Belinda Kuck
Teaching and Learning Director
bkuck@dsdmail.net
801-402-5145

Belinda received a B.A. in French from Utah State University and a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah. She has served as a French teacher, librarian, and assistant principal at Clearfield High School and as a curriculum supervisor and assistant director of the Teaching and Learning department in Davis School District. She was named to the district's Hall of Fame in 1994 and recognized in 2014 as the Utah Educational Library Media Association Administrator of the Year.

Her responsibilities as the Director of Teaching and Learning include oversight of all Humanities, STEM and Healthy Lifestyles standards, curriculum, professional learning, and related student programs, competitions and events.

Belinda is passionate about students and teachers and learning. She wants students to be prepared to pursue any opportunity. Teachers need to be supported with excellent professional learning in teaching practices, provided with evidence-based instructional materials and time to implement both. Parents are the student's first teachers and are our partners working together for Learning First!

Tim Best
Health, Athletics, Driver Education, and Physical Education Section Director
tbest@dsdmail.net
801-402-7850

Tyson Grover
STEM Section Director
Science Curriculum Supervisor
tgrover@dsdmail.net
801-864-8604

As the STEM Director for Davis School District, Tyson is committed to promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in Utah.  The STEM team is dedicated to establishing a K-12 STEM framework that includes STEM-focused curriculum, systemic professional learning for teachers and administrators, established outcomes for STEM, and extracurricular connections. He provides support to thousands of teachers throughout the district and works tirelessly to cultivate a culture of innovation.  He received the 2018 Governors Medal for Science and Technology and the Northern Utah Curriculum Consortium 2017 Leadership Award.  To further promote STEM collaboration across the state, he is a founder of the Utah Science Curriculum Consortium, which aims to promote science education collaboration between districts and schools throughout Utah.

Traci Robbins
Humanities Section Director
trobbins@dsdmail.net
801-402-5164 

Traci L. Robbins serves as Humanities Director for the Davis School District. The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative. As Humanities Director, Traci will support educational development in the following disciplines:

• Language Arts
• World Language
• Social Studies
• Fine Arts
• Immersion
• Libraries

Traci Robbins is committed to the continued excellence of and the promotion and exploration of all things HUMAN. The Humanities Team works tirelessly to support teachers and school leaders in bringing the highest quality curriculum, instruction, and professional learning available for optimal teaching and learning. Traci will continue to cultivate an appreciation for and an understanding of the ARTS as she seeks ways to enhance the extraordinary opportunities available to the students of Davis School District. Traci Robbins was a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal in the Davis School District. Her passion and dedication to students has earned her many award including Utah Distinguished Principal.

Explorations of the Humanities                                                                                                  

Through exploration of the humanities we learn how to think creatively and critically, to reason, and to ask questions. Because these skills allow us to gain new insights into everything from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the heart of a liberal arts education since the ancient Greeks first used  them to educate their citizens.

Understanding Our World

Research into the human experience adds to our knowledge about our world. Through the work of humanities scholars, we learn about the values of different cultures, about what goes into making a work of art, about how history is made. Their efforts preserve the great accomplishments of the past, help us understand the world we live in, and give us tools to imagine the future.

Bringing Clarity to the Future

Today, humanistic knowledge continues to provide the ideal foundation for exploring and understanding the human experience. Investigating a branch of philosophy might get you thinking about ethical questions. Learning another language might help you gain an appreciation for the similarities in different cultures. Contemplating a sculpture might make you think about how an artist's life affected her creative decisions. Reading a book from another region of the world, might help you think about the meaning of democracy. Listening to a history course might help you better understand the past, while at the same time offer you a clearer picture of the future.