Instructor Bios
 
Tammy Myran
Welcome to our Informational Page! My career with OSP began in the Fall of 2001. It has proven to be an incredibly rewarding position as the work experience and instruction is relevant to student’s everyday lives.

Previous experience as an instructor was gained as a Work Experience Coordinator at Willmar and KMS High Schools and a Transition Coordinator through Willmar Public Schools in the Little Crow Cooperative serving 9 public school districts surrounding Willmar. I also worked at Larson Vocational Services with adults with mental health and cognitive disabilities as a Job Placement Specialist for 5 years.

Educational background includes a Masters degree in Special Education with an emphasis on Transition and my Bachelors degree is in the area of K-12 Special Education, with Work Experience Coordinator Handicapped Licensure from St. Cloud State University. Before completing my bachelor degree, I completed one year of Human Services Technician training at Ridgewater College in Willmar, MN and worked briefly at the Willmar Regional Treatment Center and 7 years at the Career Assessment Center in Willmar.

OSP allows students with disabilities that opportunity to gain further work experience and learn skills needed at the worksite and in the community. Thank you for your interest in the Occupational Skills Program!

On a personal note, I am married to my husband Cory and we have one son, John. We share our rural Brainerd home with two dogs. Free time activities that I enjoy include: walking with our dogs, spending time with family and friends, yoga, boating, fishing, swimming and attending music concerts, muscle car shows and collecting Coca Cola paper memorabilia.
 
Patty Sloan
Patty's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation from Winona State University, and coursework in vocational education from Bemidji State University.

Patty has 15 years of experience working with the Occupational Skills Program. She works in the capacity of a College Lab Assistant II and also as an Adjunct Faculty member. Job responsibilities include instruction of independent living skills, job seeking and keeping skills, job coaching/work experience management, and tutoring services for Occupational Skills Program courses.

Patty lives in the Brainerd area with her husband and two children.