Background
Merle, Gale Ann was born on August 16, 1948 in Waterville, Maine, United States. Daughter of Gordon and Myrtle Belle (Arnovitz) Wolman.
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Gale Ann Merle
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Bachelor of Science in Speech with honors, Emerson College, 1970; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1971; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1974; postgraduate, Boston University, 1971; postgraduate, New York University, 1973; postgraduate, Bank Street College Education, New York City, 1974, 75; postgraduate, Institute Educating the Infant and Toddler, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978; postgraduate, Massachusetts College Art, 1978.
Career
Speech and language tutor for preschooling deaf children, Horace Mann School for Deaf, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1971-1973;
teacher preschooling deaf children, Lawrence (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1975-1976;
teacher preschooling hearing impaired children, The Learning Center for Deaf Children, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1976-1977;
sign language teacher, parent-infant/toddler program specialist, Beverly (Massachusetts) School for the Deaf, since 1986. Academic counselor, consultant for hearing impaired children Camp Nashoba, Littleton, Massachusetts, summer, 1973. Part-time tutor preschooling to 2d grade Middleton (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1992.
Consultant to special education pilot series Mr. Rogers television Show, 1975. Leader workshops, lecturer in field.
Parent representative educational television production Ednl. Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts, 1992. Guest on television talk show Woman '78, 1978.
Achievements
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Volunteer Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, 1974. Board directors North Shore Jewish Community Center, 1980-1985, Tierney Child and Family Development Center/North ShoreChildren's Hospital, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1980-1982, Temple Beth Shalom, Peabody, 1988-1992, Lynnfield Middle School PTO, 1990-1992. Board directors Lynnfield Hadassah, since 1983, president, 1993-1994.
Board directors, enrichment coordinator Summer St. School PTO, Lynnfield, 1989-1992. Member Massachusetts Parents Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children, Learning Disabilities Association Massachusetts, Council Exceptional Children (dkevn. of children with committee disorders).
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Married Stuart Gene Merle, July 4, 1971. Children: Jeremy Shane, Andrew Justin.
