Mary Gale
Training
Consultant and Speaker
Mary Gale has been a passionate
advocate and speaker for media literacy ever since listening to David Walsh present
on the topic. Over the last ten years, Mary has educated parent groups, school
staffs, students, faith communities, ECFE classes and larger organizations such
as and Resources for Child Caring on Media literacy. She has also developed a
comprehensive training program for middle-school youth to teach younger students
that employs National Institute on Media and the Family MediaWise Curriculum.
In conjunction with the National Institute on Media and the Family and the Boy
Scouts of America, Mary also designed a pilot media literacy curriculum, customized
for the boy scouts.
Mary has educated parents
and teachers for 23 years. In addition to her work with the National Institute
on Media and the Family, Mary coordinates the South Washington County Community
Education School Age Family Education program and co-founded Parenting by Heart
to offer education, resources and support for parents. She has also created K-8
curriculum in Conflict Resolution and designed a peer mediation program which
she has taught in numerous elementary schools. Mary was also involved in orchestrating
the award-winning RESPECT 2000 Community Initiative that brought together schools,
churches, health and public safety organizations, business, parents, and students
to raise awareness and educate the community on the factors that put youth at
risk.
Mary and her husband, Ed, live in Stillwater,
Minnesota. They have three children, Molly Rachel, Jake, and daughter- in-law
Sarah.
