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Are You Prepared for SLOs?Most educators will be required to create Student Learning Objectives

‘Bring Joy’ Educators Told at 2014 Convention

Yes, it’s yet another classroom mandate handed down from policymakers, and, yes, they will be tied to your individual eval-uation. But before you get too worked up about Student Learning Objectives, teachers who have studied and imple-mented them say educators should take time to understand what SLOs are and how they can help mea-sure and improve teaching practice.

“SLOs provide an opportunity for non-tested subjects to reassert their relevance,”

former high school teacher Curt Ben-jamin told those at-tending the 2014 UEA Summer Lead-ership Academy. He explained the impor-tance of SLOs in put-ting students fi rst, pri-oritizing standards and quantifying teacher

impact on students. “Teachers ought to be in control and

Inside:Lily’s Keynote 2

‘Excellence in Teaching’

Award Winners 4

SAGE Resources 7

UEA Elections 8

Serving Utah Public Schools Since 1910 November 2014

November 11 Veterans Day

17-21 American Education Week

(see page 8)

27-28 Thanksgiving Recess (UEA closed)

December 12 UEA Board of Directors meeting

24 Winter Recess begins

(UEA Offi ce closed through Jan. 1)

January 8 UEA Declarations of Candidacy due (see 2015 ELECTIONS, page 8)

9 UEA Board of Directors meeting

10 Council of Local Presidents meeting

10 U-PAC meeting

19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UEA Offi ce closed)

26 Utah Legislative Session begins

30 UEA Primary Election voting begins

February 13 NEA Board of Directors meeting

16 President’s Day (UEA Offi ce closed)


20 UEA Primary Election voting ends


21 U-PAC meeting

March 8 Daylight Saving Time begins

12 Utah Legislative Session ends



21 U-PAC meeting

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See CONVENTION, page 2

“I’m not afraid of tests, I’m not afraid of data. I’m afraid of pretending that this test score means something that it doesn’t mean,” said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García as she started off the UEA Convention October 16 and 17. She shared a message about the im-portance of teaching, encouraging teachers to “do what you have to do Monday morning to bring joy back into your school.” (see article p. 2)

For well over 100 years, Utah educators have gathered at the UEA Convention to share best practices. Th e 2014 Convention at the South Towne Expo Center featured professional develop-ment for K-12 educators, compelling key-note speakers, a New Educators’ Workshop and hundreds of vendor booths, seminars and workshops for parents, and a hands-on learning area for children.

“Education is such a critical issue in our state and across the nation,” said UEA Presi-dent Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh. “At the UEA Convention, we wanted to provide a place where educators can hone their teaching

skills, families can explore new learning oppor-tunities, and the entire community can come together to share ideas and celebrate public education in Utah.”

Here are a few Con-vention highlights:

EVENT: Education Policy Panel Discus-sion–

A distinguished panel of educators and policymakers shared their thoughts on how federal, state and local education policies im-pact classrooms and student learning. Th e discussion was mod-erated by KSL-TV

anchor Nadine Wimmer. Panel members in-cluded:• Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser,• Governor’s Education Advisor Tami Pyfer,• President-elect of the Utah School Boards

Association Kristi Swett,• Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S.

Department of Education Ruthanne Buck,• NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, and• UEA President Sharon Gallagher-Fish-

baugh.

Educators participate in a workshop session at the 2014 UEA Convention & Education Exposition.

See OBJECTIVES, page 7

Cache Education Association teachers Roger Donohoe, Debbie Rees and Christie Hansen discuss ways to help teachers implement SLOs at the 2014 UEA Summer Leadership Academy.

Responding to a question about where education policies are best created and imple-mented, Niederhauser said, “the further up you go the less that government should micro-manage education policy. Every classroom is not the same and the school is the nucleus of the community.”

“Th ere is an appropriate role for the federal government, special education for example,” said Pyfer. “We should make some minimum expectations so that students get at least a min-imum education across the state from Bluff to Bountiful.”

