Math Recovery

Nashville, TN (April 5, 2013) - Math Recovery®, a non-profit mathematics intervention council announces that Carolyn K. Olijnek joins the organization as its first Chief Executive Officer. Olijnek is a forward thinking professional that will lead Math Recovery® into the future with proven leadership and management skills and experience. She has supported Math Recovery® in numerous ways as a mathematics trainer and as a presenter at various Math Recovery® Conferences. She has also created Math Recovery® Instructional Guides and created a data analysis tool and framework for the District Assessment Center.

Chairperson of the USMRC Board of Directors, Yvette Panasowich said they are "proud to announce and support Carolyn Olijnek's appointment as USMRC's first CEO! The future is filled with endless possibilities for exponential growth under the direction of our new leader!" Deb Farley, who chaired the Search Team, said "Carolyn Olijnek surfaced as the unequivocal choice."

Quoting Steve Jobs, Olijnek said, "Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future." She added, "I believe we touch and are touched by the future every day. I welcome the opportunity to reach out to districts and membership, both current and potential, to further the work of Math Recovery®."

Olijnek joins US Math Recovery® after working twenty years in the Minnesota public school system as an elementary school teacher with much of her experience in Math. She has also provided mathematics support and training for administrators, K-5 teachers, students, and parents, including development days for district staff.

Olijnek has a M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Elementary Education with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota-Morris. She has received formal training as a Math Recovery® Intervention Specialist and completed the Advanced Specialist, AVMR Champion, and SNAP Facilitator trainings.

Olijnek will meet math professionals from across the country in her new CEO role at the Math Recovery® Annual Conference in Denver, May 1-3, 2013 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel.

The US Math Recovery® Council is a non-profit organization that creates and foster attitudes, cultures, and climates that lead to change in mathematics learning and teaching practices, dedicated to overseeing and managing the Math Recovery® program and its materials, methodology, training, professional development, and related intellectual property in the United States.