2021-22 American Montessori Society Parent Newsletters
2020 Montessori Parent Coronavirus Survival Guide: Thriving in an era of extended school closures, co-author
2020 Trillium Montessori Blog
- Work at Home Montessori Parent
- Montessori in the Kitchen
2016 The Importance of Family Meals. Montessori Life. Summer.
2014 Creating Diversity. Montessori Leadership. Fall.
2013 Proactive Planning: One Parent’s Approach. Montessori Life. Winter.
2012 Creating Balance in the New Age of Technology. Montessori Life. Fall.
2011 Public School Montessorian, personal interview, primary source reference on technology in the classroom.
2011 Voices, personal interview.
2009-11 The Community Times
Happy Holidays? Creating Consistency During a Hectic Time
What Research Says about the Efficacy of Montessori Education
Other Publications:
2009 The Grenadier, Alumni Spotlight, pigs and Shelby
2008 Shelby. The Literary Leo, Flash Fiction honorable mention,
2008 No Angles Here: The Subversion of True Womanhood and Domesticity in Nineteenth Century Literature. Human Voices. (First Place, Research Writing Metroveristy Competition)
The 2008 IU Southeast Review:
- Shutter
- pigs
- Facing the “Displaced Blackboy”: James Baldwin’s Search for Identity (Award winner, research writing)
- to my husband
- conglomerate
- oracle
2007 The IU Southeast Review, mother, I am ten
2006 The IU Southeast Review, Transparency, grandmother, tidelines
Jana holds a BA in English Literature, graduating from Indiana University with honors. She also holds a Master’s in Montessori Education with honors from St. Catherine University, and state teaching certification in Indiana with a reading specialist endorsement.
Outside of Montessori teaching and instruction experiences, she worked for Indiana Governor’s University as a Clinical Supervisor for student teachers, at St Catherine University as a research advisor for graduate students, and at Indiana University Southeast teaching world literature and writing in the School Arts and Letters.
Montessori with Jana 