Vice President
Janet S. Twyman, Ph.D.
(2006-2009)
Headsprout
Dr. Janet S. Twyman is the Vice President of Instructional Development at Headsprout, where she significantly contributed to the development of Headsprout’s Generative Learning Technology and led the effort to build that technology into a highly effective beginning reading program. Twyman developed the research methods and systems that led to Headsprout’s ground breaking scientific formative evaluation model of program development, coordinating all elements of instructional design, scripting, graphic creation, animation, sound engineering, story development and writing, software engineering, and usability testing within the research model. Twyman was formerly the Executive Director of the Fred S. Keller School, a model early childhood center, and an adjunct associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a long-time advocate and investigator of research-based instruction and systems design. While at the Keller School and Columbia University, she conducted research and taught courses focusing on effective instruction, technology and education, teacher development, and systems approaches to effective education. She has published experimental studies with a particular emphasis on the verbal behavior of children and on topics of broader conceptual interest. She is a board member of several schools and organizations and is currently a member of the Executive Council of the Association for Behavior Analysis. In addition, she oversees the association’s graduate program accreditation processes. Twyman earned her Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds certification as an elementary and special education teacher and as a principal/school administrator.