Canvas for Students & Families
Canvas is a web-based learning management system, or LMS, used in the Canyons School District to help manage online and blended learning materials and communicate with families about student skill development and learning achievement. Canyons School District teachers apply the CSD Best Practices for Digital Teaching and Learning when creating learning experiences and opportunities for […]
Educational Technology Endorsement
Canyons School District’s educational technology professional development (PD) has been designed to provide a personalized-learning and competency-based experience for educators. This means that the PD has moved away from required seat time/attendance hours to a format in which educators are able to choose a learning pathway and pace that works best for them. Credit is […]
Adopted Curriculum – HS Science
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Outside Opportunities – HS Science
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LETRS Videos
These videos are all of Canyons School District Teachers teaching strategies they learned in Canvas. Small Group https://youtu.be/VMUATULI8iA Kindergarten Practices: Sound stretching and say it, map it, tap it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NihrUbhTXvQ 1st Grade Practices: Say it-map it-tap it-say it, magic wands, vowel gestures, vowel song, sound spelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFAkKR6M2Q 1st Grade Practices: Phonics word chaining with letters, […]
High School ELA Announcements and Email Archive
August 5, 2025 – Save the Date for District Day Dear High School ELA Teachers, Welcome Back! I’m looking forward to seeing you at District Day and spending some time together learning! We’re excited to kick off the school year with our District Day on Tuesday, August 12th at 8:00 AM, held at Brighton High […]
Digital Citizenship
Digital media and technology are evolving at a dizzying pace, both unlocking extraordinary opportunities and posing real risks for young people. Students are using the immense power of the Internet and mobile technology to explore, connect, create, and learn in ways never before imagined, both in and out of the classroom. Issues that emerge from […]
PBIS Behavior Instructional Priorities
Teachers have long sought for instructional practices that will be most beneficial. Not all instructional practices are created equal. Canyons School District has identified and prioritized, primarily through the research of John Hattie, those instructional practices which will be of the greatest benefit for students and classroom instruction. These instructional priorities include practices which are […]
PBIS Classroom Climate Observation
Classroom PBIS systems are a microcosm of school-wide PBIS. Aligning classroom PBIS systems with school-wide PBIS systems fosters predictability, reduces time to master expectations, and increases the likelihood of practices being sustained over time. The CSD Classroom Climate Observation Tool (CCO) is designed to provide schools with a means to informally assess essential PBIS practices […]
Instructional Coaching Roles & Responsibilities
Instructional Coaches are responsible for supporting Canyons School District schools’ implementation of CSD’s Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) Framework. Coaches work collaboratively to develop teachers’ evidence-based practices and digital teaching and learning skills, implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), increase the commitment of a culture of public practice, and analyze and interpret school and district […]
