In 1928 he was appointed the director of civic school in St. Veit, a post he held until his death in 1940.
[1] He was father of Slovene author and psychologist Vid Pečjak.
He wrote songs and educational records for the youth and for kindergarten magazines such as Angeljček.
He was also involved in collecting Japanese fairy tales for the Vrtčevo library.
Pečjak was the editor of the book Our Public School, published in 1929.