With eight years’ teaching experience, Jan Horn has spent the last five of them as a language arts instructor for fifth-grade students at Shearer Elementary. Horn earned a bachelor’s degree at Transylvania University, Lexington; and a master’s degree and Rank 1 certification at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond. Horn is chairperson of the Site Based Decision Making Council, on which she has served since 2005; a member of the District Instructional Leadership Team; and a supervising teacher through the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program (KTIP). She is the recipient of 2009 Campbellsville University Excellence in Teaching and 2009 Kentucky Teacher of the Year awards. She further supports educational initiatives in her community through involvement in the Books to Bridges Program and as coordinator for a Parent/Student/Teacher Book Club and a Blue Grass Pride Outdoor Classroom grant. Horn’s professional affiliations include Pi Lambda Theta and the Kentucky Education Association.