Asked about funding, Gallagher-Fishbaugh explained that we no longer have a paradox in Utah where we have too many children without enough money to fund their education. “Th is is a hollow argument. Th ey are our children. It is a cop out, it is an excuse. Our teachers can’t

do any more with less and our students deserve better.”

“When we hear that growth has been funded completely, it hasn’t when K-3 reading has stayed constant at $15 million for 10 years while we have added more than 100,000 kids,” said Swett.

“Data shows that the teacher is the most important in-school factor in a child’s educa-tion,” said Buck when asked about improving teaching. “But what about addressing some of the out-of-school factors like poverty and abuse?”

“It is interesting that we are talking about the same things in Utah that we were when I was a teacher…low funding and high class sizes,” said García.

Friday Keynote–Long-time educator Dr. Ted Murcray

shared proven brain-based strategies that en-gage students and generate positive improve-ment in learning. He pointed out how un-derstanding the brain improves teaching and student learning.

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2014 UEA Convention & Education Exposition

Convention Prize Winners

Each educator who attended the Con-vention received a welcome bag, courtesy of Chevron Fuel Your School. In addi-tion, nearly 1,000 UEA members en-tered the “Golden Ticket” prize drawing. Here are the winners:• Samsung Tablet: Julie Foley, Salt

Lake Teachers Association (courtesy of NEA GPS Network);

• Bose® stereo system: Judy Ann Lee, Alpine Education Association (cour-tesy of Access);

• $100 Utah Idaho Supply/Map World gift certifi cates: Amy Maldonado, Granite Education Association, and Karla Moosman, Canyons Educa-tion Association (courtesy of Utah Idaho Supply);

• $100 Donors Choose gift cards: Sherri Smithee, Nebo Education As-sociation; Jennifer DeSpain, Granite Education Association; Christie Can-fi eld, Davis Education Association; and BreAnn Russell, Grand Educa-tion Association (courtesy of Chevron). Curious George and other characters interacted with

kids as part of the KUED Kids Exploration Corner.

CONVENTION (continued from page 1)

Th e Pampering Station was again a big hit. UEA members enjoyed free massages, manicures and haircuts.

“I have never, ever feared anyone evaluating me,” said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García in her keynote presentation to the 2014 UEA Convention. “But now it terrifi es me, because we are getting it all wrong. If we get this wrong, systems will fail, institutions will be corrupted, the teaching profession will wither, students will be cheated of their futures.”

“Data is not student learning,” García ex-plained after sharing examples of how testing data is being misused for high-stakes decisions around the country. “Data does not show the importance of whether or not we were given equitable resources to make sure every kid has what every kid needs, the support staff that every child needs, a decent library with a professional educator in that library, decent learning environments. None of these num-bers hold anyone else accountable for how well these students are doing.”

García described what she called a “testing obsession” and warned that the misuse of stan-

dardized test scores for high-stakes decisions is corrupting high standards and educator profes-sionalism and narrowing educational opportu-nities to only things that will fi t on a standard-ized test.

Th e alternative to focusing on a single test score, said García, is to measure what matters to the whole child…“a creative, critical, collab-orative mind, a healthy body, an ethical char-acter.”

García concluded by telling educators “it’s in our hands. Do what you have to do Monday morning to bring joy back into your school. Th e UEA is doing everything they can do on the state level. Your local association is working with the policies on the local level. NEA is meeting with Secretary Duncan and the Presi-dent of the United States. On every single level of this association, including you as a member of this association, we are all doing whatever it takes to turn this around. I cannot imagine better hands for this generation of students to

be in than yours.”García was the 1989 Utah Teacher of the

Year and UEA president from 1990 to 1996. She began her career as a school lunch lady before earning her degree and teaching in the Granite School District.

View Lily’s keynote address at myUEA.org/Convention.

NEA President: End the ‘Testing Obsession’Comments given at the UEA Convention opening session

NEA President Lily Eskelsen García provided the opening keynote address at the 2014 UEA Convention.

