Mr.DanaEscalanteJordanHieh School2265E. i03'dSt.LosAngeles,A 90002June,2008To WhomtMay Concern:Myname sDanaEscaiante,ndas heyearcloses,approachhe compietionof mysixthyearof teachingwithLAUSD. For threeof thoseyears,havebeenhe LeadTeacherorthe StarrSmal1 earningCommunityat JordanHighSchoolAsLeadTeachert is myobligation o ensurehe optimaleducationalnvironmentorthe studentswithinmy academy.And theres no teacherhat epitomizeshespirit ofculturallyrelevanteducationwithcrirriculum andnstructionhatengages nd nvolvesourStan studentsmore han KarenSalazar.In Ms. Salazar's oomI haveconsistentlyobservedmovativelessonshatrelatestudents'xperienceso mastery fELA Standards,ontent,onceptsndskills.In fact,it ismy siricerebelief that Ms. Sa.lazars one of thebest eacherst JordanHigh.Ms.Salazaras orgedextremeiypositiveand productiveelationshipswithstudents,particularly"difficult"sfudentswho haveproven"challenging,'or othereachers,utoftenproduceexcellentacademicesults nher class.Additionally,asLead Teacher.havebeenworkingwitha StarrStudent teeringcommitteeo develophefutureof theSLC togetherwith students.n thisgroup,haveseenhat hestudentswhodemonstratethemostexemplaryeadership ualitiesandare hemostarticulateandhoughtfrd.havecomeoutof Ms. Salazar'siass.Ms.Salazarsa teamplayerhasmade remendousontributionsothe SLC.Shehasconsistentlyeenartoftheplanningnd mplementationfpracticallyall Stanactivities,ndhasvolunteereder ime withoutquestions.OverallKarenhasbeensteadysupporterf theSLC by her contributionso itsstabilityandgrowth.AndKarenhasalsocontributedothe school-wideELA"workgroups"whocollaborateodesigninstruction.Karen'spersonalualitiesreexemp1ary.he sapersonf unquestionabieharacter,thoroughntegrity,andhasalwaysbeenkind"consideratend respectfulnherinteractionswithstudents nd adultsalike.I feelthat JordanHighis forhrnateo haveKaren Salazarsan nstructor.