Janet English is currently on leave from teaching and is the Director of Educational Services for KOCE-TV, Orange County's PBS station. She has been teaching eighth grade science and seventh and eighth grade multimedia communications at Serrano Intermediate School in Orange County's Saddleback Valley Unified School District for thirteen years. She received the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2003. With the Director of Education Services for KOCE-TV, Ms. English started the Schoolhouse Video Project, which broadcasts student video work on PBS. Ms. English has been a contributor to and a staff person for the National Science Education Standards, a consultant with the Cal Tech Precollege Science Initiative, and a committee member of the Defense Investment Initiative, which assists displaced scientists and engineers who are transitioning to teaching in inner-city schools. She was the director of the Institute for Chemical Education's physics and chemistry camps at the University of Northern Colorado, an instructor for the Apple Teacher Institute and the Apple Colleges of Education, and a teacher-trainer for the California Technology Assistance Project. Ms. English is an associate member of the National Research Council’s Teacher Advisory Committee and serves as the vice-chair of the California Teacher Advisory Council.