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Title: Retired Educator

Location: Seal Beach, Calif.

As a woman in today’s world, she feels that her family has contributed to her success. Her mother, an educator who taught grades first through eighth in one classroom. Her sister, an art education teacher and her brother, a college Physics professor. Dr. Baylis received a Bachelor of Art in education, a Master of Art in psychology and a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia Pacifica University. As a Reading Specialist Teacher Janice worked with the phonics system to teach children to read English. English has 44 sounds and 26 letters. Associating the 44 sounds with letters on a page is complex because each letter may have several sounds depending on what other letters are present. Continue reading →