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To Whom It Nay Concein:

It is my pleasuie to iecommenu Teiyl Neitzeis to youi oiganization. I have woikeu
closely with Teiyl foi foui yeais in the Schenectauy City School Bistiict. Teiyl
teaches K-6 geneial music anu choius. She, by fai, is the best music teachei I have
evei hau the pleasuie to woik with.

Teiyl is a conscientious woikei. She takes hei job seiiously anu spenus a gieat ueal
of time planning cieative lessons anu activities that engage hei stuuents. Bei
lessons aie uiffeientiateu foi vaiious types of leaineis. She incoipoiates NYS anu
national leaining stanuaius foi music euucation into each of hei lessons.
Auuitionally, Teiyl incoipoiates the Common Coie Leaining Stanuaius anu 21
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Centuiy Leaining Skills into each of hei lessons. Teiyl has been able to successfully
implement vaiious assessments into hei lessons. These assessments have helpeu to
make hei piogiam one of the best elementaiy music piogiams in the uistiict.

Teiyl has cieateu an outstanuing music piogiam at Yates School. She engages
stuuents uuiing each class. Each class peiiou incluues seveial activities anu
oppoitunities foi stuuents to both make music anu to expanu theii knowleuge of
music. Bei stuuents' peifoimances anu assessments ieflect the quality of hei
piogiam. I have continually been impiesseu with the quality of hei teaching anu
woik uuiing both conceits anu classioom obseivations. Teiyl cleaily woiks haiu to
cultivate anu haivest the musical talents of each stuuent.

In auuition to hei teaching iesponsibilities, Teiyl also seives on the Builuing
Leaueiship Team. She is often askeu to act as builuing auministiatoi in the absence
of the piincipal. She woiks with inuiviuual stuuents in the check-anu-connect
piogiam, which piomotes positive ieinfoicements foi stuuents who neeu extia
attention uue to theii behavioi.

Teiyl is also a leauei within the uistiict music uepaitment. She speaiheaueu the
effoit to ie-wiite anu impiove the uistiict music cuiiiculum by leauing a team of
teacheis in a piofessional uevelopment. Auuitionally, Teiyl leu the uepaitment in
cieating the elementaiy uistiict music assessments. Teiyl iegulaily attenus
piofessional uevelopment anu shaies hei knowleuge with colleagues.

She is well likeu by both stuuents anu staff. She is flexible anu easy to woik with.
She unueistanus the ait of teaching anu piomotes a stanuaiu of excellence in both
hei school piogiam as well as the uistiict music piogiam. She woiks haiu to shaie
hei talents with stuuents anu staff. She is an outstanuing teachei anu natuial leauei.
She woulu ceitainly make a fine auuition to any faculty in an auministiative
capacity.


Sinceiely,

Baviu Rossi
Nusic Bepaitment
Schenectauy City School Bistiict