Learning Topics

Additional Presentations, Conferences, Seminars and Learning Sessions

 Developing an Instructional Framework 

Maximize Success in Your Block Schedule Classes (Overview Here - password is Block)

Block Schedule Conference: Maximize Engagement and Learning

Refining Your PLCs 

Listening, Supporting, Thinking, Collaborating: Tools & Skills of a Caring Community

Collaborative Leadership and Communication

Supporting Your New Colleagues

Building Mentoring Capacity and Culture 

Collaborative Teaching Institute

Leading Productive Meetings

Planning for Student Success

Improving Instruction with Digital Tools

Using Cooperative Learning to Increase Student Learning and Motivation

Instructional Strategies That Work: Getting Your Students to Read, Write, and Think

Content Area Reading & Writing

Instructional Coaching to Enhance Differentiated Instruction

Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction With the Brain in Mind

Power Strategies – Integrating Classroom Instruction That Works and Understanding By Design

Implementing Classroom Management That Works

Understanding Understanding By Design 

Marzano’s Essential Learning Strategies

Brain-Based Teaching and Learning

Effective Assessment Strategies

Standards Based Grading

Active Learning Strategies

Differentiated Instruction

Critical Friends

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Improving Student Achievement Through Student Differences

Equitable Teaching & Learning

Differentiating for Diverse Learners

Designing, Delivering, and Documenting Integrated Math/Science Curriculum

Vocabulary & Collaboration = Understanding

Developing Science MAP Strategies

Elementary Science Strategies

Science Misconceptions

Developing Elementary Science Benchmarks

Behavioral Studies: Making Science Process Skills Real

Exploring Animal Behavior in the Classroom 

Gender Equity in the Classroom 

Simple Sustainability Activities 

A Day in A Recycling Classroom 

 Professional Publications

KickUp Partner Spotlight: Clayton School District; May 2020; KickUp Education; Janet Crews, Coordinator of

Professional Development at Clayton School District, talks with KickUp about PD alignment, the power of data, and

making a difference for teachers.

District Member Spotlight: Missouri District Weaves Equity Standards Into Professional Learning; April 2024; The Learning

Professional - Learning Forward; Janet Crews, Coordinator of Professional Development at Clayton School District,

talks with Learning Forward about her district’s membership with Learning Forward.

 Crews, Janet, Stan Braude, Carol Stephenson-Wray and Terrilyn Clardy. The Ethogram: Animal Behavior Research –

Science Curriculum for Grades 5 – 8. c. 2002, Washington University in St. Louis. Supported by a Science Education

Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health

Crews, Janet. Maximize Success in Your Block Schedule Classes (Grades 6-12) Specifically Designed for Educators Using or Considering  Secondary Block Scheduling Resource Handbook. c. 2025, Bureau of Education & Research.