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Understanding how the brain works, how people learn and why people react to certain situations, can help teachers adapt teaching and classrooms for success, he said. He noted that the reasons students who live in poverty tend to have a dif-fi cult time in school is related to how the brain works. “ W h e n people live in highly stressful situ-ations, such as poverty, it has the same eff ect on the brain as someone staying up all night three nights in a row. Your brain is in basically the same state.”

Th e session ended with three educators new to the profession sharing their thoughts on teaching. Denise Ulrich, second-grade teacher at Foxboro Elementary in Davis School Dis-trict, Mindi Layton, fourth-grade teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Salt Lake City School District, and Sara Brough, American Sign Language teacher at Springville High School in Nebo School District, talked about the importance of belonging to their profes-sional association.

EVENT: New Educator Panel Discussion–“What I Wish I Had Known! Tips for Sur-

viving and Th riving in Your Early Years” fea-tured elementary and secondary educators new to the profession sharing their best advice and tips for getting a new teaching career off to the right start. UEA President Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh moderated the discussion. Panel members included:• Brian Baldwin, social studies teacher at

Vernal Junior High School in Uintah School District;

• Sara Brough, American Sign Language teacher at Springville High School in Nebo School District;

• Mindy Layton, fourth-grade teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Salt Lake City School District;

• Elliot Lof, a fi rst-year teacher at Bennion El-ementary in Salt Lake City School District;

• Denise Ulrich, second-grade teacher at Fox-boro Elementary in Davis School District. Th e discussion was part of the New Educa-

tors’ Workshop, designed especially for education stu-dents or those in their early years of teaching. Available workshops covered a variety of topics such as classroom management strategies, ethics and professionalism, iPad multimedia projects and special education solutions. Learning opportunities included professional development sessions for educators, as

well as seminars and workshops to help parents with children in public schools.

Partners donated books for students and teachers to take home as part of the ‘Book-A-Basket’ event.

Th e Exhibit Hall area featured more than 100 vendor booths and a variety of educational activities.

See the complete 2014UEA Convention report at

myUEA.org/Convention


No one appreciates good teaching like a teacher. Th is makes being nominated and selected by fellow teachers for the UEA Ex-cellence in Teaching award a real honor for this year’s winners.

A student in Glen Carpenter’s drama class had a genetic condition that left him with little hearing capacity, even with hearing aids. Th e student loved the performing arts and desperately wanted to perform in mu-sicals and plays. Th is was challenging be-cause he had a hard time hearing the cues and matching pitch. Carpenter patiently spent extra time with this student over the course of six years to help him succeed despite his dis-ability. During his junior and senior years, this young man was able to have several lead roles in plays and musicals at Stansbury High School, including one as the ‘man in the chair’ in the musical “Th e Drowsy Chap-erone.”

When the choir teacher at a rival high school quit just a few days before the region madrigal festival, West Jordan High vocal music teacher Kelly DeHaan stepped in to help by organizing early morning and after-school practices and conducting the choir. For the fi rst time in years, the school quali-fi ed for state. Th e principal commented how impressed he was that DeHaan would come to a rival high school, without being asked, to help students who would be com-peting with his own West Jordan High stu-dents.

Carpenter and DeHaan are two of the 10 educators honored with 2014 UEA Ex-cellence in Teaching awards during the Key-Bank Superstars in Education banquet Oct. 16. Th e guest speaker for the event was KSL-TV Anchor Nadine Wimmer.

Award recipients were nominated by their peers and selected based on their im-pact on individual students or groups of students. Each winner received an award, a poster to display at their school and a check for $1,500, courtesy of award sponsors.

