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Sample Letter of Reference by Cooperating Teacher

This document provides guidelines for writing effective letters of recommendation. It recommends that letters be about one page and include an opening, body, and closing. The opening should explain the relationship between the writer and applicant and why the letter is being written. The body should provide specific details about the applicant's personal characteristics, abilities, strengths, and experience. The closing should summarize and clearly state whether the writer recommends the applicant. A sample letter is also provided as an example.

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Sample Letter of Reference by Cooperating Teacher

This document provides guidelines for writing effective letters of recommendation. It recommends that letters be about one page and include an opening, body, and closing. The opening should explain the relationship between the writer and applicant and why the letter is being written. The body should provide specific details about the applicant's personal characteristics, abilities, strengths, and experience. The closing should summarize and clearly state whether the writer recommends the applicant. A sample letter is also provided as an example.

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GUIDELINES FOR WRITING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

http://career.clemson.edu/pdfdocs/WritingGuidelines.pdf

Letters of recommendation are used to gather additional information about a candidate for
employment, graduated study or other opportunity. It should give an overall picture of the candidate’s:

 Personal characteristics
 Performance
 Experience
 Strengths
 Capabilities
 Professional promise

Preferably, the person writing the letter of recommendation had been in a working or academic
relationship with the applicant. The letter should be about on page in length and generally consist of
three parts: opening, body, and closing.

Opening
The writer should explain the relationship between himself/herself and the candidate as well as why the
letter is being written. For example: Bill Jones completed his student teaching under my supervision. I am
pleased to be able to provide a letter recommending him for a position as a teacher.
The writer may want to describe the type of experience, length, and time period during which he/she
worked with the candidate. The writer may also wish to describe any special assignments or
responsibilities that the candidate completed.

Body
The body of the recommendation should provide specific information about the candidate. Information
may include:
1. Personal characteristics such as poise, confidence, dependability, patience, creativity, etc.
2. Teaching abilities such as knowledge of the subject area, problem solving abilities, ability to
manage students, ability to work with colleagues and parents, curriculum development, etc.
3. Specific areas of strength or special experiences. The candidate may have some exceptional
strengths such as a very high energy level or excellent communication skills. A candidate may
also have a specific area of knowledge or experience such as a strong background in science, an
undergraduate degree in another area or related work experience in education, a research
project, coaching, extracurricular activities, etc.
Closing
The closing of the letter should briefly summarize previous points and clearly state that you recommend
the candidate for the position, graduate program or opportunity they are seeking. The recommendation
letter should be written in language that is straightforward and to the point. Avoid using jargon or
language that is too general or effusive.
The following is a brief sample of a well written positive recommendation letter:

I was Tom Smith’s cooperating teacher during his student teaching assignment the spring 2015
semester. Tom completed sixteen weeks of student teaching in seventh grade social studies under my
supervision. I am pleased to be able to write a letter of recommendation for Tom.

During Tom’s student teaching experience, he was highly motivated to learn as much as he could and
perform to his best capacities. He frequently put in long hours to develop lesson plans and monitor
student progress. He asked for feedback on a daily basis and accepted constructive criticism with
maturity. He understood his limitations as an inexperienced teacher and observed experienced teachers
closely in order to improve his own teaching ability.

Tom has several strengths but his main strength, from my observations, is his ability to motivate
students. He always seemed sincerely interested in their progress and presented new material in a way
that captured their attention. For example, he had a group of students map out a “road-trip” across the
United States. The students had to plan the trip to include a given number of state and national parks,
major cities, and historic battle sites. The students really dived into the project. Tom consistently
displayed this type of creativity in planning lessons and motivating students. He soon learned that the
best way to manage a classroom is to keep students on-task with projects that were both interesting and
challenging. He also did a good job of recognizing when a student needed special assistance or attention.

In summary, Tom displayed the qualities that make a teacher successful. His is dependable, motivated,
and is in tune with the needs of his students. He works well with colleagues and administration and is
able to learn from those around him. I highly recommend him for a teaching position.

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