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UACTE 2018

Jordan High School is located at 95 Beetdigger Blvd, Sandy, UT 84070

School maps are in the #uacte18 Conference at a Glance folio included with the conference materials you received at registration and can also be accessed here.

Program subject to change

8:00am MST

Data Driven Credit Recovery

Four years ago, West Jordan Middle School 9th grade students struggled with credit deficiency. During the 2013-14 school year, 9th graders failed 445 classes. Due to this concern, WJMS set out to create a system that would reduce this large number. These programs included Lion Lunch, Peer Tutoring, before/after school homework assistance, and Platinum Pride Time (PPT). Over the past 3 years, there has been a decrease in failing grades. During the 2016-17 school year, 9th graders only failed 54 classes. A large portion of success in this area revolves around the PPT program. Platinum Pride Time is facilitated during school hours where ninth grade students can receive additional academic help in their core classes (Language Arts, Math, Geography, and Science). They may work on missing assignments, projects, and assessments. When students have recovered credit from their core classes, they may also have the opportunity to recover their elective credits.

Speakers

Mark Jones

Counselor, West Jordan Middle

Wendy Petrovich-Musig

Karen Williams

Counselor, Jordan School District

Saturday February 3, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MST
K-204

8:00am MST

EXCELerate your counseling program: a session for beginners (Cancelled)

This session will introduce you to the EXCEL-lent world of Excel. Learn how to create effective spreadsheets to organize data so you can spend more time meeting with students. We will learn how to create and format a spreadsheet, cut and paste data, insert rows and columns, create tabs, simple functions and more.

Speakers

Stacy Wood

School Counselor, American Heritage School

Saturday February 3, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MST
1030 Career Center Lab

8:00am MST

How is Social Media Affecting Mental Health? Part 2

Part 2: (Continued from Friday) Social Media has become the way for students to communicate and socialize. The use of Instagram, Snapchat and similar apps are no longer "just for fun" but an expectation. This session will explore how the ubiquity of social media is affcting the mental health of students and its correlation with anxiety and depression.

Speakers

Torilyn Gillett

School Counseling Program Specialist, Canyons School District

Tori Gillett has worked for the Canyons School District for 13 years. She spent eight years as a school counselor at Indian Hills Middle School and is in her fifth year as the School Counseling Program Specialist. She has provided professional development and conference sessions on... Read More →

Social Media and Mental Health Part 2 UACTE 2018 pptx

Saturday February 3, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MST
K-202

8:00am MST

Overview of Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP)

Come hear a presentation from UESP on how you, and the ones you love, can take advantage of their program to help save money for a college education!

Speakers

Jenny Sass

Saturday February 3, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MST
K-201

9:05am MST

Data Driven Credit Recovery

Four years ago, West Jordan Middle School 9th grade students struggled with credit deficiency. During the 2013-14 school year, 9th graders failed 445 classes. Due to this concern, WJMS set out to create a system that would reduce this large number. These programs included Lion Lunch, Peer Tutoring, before/after school homework assistance, and Platinum Pride Time (PPT). Over the past 3 years, there has been a decrease in failing grades. During the 2016-17 school year, 9th graders only failed 54 classes. A large portion of success in this area revolves around the PPT program. Platinum Pride Time is facilitated during school hours where ninth grade students can receive additional academic help in their core classes (Language Arts, Math, Geography, and Science). They may work on missing assignments, projects, and assessments. When students have recovered credit from their core classes, they may also have the opportunity to recover their elective credits.

Speakers

Mark Jones

Counselor, West Jordan Middle

Wendy Petrovich-Musig

Karen Williams

Counselor, Jordan School District

Saturday February 3, 2018 9:05am - 10:05am MST
K-204

9:05am MST

EXCELerate your counseling program: a session for beginners

This session will introduce you to the EXCEL-lent world of Excel. Learn how to create effective spreadsheets to organize data so you can spend more time meeting with students. We will learn how to create and format a spreadsheet, cut and paste data, insert rows and columns, create tabs, simple functions and more.

Speakers

Stacy Wood

School Counselor, American Heritage School

Saturday February 3, 2018 9:05am - 10:05am MST
1556 PC Lab

9:05am MST

How is Social Media Affecting Mental Health? Part 2

Part 2: (Continued from Friday) Social Media has become the way for students to communicate and socialize. The use of Instagram, Snapchat and similar apps are no longer "just for fun" but an expectation. This session will explore how the ubiquity of social media is affcting the mental health of students and its correlation with anxiety and depression.

