Janice Hall Heck
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired educator/administrator, GED tutor |
| Location | Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States |
| Introduction | As a retired educator and administrator, Jan has experience with all levels of education. She was a special education teacher for eighteen years, serving in New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, and Alaska. In California, she worked as a teacher in a drug and alcohol rehab program for adolescents. She next worked as an elementary school principal for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Alaska, and later as the early childhood principal at Hong Kong International School (seven years). Although retired, Jan keeps busy with GED tutoring and writing. You might find her on weekends poking through book sales looking for old grammar books or at home at the computer reading writing-related blogs. Jan is the author of Evaluating and Improving Written Expression, first published in 1974, then revised and republished in 1984 and 1999 (Publisher: ProEd, Austin, TX). Jan has a masters degree in special education from Boston University; an MPA (Public Adminsitration) from College of Notre Dame, Belmont California; and an MA in Biblical Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary. |
| Interests | travel, photography, grandchildren, reading, gardening, writing, teaching GED writing skills, adult education, church activities, choir |
| Favorite Books | R.C. Clark, Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer, Natalie Goldberg, Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft, Virginia Tufte, Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Constance Hale, Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, Rudolph Flesch & A>H> Lassw, The Classic Guide to Better Writing |