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.