Excellence in Teaching award recipients for 2014 are:• Alaina Allred, eighth-grade English

teacher at Centennial Jr. High School in Davis School District (sponsored by Edu-cation First Credit Union);

• Glen Carpenter, drama teacher at Stans-bury High School in Tooele County School District (sponsored by GBS Ben-efi ts);

• Kelly DeHaan, vocal music teacher at West Jordan High School in Jordan

School District (sponsored by KeyBank); • Bruce Elliott, kindergarten teacher at

Park Elementary School in Nebo School District (sponsored by Deseret First Credit Union);

• Bruce Gunn, district math specialist in Jordan School District (sponsored by Jordan Credit Union);

• Jill Major, resource teacher at Taylor Ele-mentary School in Davis School District (sponsored by Horizon Credit Union);

• Lynn Meek, school counselor at Lehi Ju-nior High School in Alpine School Dis-trict (sponsored by UEA Children At Risk Foundation);

• Kelly Peterson, science teacher at North Sevier High School in Sevier School Dis-trict (sponsored by EMI Health);

• Cindy Skillicorn, fi rst-grade teacher at Sego Lily Elementary School in Al-pine School District (sponsored by Alpine Credit Union); and

• PJ Steele, technology specialist at Stans-bury Elementary School in Granite School District (sponsored by Granite Credit Union).In addition to recognizing the state’s

outstanding educators, the UEA presented 2014 Honor Roll awards to Pamela Perlich,

senior research economist in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah, and Carol Spackman Moss, state representative and former teacher.

A Charles E. Bennett Human and Civil Rights Award was also presented to Kim Burningham, State Board of Education member, former legislator and teacher.

2015 Utah Teacher of the Year

North Star Elementary School fi fth-grade teacher and Salt Lake Teachers Asso-ciation member Mohsen Ghaff ari has been named Utah’s 2015 Teacher of the Year.

Ghaff ari was presented with a check for $10,000 and will compete with his fellow teachers of the year in a national competi-tion. He will meet with fellow teachers of the year in Scottsdale, Ariz., and meet with the President in Washington and attend space camp in Alabama next summer.

“Both of my children had Mr. Ghaff ari for fi fth grade, and both thought he was the most amazing teacher,” wrote North Star parent Antonia Scott. “He goes out of his way to help the kids reach their goals. Besides teaching the core curriculum, Mr. Ghaff ari is excellent at teaching life les-sons. Kindness and respect are very important to him.”

A committee with represen-tatives from the Utah State Offi ce of Edu-cation, princi-pals, superin-tendents, the PTA, the UEA and 2014 Utah Teacher of the Year Allison Riddle chose Ghaff ari from among nominations sub-mitted by local school districts and charter schools. All nominated teachers were hon-ored at a banquet at the Double Tree Hotel in Salt Lake City.

Ten teachers were presented 2014 UEA “Excellence in Teaching” awards at the Superstars in Education Banquet Oct. 16.

Salt Lake Teachers Association member Moshen Ghaff ari was named 2015 Utah Teacher of the Year.

Awards presented at KeyBank Superstars in Education Banquet

Educators, Public Ed Advocates Honored at Gala


Feast Your Eyes On The Feast

Give thanks for the season of saving.

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If you wanted a reliable medical opinion, you would ask a doctor, not a politician or pundit. If your car needed a tune up, you’d go to a garage, not a grocery store. And if you were looking for strategies to improve your com-munity, you would start at home!

Th at’s why we believe the best ideas for trans-forming Utah’s public schools come from educa-tors right here in Utah, not politicians or self-appointed ex-perts who have little or no experience in class-rooms.

In our combined 70 years working in classrooms, lunchrooms and public educa-tion, we’ve learned that our students do better when policymakers listen to those who know best: teachers and education support profes-

sionals. Nobody is more passionate about en-suring that there is a great educator in every classroom than teachers, and nobody fi ghts

harder for the resources our students need and deserve. Together with parents, educators have led the ef-fort to secure adequate and equitable funding for our schools.

We are not just teachers, we’re Utah t e a c h e r s , and we are proud that our state’s e d u c a t o r s are on the f ron t l i n e s , creating new

models for reform that is centered on student success. Our members are working with parents, school administrators and pol-icy-makers to make real changes for our stu-dents.

Th is starts with ensuring that there is a highly eff ective teacher in every classroom.

Our members have worked with district and state offi cials to create and implement new standards for teacher evaluations, which will take full eff ect next school year. Our new evaluations bring parents, students, school administrators and colleagues into the teacher evaluation process.