Speakers

Torilyn Gillett

School Counseling Program Specialist, Canyons School District

Tori Gillett has worked for the Canyons School District for 13 years. She spent eight years as a school counselor at Indian Hills Middle School and is in her fifth year as the School Counseling Program Specialist. She has provided professional development and conference sessions on... Read More →

Social Media and Mental Health Part 2 UACTE 2018 pptx

Saturday February 3, 2018 9:05am - 10:05am MST
K-202

9:05am MST

Overview of Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP)

Come hear a presentation from UESP on how you, and the ones you love, can take advantage of their program to help save money for a college education!

Speakers

Jenny Sass

Saturday February 3, 2018 9:05am - 10:05am MST
K-201

10:20am MST

Careers Begin Here

Do you have students who may not graduate from school or do not have plans after graduation? Do you have students who do better in a self-paced environment? Do you have students that are interested in technical training as a career? Have you ever wondered about the Job Corps Program? Come learn about the Job Corps program and how we can help those students get the education they need at no cost to them or their families.

Speakers

Amanda Anderson

Saturday February 3, 2018 10:20am - 11:20am MST
K-204

10:20am MST

Evidence based Happiness

Learn evidence-based happiness activities that you can use with students and in your own life. Based on the book The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky.

Speakers

Jenna Miller

Christina Shaw

Saturday February 3, 2018 10:20am - 11:20am MST
K-202

10:20am MST

EXCELerate your counseling program: a session for intermediate users (Cancelled)

So, you already know about the EXCEL-lent world of Excel. This session is tailored to those who already know how to make a basic spreadsheet. We will focus on learning how to sort and filter data, separate text to columns and a few advanced functions like VLOOKUP.

Speakers

Stacy Wood

School Counselor, American Heritage School

Saturday February 3, 2018 10:20am - 11:20am MST
1030 Career Center Lab

10:20am MST

Using google for your evidence box

How to use Google to keep your Evidence Box orderly, organized and updated.

Speakers

Jamie Vargas

CTE/Comprehensive School Counseling Program Specialist, JATC

Jamie Vargas is a CTE & Comprehensive School Counseling Program Specialist for Jordan School District. His previous educational experiences include teaching Math and Spanish and assignments as a school counselor at both the middle and high school levels. Jamie has also served on many... Read More →

Saturday February 3, 2018 10:20am - 11:20am MST
K-201

11:25am MST

Careers Begin Here

Do you have students who may not graduate from school or do not have plans after graduation? Do you have students who do better in a self-paced environment? Do you have students that are interested in technical training as a career? Have you ever wondered about the Job Corps Program? Come learn about the Job Corps program and how we can help those students get the education they need at no cost to them or their families.

Speakers

Amanda Anderson

Saturday February 3, 2018 11:25am - 12:25pm MST
K-204

11:25am MST

Evidence based Happiness

Learn evidence-based happiness activities that you can use with students and in your own life. Based on the book The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky.

Speakers

Jenna Miller

Christina Shaw

Saturday February 3, 2018 11:25am - 12:25pm MST
K-202

11:25am MST

EXCELerate your counseling program: a session for intermediate users

So, you already know about the EXCEL-lent world of Excel. This session is tailored to those who already know how to make a basic spreadsheet. We will focus on learning how to sort and filter data, separate text to columns and a few advanced functions like VLOOKUP.

Speakers

Stacy Wood

School Counselor, American Heritage School

Saturday February 3, 2018 11:25am - 12:25pm MST
1556 PC Lab

11:25am MST

Using google for your evidence box

How to use Google to keep your Evidence Box orderly, organized and updated.

Speakers

Jamie Vargas

CTE/Comprehensive School Counseling Program Specialist, JATC

Jamie Vargas is a CTE & Comprehensive School Counseling Program Specialist for Jordan School District. His previous educational experiences include teaching Math and Spanish and assignments as a school counselor at both the middle and high school levels. Jamie has also served on many... Read More →

Saturday February 3, 2018 11:25am - 12:25pm MST
K-201

1:30pm MST

Guidance Division Business Meeting

Come congratulate our award winners and let us celebrate you for your membership!

Speakers

Anya May

Counselor, Granite School District

Saturday February 3, 2018 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
1023 Media Center