Learning Topics

Presentations, Conferences, Seminars and Learning Sessions

 Developing an Instructional Framework 

Maximize Success in Your Block Schedule Classes

Content Area Reading

Refining Your PLCs 

Designing, Delivering, and Documenting Integrated Math/Science Curriculum

Collaborative Leadership and Communication

Planning for Student Success

Improving Instruction with Technology

Equitable Teaching & Learning

Differentiating for Diverse Learners

Supporting Your New Colleagues

Collaborative Teaching Institute

Using Cooperative Learning to Increase Student Learning and Motivation

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

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

Classroom Management That Works

Elementary Science Strategies

Developing Elementary Science Benchmarks

Building Mentoring Capacity and Culture 

Understanding Understanding By Design 

Teaching Reading in the Science Classroom 

Mentor Training 

Exploring Animal Behavior in the Classroom 

VOCAB + COLLAB = FAB (ulous) 

Developing Science MAP Strategies

Gender Equity in the Classroom 

Simple Sustainability Activities 

Bird Behavior and Beyond 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recreation 

A Day in A Recycling Classroom 

Understanding By Design 

Science Misconceptions

Science MAP Strategies

Differentiated Instruction

Behavioral Studies: Making Science Process Skills Real

Content Area Reading and Writing

Marzano’s Essential Learning Strategies

Brain-Based Teaching and Learning

Effective Assessment Strategies

Backward Design

Active Learning Strategies

Critical Friends

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Improving Student Achievement Through Student Differences

Six Trait Writing

 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