Education

Janet holds the following degrees and qualifications:

  • B.A. French
  • M.A. Special Education: Teaching Socially Maladjusted and Emotionally Disturbed Children
  • P.D. Administration and Supervision
  • Ph.D. Language Literacy and Learning
  • Slingerland training, 125 hours of training and supervised practicum
  • Strategies Instruction from University of Kansas

Experience

  • 1 year as a French and English teacher, Marengo, IA.
  • 3 years as a teacher in a residential treatment center for disturbed children, Tinley Park Mental Health Center, Tinley Park, IL.
  • 2 years as a resource room teacher, Strang Middle School, Yorktown Heights, NY.
  • 20 years of implementing multisensory and strategies instruction K-12 in White Plains, NY.
  • 3 years of Supervisor of Elementary Special Education, Lower Merion SD, Ardmore,PA.
  • 1 year Director of Education, Windward School, (school for dyslexics), White Plains, NY.
  • 4 years, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Mt. Pleasant CSD, Thornwood, NY.
  • 3 years of university instruction: special needs reading strategies for Master’s level students, Fordham University and Manhattanville College.
  • 35 years of providing individual tutoring.