Background
Williams, Joanne Molitor was born on October 25, 1935 in Medford, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Lawrence John and Marie Catherine (Bach) Molitor.
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Joanne Molitor Williams, American Elementary education educator, retired. Certified teacher in elementary education and geography, Wisconsin. Recipient Youth Leader award American Legion, 1976, award VA Bloomfield Township, 1977, National Girl Scout award for community service, 1976; Herbert Kohl fellow, 1990.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1971; Master of Science in Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1980; postgraduate, University of Virginia postgraduate, U. Colorado.
Career
Teacher grades 4, 5 and 6, Lakewood School, Twin Lakes, Illinois, 1971-1982, 83-98;
teacher 5th grade gifted, Lakewood School, Twin Lakes, Illinois, 1989-1991;
director, Resources for Children, Milwaukee, 1982-1983. Member textbook selection committee for reading, social studies, science, language. Member Lakewood Blue Ribbon Committee, 1991, Lakewood Discipline Committee, 1990-1994.
Member Educators Consortium-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1988-1998. Co-developer Respect, Obedience, Attitude, Responsibility program for students with good behavior, 1990. Member Social Studies Curriculum Committee,1990, Strategic Planning Committee, 1994, Inservice Committee, 1997-1998.
Member Kohl Scholarship Selection Committee, 1990, 93. Member Blue Ribbon Task ForceDept. Public Instruction, 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Phone bank organizer Friends of Channel 10/36 Milwaukee, 1987, chair Walworth County portion of Fund Doctor, 1989. Member People for American Way, since 1986. Member 1st Congressional District Academy Selection Board, 1988-1995.
Leader Badger county Girl Scouts United States, 1960-1982. Member Walworth County Democratic Party, since 1972, vice chair 1989-1991, secretary since 1998. Host for congressional aide, 1988-1993, program chair since 1997.
County organizer presidential campaign, 1980. Volunteer coordinator assembly campaign, 1992, 94, 96, 98. Statutory Party pollworker ofLake Geneva, since 1984.
Member Friends of Lake Geneva Library., since 1986, Friends of Twin Lake/Randall Public Library., since 1992, Association Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, since 1994. Participant Rediscover Jamestown Archaeology FieldSch., 1994, Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute, 1995. Member American Association of University Women, American Civil Liberties Union, National Education Association (Twin Lakes delegate to representative assemblies, congressional contact team 1986-1993, legislation committee 1995-1998), Wisconsin Education Association (regional public relations committee 1990-1992), Southern Lakes United Educators (president 1979-1982, treasurer 1982-1984, vice president, 1998-1999, public relations cha ir since 1986, editor Membersheet, since 1987), Twin Lakes Education Association (local negotiator 1997-1998), State and National Council Social Studies (curriculum writing team 1991), Crow Canyon Archaeology Center, Sierra Club (coordinator National Education Association Dump Watt campaign 1981, environmental Bill Rights campaign 1995), National Audubon Society, Lakeland Audubon Society, Archael.
Institute American, Teacher Place and Parent Resources, Concerned Parents and Education, People for the American Way.
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Married Jack Dean Williams, December 30, 1953. Children: Patricia Varma, Ralph (Skip), L. Bradley.
