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Marie McEnemy

Alumni Profile: Marie McMenemy Currently, a supply teacher with Simcoe County District School Board, support staff with EarlyON Simcoe North. Education experience: 1989, B.A.H. in psychology at Queen’s University. 1989, B.Ed. at Queen’s University. Career timeline: 1989-1998, a primary classroom teacher. 1996-2011, at home with children full-time. Current: supply teacher, support staff at EarlyON Simcoe North, and volunteer with several organizations. What made you choose this path? Came from a family of teachers. Do you have advice for students interested in pursuing a similar path? Just show up every day and try and do your best. Things are very challenging right now. Explore other options too. It helps you to appreciate the jobs you do. I have found working with EarlyON to be rewarding in the field of Infant Mental Health. It has helped to inform my teaching and working with families. What has been the biggest challenge on your career path so far, and how have you navigated it? I worked very hard in the early years of my teaching career, and found it difficult not to burn out when I started my family. I found that working casually in two jobs worked well to attain a flexible work week. What has been the biggest joy on your career path so far? It has been a great pleasure to do a variety of work within my community. Being able to watch families grow with their babies and then see them again as their children mature in the school system has enabled me to interact with them on a long-term basis. It is nice to be respected in both jobs as an intuitive, hard worker.

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