Empowering Elementary Education Students to Emerge as Professional teachers and future leaders

Jane O’Hare is an Education Fellow at Open Avenues, where she works with students leading projects in elementary education and education leadership. Jane is a 4th to 8th grade leader at Star Academy for the Gifted and Talented in Boston, where she focuses on leading an extended middle school as well as teaching English. Jane grew up in England and trained as a teacher there. Her interest in education began when as a young child, she went with her dad, who was a college principal, to his workplace during the school holidays. She developed her interest in teaching further when she began helping to coach younger children at tennis, as well as teaching younger students at the dance school she attended. Jane has over twenty-five years of experience in the international education field. She has taught in seven different schools in four different countries and has a wealth of teaching experience. She has also been a leader in schools for many years, with experience varying from head of an upper elementary school to director of teaching and learning in a K-12 grade international school. She holds a BA (hons) in Primary Education and Physical Education, a postgraduate certificate in education and an MA equivalent in education leadership. A fun fact about Jane is that she loves singing and often gets in trouble with her students for accidentally singing in the middle of lessons (without realizing she is doing it.)