Michael C. Fahey

P-3 Coordinator
808-531-5502 x 311

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Mike joined Good Beginnings in January of 2008 as the Professional Development Coordinator for the P-3 (Provisions of Early Childhood to Third Grade) movement of the state’s P-20 initiative. He comes to GBA with over 35 years of experience as an early childhood/special education teacher and administrator in Massachusetts; Sydney, Australia; and here in Hawaii with Pali Preschool, United Cerebral Palsy Association, and the Department of Education. His position for the last 17 years had been as the Hawai`i 619 Coordinator for Preschool Special Education Programs.

Mike was one of the original members in 1997 of the State of Hawai`i Interagency Transition Team for the STEPS (Sequenced Transition of Education into the Public Schools) in which he remains very active. He helped develop many of the transition tools made available through the Readiness Taskforce which he co-chaired with UH Professor Emeritus, Stephanie Feeney. He is a past president of the Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children (HAEYC) and is still very active in the coordination of the annual Hawai`i Early Childhood Conference every fall.