She is also the department chair for the Senior High English Department. Janell graduated from Cedar Crest High School in 1994. After high school she attended Grove City College and graduated Suma Magna Cum Laude in May of 1998. She was hired by Red Lion in May of 1998, and relocated to York County within her first year of teaching. After teaching for five years, she took five years off to raise her daughter. When her daughter started school, Mrs. Mader returned to the classroom. She taught part time for 6 years, and returned to the classroom full time for the 2014-2015 school year, which is also when she took over as the Department Chair.