April 11, 2016

To Whom It May Concern:

It is my pleasure to recommend Ms. Diane Hunt for a teaching position. I have been teaching for twenty-two years, nine of those years have been with the Poway Unified School District in San Diego, CA. I came to know and work with Ms. Hunt during the 2015-2016 school year. Ms. Hunt is a teacher-candidate with California State University, San Marcos. Ms. Hunt has been working with me and my 4th grade students from January 2016 to the present.

Overall, Ms. Hunt has demonstrated excellent knowledge of the classroom curriculum and has integrated the new Common Core State Standards in her lessons. She has identified the core objectives and executed thoughtful and complete lessons. As a teacher-candidate, Ms. Hunt worked with students in a whole group, small group, and in one-on-one settings. In addition, Ms. Hunt was able to teach in a unique collaborative, a 1 to 1 device classroom dynamic. Ms. Hunt worked with me and participated in all the aspects and duties of the day including, team-planning, staff meetings, record keeping, grading, data disaggregation, professional growth training, curriculum training, IEP meetings, and parent-teacher conferences. In addition, Ms. Hunt closely planned with me to create differentiated math and reading groups. Ms. Hunt also assisted me with supervising and guiding a Challenge math group.

Ms. Hunt interacted with all 31 fourth-graders. Her lessons focused on essential areas in reading, and math that were relative to the grade-level standards. Her lessons demonstrated creativity and held interest among the students. The students were observed interacting with enthusiasm and eagerness to learn. Ms. Hunt maintained excellent student and classroom management.

At a personal level, Ms. Hunt is a hard-working, punctual, friendly, positive, caring, person. She has a great disposition with children, she is flexible, and a great team player. Ms. Hunt has a clear understanding and awareness of diverse student populations. She strives to learn more about meeting the needs of all children.

I feel strongly that Ms. Diane Hunt would be an excellent addition to your teaching staff. She brings many talents and a deep concern for children in their quest for learning. I would therefore recommend Diane Hunt as a teacher at your school.

If I can be of further assistance, or provide you with any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Hilary Cuevas-Balanon

Hilary T. Cuevas-Balanon hcuevasbalanon@powayusd.com

Del Sur Elementary School 15665 Paseo del Sur San Diego, CA 92127

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