Th e Utah State Offi ce of Education has de-veloped a pilot evaluation system with input from Utah Education Association members, which school districts will be free to adopt or adapt. Each district evaluation system must include observations of a teacher’s instruc-tional and leadership quality, evidence of student growth, and input from parents and students. As always, the details are important — which is why it’s so critical that the voices

of teachers continue to be heard as districts fi ne-tune their evaluation systems.

Once implemented, these evaluations will be meaningful and comprehensive. Every educator will get feedback and support to

“We believe the best ideas for reforming Utah’s public schools come from educators right here in Utah...”

School Reform Ideas? Ask a Teacherby NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and UEA President Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh

NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and UEA President Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh co-authored this editorial which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune Oct. 19.

See EDITORIAL, page 6

help improve teaching practice. When educa-tors need improvement, we must work col-laboratively to provide the resources to help them succeed. And when they don’t improve, they’ll be held accountable.

Utah teachers also have advocated for new standards for entry into the profession, to en-sure that every teacher is classroom-ready on day one. Finally, we are working to promote educators’ lifelong learning and continuous professional development. It is critical for our students’ success that our teachers have the resources to grow in their profession, learn and master new techniques, and collaborate with master educator colleagues. Utah educa-tors — including support professionals — are leading the way in all of these eff orts.

As parents across this great state know, most of these good changes don’t originate in Wash-ington. Th ey aren’t the result of some state or federal mandate, but they start at the local and school level, where parents and teachers work together, sharing ideas and strategies to help students succeed. Parents trust teachers because they know that we put students fi rst. Th at’s why we’re so proud that our Utah edu-cators are stepping up, taking the lead, and creating real student-centered reforms. We take our lead from them. It’s inspiring. It’s im-portant. We hope you will join us.

Lily Eskelsen García, a former Utah Teacher of the Year, is president of the NEA. Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh, also a former Utah Teacher of the Year, is president of the UEA.


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SLOs are a step in empowering teachers,” he said, adding that “SLOs are important because (they represent) good teaching and help student improvement.”

SLOs are not required until the 2015-16 school year, so this upcoming year is an op-portunity for teachers to prepare for SLO implementation. Th e UEA has developed resources and training for local leaders, said UEA Director of Ed-ucation Excellence Sara Jones. She ex-plained that the UEA received grants from the NEA to support UEA members with these resources.

Th e three com-ponents of SLOs are learning goals, as-sessment and targets, explained Utah State Offi ce of Education

SLO specialist Kerrie Naylor. “When SLOs are implemented properly, all subjects become important,” she said, adding that SLOs provide educa-tors the opportunity to measure the learning of students.

In addition to measuring student growth and learning to apply to the contributions to educator evaluation, Naylor said SLOs are important because they:

• put student learning fi rst;

• prioritize key standards/enduring understand-ings;

• improve the quality of student data use; and

• make teacher impact on student achievement vis-ible.

See more, including links to SLO resources, at myUEA.org/SLO (UEA member login required).

SLOs will be required beginning in 2015-16OBJECTIVES (continued from page 1)

Teacher leaders from across Utah met with UEA and NEA staff at the 2014 UEA Summer Leadership Academy to discuss ways to help teachers implement Student Learning Objectives in their classrooms.

EDUCAT RSTAKING THE LEAD

An initiative of the Utah Education Association

Final results from last spring’s fi rst-ever computer-adaptive Student Assess-ment of Growth and Excellence (SAGE) tests showed 41.7 percent of Utah’s public school students are on track to be college and career ready in language arts, 38.7 per-cent in math, and 43.7 percent in science when they graduate from high school, according to data released by the Utah State Offi ce of Education on Oct. 27.

SAGE language arts, math and science results for individual grade-levels, individual school districts and indi-vidual schools, as well as statewide results, are all available online. Individual student results are only available to parents or guardians and can only be obtained from a student’s school. Districts determine how to release student scores to parents...for ex-ample, in parent-teacher conferences or at a parent night at the school. Teachers will

need to be familiar with the SAGE Stu-dent Level Report to help parents under-stand their child’s score.

