Kathryn M. Oleszkowicz
Hello! My name is Kathryn Oleszkowicz. This year I will complete my student teaching in order to become certified. For the first semester I will teach 3rd Grade in Farmington Public Schools and for the second semester I will teach Special Education in Livonia Public Schools. When I finish my student teaching, I will be qualified in Elementary Education K-5, Mathematics K-8, and Special Education Learning Disabilities K-12. I am interested in pursuing a master's degree in Educational Technology in the future.
You might ask why I chose to have the picture above as the first picture you will ever see on this website. Some might argue that a first impression is important, so the picture should exude professionalism and class. But I like this picture better, because in it I am inquisitive. When I don't understand something, I WILL ask questions. On the first day of one of my education classes, we were asked what was one piece of advise we'd like to pass on to our future students. I had never been asked that before (and luckily I was not the first person to share), but I finally decided on the following: ASK QUESTIONS! I want all my students to leave my classroom with the desire to ask questions of their peers, of their authority figures, and most of all, of themselves. I truly believe that students need not only to be equipped with the power of knowledge, but more with the power to LEARN that knowledge. In a world that is constantly changing, there is no way I could teach my students everything they need to know for the future. But if I teach them to ask questions, maybe they could learn all they need to know for themselves.
My Teaching Philosophy? Always Ask Questions!
You might ask why I chose to have the picture above as the first picture you will ever see on this website. Some might argue that a first impression is important, so the picture should exude professionalism and class. But I like this picture better, because in it I am inquisitive. When I don't understand something, I WILL ask questions. On the first day of one of my education classes, we were asked what was one piece of advise we'd like to pass on to our future students. I had never been asked that before (and luckily I was not the first person to share), but I finally decided on the following: ASK QUESTIONS! I want all my students to leave my classroom with the desire to ask questions of their peers, of their authority figures, and most of all, of themselves. I truly believe that students need not only to be equipped with the power of knowledge, but more with the power to LEARN that knowledge. In a world that is constantly changing, there is no way I could teach my students everything they need to know for the future. But if I teach them to ask questions, maybe they could learn all they need to know for themselves.
My Teaching Philosophy? Always Ask Questions!