Ms. Ayleen Bubak is the new special education department teacher at Owatonna High School. Ms. Bubak was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and moved to Minnesota in 2010. This will be her 12th year in education. She comes from a setting four special education program in Waseca. Ms. Bubak also worked in Faribault for a short while, and has also worked at Burnsville High school for a few years. 

When Ms. Bubak was in high school, she worked in a daycare and also worked with kids with special needs. She enjoyed it so much that she decided to volunteer in a high school special education classroom. One thing that Ms. Bubak really enjoys about the new school is how well the special education rooms are incorporated throughout the school. Ms. Bubak said, “I love how they really took in and took special ed and put it in with mainstream and just trying to be inclusive for everybody.” She really enjoys the fact that everyone is spread out throughout the school equally, providing a more mainstream experience for the kids.

One of the reasons that Ms. Bubak came to Owatonna was because she was looking for another district area to grow in and she also wanted a change in the area. Her favorite aspect of teaching is the relationships she gets to build with students and getting the chance to watch them grow. She also thinks it's really cool to see what her past students are doing now. Ms. Bubak stated, “It feels amazing that I got to be a part of them being successful.”  

In her free time you can find her at one of her four kids activities, which include, hockey, cheer, wrestling, taekwondo along with other things as well.