Amie Fahey – Image and Child Development teacher

Job Description: Amie teaches Image and Child Development classes, part of the CTE (Career and Technolgy education) department at Mercer Island High school. Amie’s students learn about overall health & wellness including: diseases, CPR, alcohol & drug abuse, nutrition, coping skills, sex education and depression. She also teaches Yoga at the high school.


Location: Mercer Island High School

Typical Day: Amie starts her day at 10 am (she is a part-time teacher) and spends an hour and a half or so in her office planning, grading and making phone calls to guest speakers. She says there are “many professionals in our community who enjoy speaking to the students.” Recently the class heard a speaker from the Anti-Defamation League talk about Internet safety. Amie then teaches an Image class and her Yoga class in the afternoon. She usually leaves at 3:30 pm.

Best part of the job: “I love everything about my job! I have great people to work with and great kids to teach.”

Something people may not know: Teaching Yoga is one of the most difficult aspects of Amie’s job. “It is very difficult to help my students just ‘turn off.’ They are so used to the constant stimulation with cell phones and technology that they don’t know how to just do nothing and clear their thoughts.”

Years worked in the district: This is Amie’s 2nd year of teaching.

Outside interests: Her family! Amie and her husband Chris have two children, Abby and Eli, both students at West Mercer. They love the outdoors and enjoy boating, waterskiing, tennis and going to Lake Chelan.