Dr. Janice E. Florey '74 - President's Award 2006
Janice E. Florey
received a Doctor of Education from the University of Nevada, Reno in curriculum and instruction with a minor in educational administration in 1985; a certificate in gifted education from the University of Georgia in 1985; a master of education from Lehigh University in elementary education in 1978; a bachelor of education from East Stroudsburg State University in elementary education with a minor in history/political science in 1975 and an associate’s degree in general education from NCC in 1974. She has acquired certification in elementary education for gifted and talented (K-12) and elementary supervision in administrative (K-12).
Janice is the Director of Assessments, Grants, and Projects and the principal of Jacobsen High School since 2002. Her responsibilities include: administering Jacobsen High School’s academic and occupational programs (high school for adjudicated youth); implementing provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB); coordinating district’s federal, state, and private subgrants; supervising district’s gifted and talented program; and directing the implementation of state and district assessment programs. Her previous employment history includes: Director of Special Services and Assessments, Coordinator of Assessments, Grants, and Projects and Coordinator of Grants and Projects for the Douglas County School District from 1994 to 2002. She was also a teacher of the gifted and talented at Jacks Valley Elementary from 1982 to 1984 as well as a consultant to the Nevada Department of Education in elementary and secondary from 1991-1994. She was a teacher of the gifted and talented, K-12 in the Northampton Area School District from 1981to 1982 and a classroom teacher in Northampton from 1976-1981.
Janice is the founding president of the Nevada Association for Gifted and Talented (NAGT) and served in this role from 1991to 1993. She is the current facilitator for the Douglas County School District and previously served as chair of the Curriculum Advisory Council in the district for three years.
Her service to the community includes: board member of the Nevada Association of Federal Program Administrators from 1995 to 1999; member of the Kommunities Improving Douglas Schools; served on various district-wide committees for improvement plans, strategic plan program evaluation, thinking skills, early childhood, school improvement and mathematics; served on state committees for special education licensing, state content standards, kindergarten assessment, special education/assessment committees; and served on the University of Nevada Task Force that established College for Kids.
Competitive grant awards received include: S.B. 404 Subgrants totaling $1.5 M; Carl Perkins Correctional Facilities’ Subgrant; Title II, Part D and Literacy Challenge Technology Subgrants; S.B. 555 Remedial Education Programs of Tutoring for Pupils to Reach Proficiency Subgrant; Smallwood and Danforth private foundation grant awards and others.
