Janice Jeys
Janice received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History with Minors in Psychology and Fine Arts from the University of Houston. She completed an AMS Primary Montessori Certificate in 1987 and did elementary Montessori training with Sanford Jones – past president of AMI. In 2009 Janice completed a Masters of Pastoral Studies with specialization in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at Aquinas Institute of Theology.
In 1987 Janice began her career as a Montessorian. Most of those ensuing years as a guide in the environment have been in Primary, with one year as an elementary guide. Previous to her Montessori years, Janice taught art at the Art Institute of Houston for two years and worked as a Medical Illustrator in the Medical Center for six years. She has worked at St. Catherine’s since 1999.
Janice gardens, draws, paints, gallery hops and enjoys teaching drawing and painting classes in her spare time. At her church she is the catechist in the Atrium of the Good Shepherd for the three to twelve year old children.
Janice’s comments about Montessori – “Upon my first visit to my nieces’ Montessori environments, I became intrigued with the ‘something different’ that was going on there. I took a part time job assisting in a Montessori toddler environment one fall and spent time with toddlers that were eating lunch without their Mom’s for the first time. These ‘little ones’ were also taking a nap away from home for the first time. I recall being amazed by the competence and presence of these young beings in this new and unexpected circumstance. I was immediately hooked. Reading only further confirmed my love for this philosophy which views children no t as unfinished human beings but rather as ‘the other pole of humanity’.”
