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Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic (ULEAD) Education was created by legislative action during the 2018 General Session of the Utah State Legislature. Sponsors of the Bill envisioned the creation of a research clearinghouse and development of accessible electronic resources designed to improve practices in the public schools of the state. An emphasis is placed on innovative, effective, and efficient practices that can be shared and replicated in comparable schools. Further, an understanding that these resources need to be dynamic and actionable are at the heart of the ULEAD mission.
House Bill (H.B.) 408: Public Education Amendments
Utah State Legislature
"There is created the Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic Education, a collaborative effort in research and innovation between the director, participating institutions, and education leaders to: gather and explain current education research in an electronic research clearinghouse for use by practitioners; initiate and disseminate research reports on innovative and successful practices by Utah Local Education Agencies (LEAs), and guided by the steering committee, practitioners, and policymakers; promote statewide innovation and collaboration…and…propose policy changes to remove barriers to implementation of successful practices."
Initial ULEAD Implementation Highlights
The ULEAD Education Steering Committee consists of fifteen members (including the director) who "discuss prospective and current ULEAD projects and findings; consult with and make recommendations to the director to prioritize ULEAD reports and areas of focused research; facilitate connections between the director and Utah's political, business, education technology, and academic communities; and make recommendations to improve gathering, retaining, and disseminating education data and research and evaluation findings for use by participating institutions and other education policy researchers, including data managed by the Utah Data Research Center."
"The director shall facilitate and conduct an annual conference on successful and innovative K-12 education practices, featuring: Utah education leaders; and practitioners and researchers, chosen by the director, to discuss the subjects of LEA and other ULEAD activities, or other innovative and successful education practices."
Leadership for Literacy: ULEAD Effectiveness and Innovation Working Summit (April 2020)
If you are aware of innovative, effective, and/or efficient educational practices that should be studied and/or shared with comparable Utah public schools, please submit your recommendation or request using the links below or e-mail a brief description of that practice along with your contact information to the ULEAD Director.
The degree to which evidence-based practices are systemically implemented will depend on clear communication and collaboration. Great teachers have countless experiences where instruction and content are effectively combined to promote student learning. Sharing promising practices and removing barriers to learning can be challenging but is essential to overall school improvement. The following links are an attempt to connect practitioners and researchers to more efficiently promote those practices that will make a positive difference in the learning outcomes for our young people.
Promising Practice Submission
Google Forms
ULEAD Research Request
Google Forms
Meghan Everette
Director
Phone: (801) 538-7543 | E-mail
What is ULEAD Education?
