Our team
The people who will actually mind your child
Aoife B.
Owner and Manager, Designated Liaison Person
- Room:
- Whole service
- Qualification:
- BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education — Level 8
- With us:
- 15 years in the sector, owner since 2011
Aoife opened Glemara Early Years in a converted farmhouse on Main Street and still does the morning door most days.
Niamh C.
Lead Educator, Montessori / ECCE Room
- Room:
- Montessori / ECCE
- Qualification:
- BA (Hons) Montessori Education — Level 8
- With us:
- 7 years with us
Niamh plans the three-hour work cycle and keeps a learning journal for every ECCE child.
Sinéad O.
Deputy Manager and Room Leader
- Room:
- Toddlers
- Qualification:
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Early Learning and Care
- With us:
- 9 years with us
Sinéad leads our Síolta self-evaluation work and is the person most likely to be found in the mud kitchen.
Laura M.
Room Leader, The Nest
- Room:
- Baby Room
- Qualification:
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Early Learning and Care
- With us:
- 6 years with us
Laura writes the settling-in plans with new families and is our infant safe sleep lead.
Katie D.
Early Years Educator
- Room:
- Wobblers
- Qualification:
- Level 5 Certificate in Early Learning and Care
- With us:
- 4 years with us
Katie runs the Wobblers' music and movement session and has fluent Irish for our cúpla focal.
Marek S.
Early Years Educator and Outdoor Lead
- Room:
- Toddlers and Montessori
- Qualification:
- Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Early Learning and Care
- With us:
- 5 years with us
Marek built the mud kitchen and looks after the planting beds with the children.
Emma R.
After-School Club Coordinator
- Room:
- After-School Club
- Qualification:
- Level 6 in School Age Childcare
- With us:
- 3 years with us
Emma does the school runs, the homework club and a very competitive Friday quiz.
Bernie K.
Chef
- Room:
- Kitchen
- Qualification:
- Level 5 Professional Cookery, HACCP trained
- With us:
- 8 years with us
Bernie cooks every meal on site and knows each child's allergies and dislikes by heart.
Staff members are fictional and written for this demonstration site.
How we staff the building
Anyone working with pre-school children here holds an appropriate qualification from the Department's list of recognised qualifications, and every member of the team, along with students on placement and volunteers, is Garda vetted before they set foot in a room.
We roster above the statutory minimum ratios at drop-off, mealtimes and collection. Full day care settings must have two adults on the premises at all times; in practice we have far more than two, and every room has a named room leader who knows each child and family.
The whole team completes Children First safeguarding training and paediatric first aid, with refreshers on a rolling basis and one full training closure day each June. Bernie, our chef, is HACCP trained and manages allergen control in the kitchen.