Jan Christinson is a Professional Development Associate with The Leadership and Learning Center in Denver, Colorado. He conducts seminars based on two publications he co-authored, Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program and Student Generated Rubrics: An Assessment Model to Help All Students Succeed. Jan’s primary goal is to improve classroom instruction and thereby improve student learning.
With 25 years of experience as an elementary and middle school classroom teacher, Jan brings a wide and varied range of educational experiences to his presentations. He has assumed numerous leadership roles within school districts serving as a mentor teacher and a beginning teacher support provider, acting as a K-12 math committee co-chair, and directing the implementation of a K-8 grade level “big idea” math instruction and assessment program. Jan also administered the district summer school program, which included a basic skills component, an enrichment component, and a Spanish Language Academy.
At the county level, he collaborated with the San Diego County Office of Education to design a resource of K-7 mathematics performance tasks based on the State of California math standards.
Jan has presented workshops and led breakout sessions at regional conferences, most notably for the California Math Council and the National Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He has conducted training sessions for over 15 years to help prospective teachers prepare to successfully complete accountability measures to obtain their California Teaching Credential. Currently, he works with classroom teachers involved in intern programs in several southern Californian school districts.
Jan holds a Master’s Degree in Reading Education specializing in diagnosis and remediation. He holds an Administrative Credential.
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What Clients Say
“Jan is an outstanding presenter who takes the time to listen to the teachers and to address each person's questions. His classroom experience lends tremendous credibility to the audience, and his research-based practices are outstanding. We just wish he lived closer to Conroe so we could have him more often.”
—Jean E. Stewart, Admin Deputy Superintendent, Conroe ISD
“Jan is very easy to plan and collaborate on our district initiative for math. He has done some excellent coaching sessions and we look forward to our future training.”
—Pam Gomez, Tempe ESD #3
“As always, our experiences with the Center have been positive and of the highest quality professional development. Jan is an excellent trainer and is able to adjust his presentation with the needs of our teachers. His plans changed for the afternoon after the morning review and discovering teachers were not where they needed to be with Balanced Math in their buildings. We spent time working on problem solving creating grade level write-ups and rubrics for schools to use. Jan continues to keep our district up to date with changes and research each time he presents.”
—Karen Spencer, Supervisor of Assessment, Greater Clark County of Schools, IN
“Jan Christinson stayed on topic with the agenda and developed the professional development around the District’s needs. He answered questions that were relevant to the curriculum that has just been built in our District.”
—Marilyn Hissong, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, East Allen County Schools, IN
“We are VERY excited to be working with Jan again! In fact if you ever have clients that are wishy-washy about working with Jan, have them contact me. I have been doing staff development for 10 years and Jan is THE BEST consultant EVER!”
—Sharon Daxton-Vorce, East Central BOCES, Limon, CO
“I would rate the quality of Jan’s work with our district as 10s across the board!!! Jan has been working with a team of our teachers for the past 2 years & has developed a relationship of trust & confidence with them all. His teaching background provides an element of ‘been there done that’ that is well received by our staff & gives his work a real credibility factor.”
—Jim Facciano, M.Ed., Cirector of Curriculum & Instructional Technology, Bellingham School District, Bellingham, WA
“Jan Christinson was delightful and his work with us was just what we needed at this time!”
“Wonderful presentation. Best one I have been to in a very long time. Very helpful.”
“I really enjoyed the entire session. Your concepts are worth trying because they make sense.”
“Great job! I will be implementing in my math program. It helped me with some of the areas I was struggling with.”
“Very knowledgeable presenter—enjoyable anecdotes, experiences—very real-life based.”
