Janice Cox Jones

Background

Jones, Janice Cox was born on November 4, 1937 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Eugene Debs and Thelma Corelli (Beard) Cox.

Education

Bachelor of Science with highest distinction, Mississippi College, 1959. Master of Education magna cum laude, University Miami, 1968.

Career

Teacher Jackson Public School, 1959-1960, Arlington (Texas) Public Schools, 1960-1963, Houston Public Schools, 1963-1964, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 1967-1980, 1988—1997. President Palm Tree Productions, Ltd., 1980-1988. Teacher English English to Speakers of Other Languages Say School, Tokyo, 1985.

Tutor, child welfare worker Columbia Broadcasting System, Twentieth Century Fox, New York City, Miami, since 1981. Private tutor, owner Think, Ink!, Miami, since 1983. Piano teacher MDCPS Community School, Miami, since 1991.

Participant Mississippi Governor's Education/Economics Task Force, 1990-1991. Workshop presenter Children's Cultural Coalition & Arts for Learning. Speaker/poet in field.

Usher Coconut Grove Playhouse, Actor's Playhouse, Gablestage, Biltmore.

Achievements

• Janice Cox Jones has been listed as a notable elementary school educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

District executive advisory committee to school board for gifted education Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 1987-1991. Advisory board Metro-Dade Rapid Transit, 1974-1977. Parent sponsor Olympics of the Mind Team, 1984.

Parent sponsor Queen's Court, Junior Orange Bowl, Coral Gables, Florida, 1983. Volunteer pianist, organist, music director Village Green Baptist Mission, Miami, 1973. Volunteer Habitat for Humanity, since 1991.

Member American Federation Teachers, Dade Heritage Trust (education committee, writer), Miami Writer's Club, Florida Freelance Writers Association, National Writers Association South Florida chapter (board, executive secretary since 1997, national writing contest chair, 1998-2001), United Teachers Dade (building steward 1976-1978), Tropical Audubon Society, Council for International Visitors, International Platform Association (red carpet committee), Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Miami Arts Exchange, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club.

Interests

• Broadway plays and musicals, museums, fishing, photography, travel, accordion.

Connections

Married June 20, 1959 (divorced June 1985). Children: Allison Jones Griffiths, Tamara Jones McKee.