Incoming Vice President: Anne Fay [into.ie]
- Published: 27 April 2011
April 2011
The new vice president of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation is Anne Fay, Principal teacher in St. Joseph’s NS in Fermoy, Co. Cork.
Anne is a native of Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary, where she attended primary school. Her grandparents taught in a two teacher school in Gurtavalla, Doon, Co. Limerick. She completed her secondary education in the Convent of Mercy, Doon, Co. Limerick and attended St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth where she graduated with a BA degree in 1975 and a H.Dip in 1976. In 1978 she qualified as a primary teacher from Mary Immaculate College of Education in Limerick as a “Wilson Grad”.
Anne began her teaching career in Presentation Primary School, Fermoy where she taught Infants and Learning Support for many years before she was appointed as a teaching principal in her present school which was then a two teacher boys’ school. St. Joseph’s now enrols girls and an autism class was added in 2008. Having worked in the area of Infant education for most of her career, Anne has maintained a professional interest in the area of early childhood education. She was a designer and tutor of the INTO infant education course in 1996 and represented the INTO on the group that advised the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on AISTEAR, the early childhood education framework.
She also represented the organisation on the board of High/Scope Ireland.
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