UEA and the USOE have provided schools with resources to help teachers and administrators explain the scores to

parents. Find resources at myUEA.org/SAGE.

In spring 2014, Utah initiated the SAGE com-puter-adaptive, end-of-year assessments in math, lan-guage arts and science for students in grades 3-11. Th ese new tests are aligned to the Utah Core Stan-

dards. Th e new assessments are designed to be more rigorous and, since they are computer-adaptive, to better pinpoint aca-demic performance.

Th e UEA has worked closely with the State Offi ce of Education to represent teacher concerns and questions about SAGE. Hundreds of educators were in-volved in the development of SAGE. Edu-

cators participated in the development of test questions and reviewed potential ques-tions for alignment to the standards and to ensure questions were fair to all students. Educators also participated in a week-long, standard-setting process.

Profi ciency levels are much lower on SAGE than in previous CRT tests.

Th is was expected because the tests are more challenging based on more rigorous standards. It is a refl ection of increased rigor. It is anticipated that student scores will increase over time.

See SAGE resources, including tools to help teachers talk about SAGE scores with parents, at myUEA.org/SAGE.

Resources Available to Help Teachers ShareStudent SAGE Results with Parents

Test 2013 CRT 2014 SAGELanguage ArtsGrades 3-8

83% 42%

MathGrades 3-8

79% 42%

Pass Rate of Summative Testing

Fourteen state UEA leadership offi ces will be subject to election in 2015, including NEA state director and six state Board po-sitions. Th e deadline for fi ling Declaration of Candidacy is Jan. 8, 2014. Anyone who has been an active UEA member for at least three years is eligible to fi le. Go to myUEA.

org/vote for a Candidacy form or call the UEA Offi ce, 801-266-4461, ext. 103.

Th e election will be held Jan. 30-Feb. 20 by online voting. Th is will be a Pri-mary Election if more than two candidates fi le for any offi ce, otherwise it will be theGeneral Election.

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American Education Week...

Celebrate Our Public SchoolsAmerican Education Week—November 17-21—presents all Amer-

icans with a wonderful opportunity to celebrate public education and honor individuals who are making a diff erence in ensuring that every child receives a quality education. Th e weeklong celebration features a special observance each day of the week:• Monday, Nov. 17–Kickoff Day: Across the country, schools will cel-

ebrate excellence in education by hosting kickoff events and activities.• Tuesday, Nov. 18–Parents Day: Schools will invite parents into the

classroom for a fi rsthand look at what the day is like for their children.

• Wednesday, Nov. 19–Education Support Professionals Day: Edu-cation Support Professionals keep schools running and students safe, healthy and ready to learn.

• Th ursday, Nov. 20–Educator for a Day: Community leaders will be in-vited to experience the day as educa-tors and experience the challenges of teaching and the needs of students.

• Friday, Nov. 21–Substitute Educa-tors Day: Substitute educators play a vital role in daily education.

Learn more at nea.org/AEW.

File by January 8 for Open Seats in Statewide UEA Elections

• NEA State Director • NEA-RA Delegate-At-Large • Alpine Director on the UEA Board• Alpine NEA-RA Successor Delegate• Eastern Director on the UEA Board• Eastern NEA-RA Successor Delegate• High Desert Director on the UEA Board• High Desert NEA-RA Successor Delegate• Northern Director on the UEA Board

(One-year term)

• Northern NEA-RA Successor Delegate (One-year term)

• Ogden-Weber Director on the UEA Board (One-year term)

• Ogden-Weber NEA-RA Successor Delegate (One-year term)

• Wasatch Director on the UEA Board• Wasatch NEA-RA Successor Delegate

The following UEA offi ces are subject to election in 2015*:

Any active UEA member is encouraged to submit Declariation of Candidacy for one of 14 open seats

*All offi ces are for a three-year term unless otherwise noted.

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