Janis Gioia is a licensed elementary school teacher and has taught preschool, pre-kindergarten and elementary grades. She has worked with children with special needs, severe behavior challenges as well as those from disadvantaged environments and in a social services setting. While teaching in a large, urban district she developed a unique classroom management system based on the social habits of wolves. This idea, which became her first book, The Wolf Pack Classroom Management Plan, enabled her to create a nurturing classroom environment that gently guides and inspires children to be and do their best.

Janis received a BA in English and a BS in Elementary Education from Baldwin-Wallace College. She is currently taking graduate classes and is involved in researching ways to help children create peaceful, joy-filled lives. She lives with her husband, children and dogs in Northeastern Ohio.