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Dr. Kate Siekman has 6 years of experience in education, including special education, alternative education, and bilingual education. With teaching licenses in special education from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and alternative education from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Kate is passionate about creativity in education. Kate obtained her doctoral degree in occupational therapy from Mount Mary University where she continued to develop her skills in alternative access to functional learning with a focus on multisensory approaches. Although she’s pivoted from the traditional classroom, Kate is a champion for using lifelong learning as a means for empowering individuals to reach their fullest potential while honoring their passions.
When she’s not working with Islands of Brilliance, Kate can be found advocating for literacy through her work providing reading intervention to kids with dyslexia, a “side gig” that keeps Kate’s teacher creativity fresh.
In her current role at Islands of Briliance, Kate works to provide the best educational experience possible for the students and families that IOB serves using her creativity in pedagogy to design and deliver dynamic programmatic outcomes. Using her passion for evidence-based practice, Kate has embarked on focused collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Autism Brilliance Lab for Entrepreneurship (ABLE) funded through The National Endowment for the Arts as she works to study Islands of Brilliance’s impact on students and families.
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