She has taught sixth, seventh, and eighth grade social studies, language arts, and mathematics. She has held a variety of leadership roles including developing curriculum and professional development programming and serving as a literacy coach. Currently, Jane is the RTI coordinator for Grades 6-8 at Greely Middle School and works with sixth grade students who struggle with reading and writing. She is a graduate of Bowdoin College and earned a master’s in business administration from University of Kansas. After moves to Chicago and Connecticut, she shifted gears toward education and has been a teacher ever since. She earned a certificate of advanced studies from USM in 2008 and a doctorate from the Muskie School of Public Policy at USM in 2015. Her phenomenological interview study is entitled “A View from the Bottom: The Self-Perceptions of Highly-Regarded Teachers”.