He was the 2012 Utah High School Principal of the Year for the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals, and in 2014 earned the Lexington Institute Superintendent Fellowship Award presented to innovative superintendents across the country. Robins began his career as a history teacher at Copper Hills High in the Jordan School District and has worked as an assistant principal and principal in the Alpine, Nebo and Juab school districts. Other innovations he led in Juab included a partnership with Arizona State University for blended-learning opportunities the launch of a districtwide competency-based personalized learning model driven by a 1:1 technology initiative and standards-based reporting system and the construction of the STEM-focused West Campus Innovations Center, funded largely through private and corporate sponsorships. Robins, who also was the Juab High School Principal from 2009-2013, helped oversee efforts to improve the district’s graduation rate to 97 percent, a double-digit increase over a 10-year period. from the University of Las Vegas, for six years was Superintendent of the Juab School District, based in Nephi, Utah.

Robins, who was selected by the Canyons Board of Education after a national search, brings 24 years of experience as an educator to his role as the chief executive officer of Utah’s fifth-largest school district. Robins is the superintendent of Canyons School District. Feedback and credit requests for ASCO23 are due by September 4, 2023.

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