Maribeth Joie Jirkans

Background

Jirkans, Maribeth Joie was born on May 3, 1945 in Cleveland. Daughter of Raymond Wenceslaus and Elsie Koryta Jirkans.

Education

Student, U. Vienna, Austria, 1965; Bachelor of Science in Education, College Mount St. Joseph, 1967; Master of Education, Cleveland State University, 1984; postgraduate, U. Akron, 1986-1988; postgraduate, Kent State University, since 1989.

Career

Teacher, North Olmstead (Ohio) City Schools, 1967-1976; teacher adult education, Polaris Vocational School, Middleburg Heights, Ohio., 1978; teacher adult education, English as Second Language, Lakewood (Ohio) City Schools, 1978-1979; teacher 2d grade, Saint Rose School, Cleveland, 1979-1980; teacher learning disabilities, Cleveland Public Schools, 1980-1985; tutor handicapped, Cleveland Christian Home, 1982-1984; elementary school counselor, Cleveland Public Schools, 1985-1997; teacher, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1997-1998; psychologist, Parenting Stress Index Associations Inc., since 1998. Counselor West Side Community Mental Health Center, Cleveland, 1983-1984. Sales manager Field Enterprises Inc., Cleveland, 1977-1982.

Achievements

• Maribeth Joie Jirkans has been listed as a noteworthy School counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Fairview General Hospital, Cleveland, 1959-1963, Cerebral Palsy Camp, 1959-1963, Allen Halfway House for Children, Cincinnati, 1963-1967. Co-founder Westshore Separated, Divorced and Remarried Caths., Cleveland, 1975-1985. Chairwoman North Olmsted Junior Women's Club.

Member parish county St. Brendan Church, North Olmstead, 1975-1987. Member committee Cleveland Symphony, Cleveland Art Museum. Member American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, N.E. Ohio Counselor Association, Council for Exceptional Children, American School Counselor Association, International Association Marriage and Family Counselors, National Organization for Women, ASCD, Gestalt Institute, Audubon Society, Eagle Valley Athletic Club, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Cleveland Natural History Museum, North Coast Sailing Club, Holden Arboretum, Pi Lambda Theta.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, aerobics, singing, writing, traveling.

Connections

Children: Annemarie Gurchik, Keith Robert Gurchik.

Father:

Raymond Wenceslaus

Mother:

Elsie Koryta Jirkans

child:

Keith Robert Gurchik Jirkans

child:

Annemarie Gurchik Jirkans