Background
Droegkamp, Janis Mildred was born on March 8, 1946 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Harold John and Geraldine Delores (Zimmerman) Droegkamp.
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Janis Mildred Droegkamp, American education educator, consultant. Certified school counselor, Wisconsin. United States Agency for International Development scholar, 1980; recipient Distinguished University Service award for Teaching, 1994, 2004, UIS Robert Spencer award for outstanding service; Outstanding Woman award Young Women’s Christian Association, 2001; Sabbatical Leave as visiting professor University Botswana.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Carroll College, 1968. Master of Education, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1971. Doctor of Education, University Massachusetts, 1982.
Career
Elementary teacher New Berlin (Wisconsin) Public Schools, 1969-1970. Teacher trainer Church Teachers College Peace Corps, Mandeville, Jamaica, 1972-1974. Senior education officer Ministry of Education Peace Corps, Maseru, Lesotho, 1974-1977.
Evaluation consultant self reliance project World Bank, 1975, 77, 80. Trainer, instructor center for international education University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1978-1984, project administrator, 1981-1982. Training project director Peace Corps, Kenya, Fiji, United States of America, 1982-1984, training consultant center for training and assessment Washington, since 1982.
Professor University Illinois (formerly Sangamon State University), Springfield, Illinois, 1985—2002, director credit for prior learning program and individual option program. Training consultant Ministry of Education, Bangkok, Thailand, 1979, Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Springfield, 1988, Ounce of Prevention, Chicago, Springfield, since 1988. Assessment coordinator Peace Corps, Nairobi, Kenya, 1983, 1st training director, Zimbabwe, since 1991.
Speaker on international women's issues.
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Vice president for education Parents Without Partners, Springfield, 1987-1988. Board directors Montessori Children's House, 1989-1990, Mini O'Bierne Crisis Nursery, since 2003. Second vice president, board directors Planned Parenthood.
Task force School District Diversity. Member National Organization of Women (organizer Amherst chapter 1982), National Women's Studies Association, National Council Returned Peace Corps Volumes, Friends of Jamaica, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Delta Kappa.
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1 child, John Steven.
