About Janet Stowell

JANET STOWELL: EDUCATIONIST
Janet is a self-employed education specialist, teacher, facilitator, and author. A fully registered experienced teacher, Janet has worked in various teaching and management roles in New Zealand schools. Primary trained, she has taught across all levels and deciles, from new entrants to Year 8, in both urban and rural schools. Her experience includes teaching principal, assistant principal, SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-ordinator), and RTLB (Resource Teacher: Learning & Behaviour). Janet worked as an RTLB from 2009 to 2023 in the Waikato and Auckland, working with new entrants to Y10. Passionate about teaching and learning, Janet thinks deeply about education and the issues facing learners in today’s world. She is dedicated to supporting both teachers' and parents’ understanding of executive functions and how they affect a student’s ability to learn and behave. Janet is the author and self-publisher of three books about executive functions which she sells through this website. When you place an order she will email you an invoice and post your book/s. If you wish to order any of her books click on the ‘Purchase the Books Here’ page.

Janet's Education Qualifications

  • Master of Specialist Teaching in Learning and Behaviour – Massey University - 2017
    • Specialist Teaching Professional Inquiry: A (2016) – (Teach NZ Study Award)

    • Supervision and Mentoring in Specialist Teaching: A- (2015)

    • Evidence-based Practice in Learning and Behaviour Diversity: A- (2012)

    • Practicum in Learning and Behaviour Diversity: A (2012)

    • Theory & Foundations of Learning & Behaviour Diversity: A- (2011)

    • Core Theory & Foundations of Specialist Teaching: A+ (2011)

  • Bachelor of Teaching - University of Waikato - 2004
  • Certificate in Adult Teaching - Auckland Institute of Technology - 1995
  • Trained Teachers Certificate - NZ Department of Education - 1978
  • Teachers College Diploma - Auckland Teachers’ College - 1977

Recent Achievements:
2023 – 2026:
 Wrote and self-published ‘Mastering the 3Rs: The Executive Functions Toolkit for Reading, Writing and Arithmetic’.
2019 - 2022:
Wrote and self-published ‘Growing Self-regulating Kids: The Executive Functions Toolkit for Parents’.
2016 - 2018:
Wrote and self-published ‘The Executive Functions Toolkit for Classroom Teachers’.
2015 - 2016:
Completed Master of Specialist Teaching in Learning and Behaviour through Massey University, graduated with distinction March 2017.

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