Karen Olszyk Email and Phone Number

• Returned to the classroom in substitute teaching role after working as a Career Readiness Instructor for Keystone Job Corps.• Fulfill substitute assignments across all subject areas, effectively teaching students of varied academic/age levels (grades PK-12) and diverse cultural backgrounds.• Instruct classes of as many as 24 students; communicate with teachers, administrators and parents; and build a positive rapport with students.• Consistently adhered to lesson plans and kept students motivated, engaged and focused.• Voluntarily stepped in to provide coverage during prep periods.• Utilized various teaching strategies to touch upon all learning styles.

-provide emotional support and behavior modification to high school students-write and implement individualized education plans and provide specially designed instruction to maximize student learning-facilitate iep meetings with parents, school and district administrators and other specialty services-write biweekly newsletters for families to inform everyone of classroom activities