Background
Bettez, Ernest Alphonse was born on August 24, 1948 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alphonse Joseph and Muriel Pearl (Leger) Bettez.
Bettez, Ernest Alphonse was born on August 24, 1948 in Gardner, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alphonse Joseph and Muriel Pearl (Leger) Bettez.
Associate of Arts, Mount Wachusett Community College, 1968; Bachelor in Sociology, U. Massachusetts, 1970; Master of Science in Child Development, U. Georgia, 1972; Master of Education in School Psychology, Fitchburg State College, 1976.
Education director, Toccoa (Georgia) - Stevens County Child Development Center, 1972; pre-school child development specialist, Winchendon (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1973-1974; education director, Montachusett Opportunity Council Head Start Program, Leominster, Massachusetts, 1975-1978; counselor elementary school, Athol (Massachusetts) - Royalston Regional School District, 1978-1988; counselor elementary school, Leominster Public Schools, 1989-1991; counselor elementary school, Quabbin Regional School District, Barre, Massachusetts, since 1991. Consultant in field.
Trustee The Gardner Museum, Inc., since 1986, president, 1994-1996. Board directors Gardner chapter American Red Cross, 1975-1994, chairman, 1980-1982, 84-87. Member Executive Board Monadnock Council Boy Scouts American, Gardner, 1978-1993.
Moderator 1st Congressional Church, Gardner, since 1993. Fellow American Association Grief Counselors. Member National Education Association, American Counseling Association, American School Counselors Association, Stepfamily Association American, Massachusetts School Counselors Association, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Quabbin Regional Teachers Association.
Married Kerry L. Gilliland, June 29, 1974. Children: Katie, Benjamin.