Background
Williams, Joanne Kerlee was born on April 3, 1931 in Butte, Montana, United States. Daughter of Clarence Edwin and Opal (Richardson) Kerlee.
Williams, Joanne Kerlee was born on April 3, 1931 in Butte, Montana, United States. Daughter of Clarence Edwin and Opal (Richardson) Kerlee.
Bachelor, Linfield College, 1953; Master of Religious Education, Andover Newton Theological School, 1957.
Head teacher, Lexington (Massachusetts) Nursery school and Kindergarten, 1965-1967; director, Grace Church Nursery School, Newton, Massachusetts, 1967-1974; supervisor, Spear Education Center, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1974-1975; coordinator, teacher, CHARMSS Collaborative, Randolph, Massachusetts, 1976-1979; head teacher, special needs coordinator, Simmons College Child Study Center, Boston, 1979-1981; director, Lesley Ellis School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1985; director, CAAS Head Start, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1986-1987; visiting lecturer, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley, 1985; preschooling special teacher, consultant, Brockton (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1988-1990; child development specialist, Foundation for Children with Aids, Roxbury, Massachusetts, since 1992. Adjunct Professor Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1980. Consultant, presenter workshops in field.
Chair W. Suburban Council for Children, Newton, 1979. Member National Association for Education of Young Children, Boston Association of Education of Young Children, Council for Exceptional Children.
Married Jonathan Vance Williams, September 3, 1954 (divorced 1967). Children: Lynn, Joyce, Marjorie, Barbara, Jonathan.
