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February7,2013 ToWhomItMayConcern, Mr.RobertYuskotaughtWorldHistoryatWalledLakeWesternHighSchoolinWalledLake,Michiganforthefall2012 semester.Iservedashiscooperatingteacherandhave18yearsofteachingexperienceinthehighschoolsystem.Iam pleasedtobeabletowritealetterofrecommendationforRobert. DuringRobert'sstudentteachingexperience,hewashighlymotivatedtolearnasmuchashecouldandperformtohisbest abilities.Hefrequentlyputinlonghourstodeveloplessonplansandmonitorstudentprogress.Heaskedforfeedbackona dailybasisandacceptedconstructivecriticismwithmaturity.Hisgrowthinallareaswasapparentfromthefirstweektothe finalweek. Roberthasseveralstrengthsbuthismainstrength,frommyobservations,ishissincerewillingnessandenergythathe demonstrateswhenteachinglessonsandworkingwithstudents.Healwaysseemedsincerelyinterestedintheirprogress andpresentednewmaterialinawaythatcapturedtheirattention.Forexample,RobertcreatedaRivalsprojectforthe AncientGreeceunit.Inthisproject,studentsweretochooseafamousrivalrytocompareandcontrastwithAthensand Spartausingpowerpointslidestopresenttheirassessments.Thestudentsreallydivedintotheproject.Robertconsistently displayedthistypeofcreativityinplanninglessonsandmotivatingstudents. Robertlearnedquicklythatthebestwaytomanageaclassroomistokeepstudentsontaskwithlessonsandprojectsthat werebothinterestingandchallenging.Healsodidagoodjobofrecognizingwhenastudentneededspecialassistanceor attention. Insummary,Robdisplayedthequalitiesthatmakeateachersuccessful.Heisdependable,motivated,andisintunewith theneedsofhisstudents.Heworkswellwithcolleaguesandadministrationandisabletolearnfromthosearoundhim.I highlyrecommendhimforateachingposition.Pleasefeelfreetocontactmeifyouneedanyfurtherinformation. Sincerely, LauraPawlowski WorldHistoryTeacher WalledLakeWesternHighSchool Phone:2489564400 Email:LauraPawlowski@wlcsd.org
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