• Graduate of Evangel College in 1978 with A.A. in Early Child Care and Development.  Holds teaching certification for Preschool and Kindergarten.
• Administrator of Daycare at Calvary Assembly of God in White Bear Lake, MN during 1978 and 1979.
• 1979 to 1983 was Executive Secretary at Champion International, Inc.
• 1983 and 1984, worked as private tutor in the North St. Paul / Maplewood School District (622).
• In 1984 she gave up her career to become a full-time mother.  Jayne has worked part-time in sales from 1984 until the present time.
• In 1989 she began home-schooling her own children.
• Joined a local home-schooling support group in 1990.
• In 1996 Jayne founded St. Croix Valley Home school Cooperative, an incorporated organization with the State of Minnesota.  The co-op served approximately 35 families (50 children) in its' first year of operation and was located in North St. Paul.
• In 1997 and 1998, Jayne moved the co-op to the Stillwater area, where it continued to grow and serve the home schooling community.
• By late 1998 the co-op had grown to over 60 families (100 children).  The co-op meeting location moved to White Bear Lake, a more centrally located base for the co-op families.
• In 1999 Jayne reorganized the co-op under the new name of Home Educators Resource Organization (HERO).  Jayne continued in her role as Administrator of the organization, expanding its' customer base to over 80 families (150  children).
• In 2000, because of space needs, HERO moved its' home base of operation to First Presbyterian Church in White Bear Lake.
• In 2001, Jayne registered HERO as a 501(c)3 organization with the State of Minnesota.  At that time HERO served approximately 100 home schooling families (200 children).
• By the second semester of the 2002-2003 school year, HERO was outgrowing its' facility.  In September of 2003 Jayne expanded HERO to a three-day program, offered at two different locations (two days at Forest Lake and one day at Woodbury).  Registration for the 2003-2004 HERO school year was over 300 students.
• In the 2004-2005 school year, HERO continued to grow, and serve about 350 students.  Jayne continued in the roll of Administrator at both the Forest Lake and Woodbury campuses.
• In the 2006-2007 school year, HERO served 450 students.
• With the completion of the 2005-2006 school year, HERO is now ten years old.
• In the coming year (2006-2007) HERO will be moving from the Woodbury site to a location in Inver Grove Heights in hopes of expanding its' ability to serve the southern Twin Cities suburbs.
• The 2007-2008 year marks twelve years for HERO.  A decision was made to close the southern site and focus on the northern location, Forest Lake.  With this closing of the southern site, HERO has added another lunch room in Forest Lake and an additional five classrooms plus a study hall room.  We replaced all of our ten computers with 10 new HP's with Vista and 19" flat screen monitors.  We feel that we will be able to do a better job of serving the home schooling community by focusing on one location.
• 2008-2009 begins our thirteenth year for HERO. 

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