to conduct research in your classroom, school, or even district. They’re basic, easy-to-conduct studies that you can use as is or adapt to your own needs. We hope that by investing time to conduct one or more of these studies, you’ll get a better understanding of how iPad is impacting your students and school and what your next steps might be.

This is a guide and workspace for participants to brainstorm stories and consider how, where, and with whom to share those stories.

Description: Community advocacy can be fun, simple, and meaningful. However, it can also feel overwhelming, confusing or frightening, particularly for women who do not know where to start or what to do. In this workshop, Action Utah will demystify community advocacy and make engagement more accessible. Join Andrea and Patti to learn about why women's engagement matters, what advocacy looks like, and how to find your own best way to impact the issues you care about. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of our political system and how to participate in the legislative session. More importantly, however, viewers will also come away with specific ideas on how to advocate for a cause, equipped with practical tips and tools for successful community action.