West Area Director

                                    Carver High School

                                    Phone:  (901) 416-7594

                                    Fax:      (901) 416-2235

                                    E-mail:  Halyakka@mcsk12.net; KimHalyak@me.com;kim_halyak@ureach.com

Ms. Halyak, has been a teacher for 30 years and a member of MEA for 17 years.  She presently is a Special Education Teacher at Carver High for grades 9-12, CDC, Instructional Resource, Inclusion Algebra, Biology.

She received her B.S. in Education from the University of California in Pennsylvania, California, PA Masters of Education at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN both degrees Special Education and Rehabilitation.

She has attended the TEA-RA 1 time.

Ms. Halyak was selected to be a Fulbright teacher in China for 1 month in 2008.   I was one of 20 teachers selected from Tennessee and Kansas for this fantastic opportunity.

Treasurer-Memphis Acoustic Music Association.

My teaching experience runs the gamat, from K-12 in the areas of Special Education along with the experience of teaching adults -(other teachers) and (teaching English to Hispanics and in the Czech Republic.  Of my 30 years in teaching 9 years were in the private sector and the rest here in Memphis, along with 1 year in Georgia, 1 year in Mississippi.  All these varied settings and places have exposed me to both the best and the worst of education.  It speaks greatly about my commitment to education and students that I enjoy getting up every morning, anxious and excited about teaching my students, and working with my colleagues.  We have a tough but important job.