SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Catherine Close SCHOOI. OF TEACH EDUCATION CO1LEGE GE EDUCATION ‘SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO, CA 92182 1151 PHONE PAR: (858) 481-9075 EMAIL: czclose@san.rr.com Dear Sir or Masam, December 14, 2014 | worked with Carolyne Gohen as both a supervisor and 2 methods instructor. | found Carolyne to be bright, creative, and eager to learn and apply effective teaching strategies. She demonstrated positive growth and proficiency throughout her student teaching experiences, showing good initiative and ability in using course wark, student progress and feedback to just and improve her teaching practices. Carolyne's lesson plans were well designed and thorough and she demonstrated strong Dackground knowledge and pedagogy of each content area she taught Carolyne clearly exolains and models the leaming during explicit instruction and then engages students in active participation She also demonsirates sirong ‘skills in using student responses and evidence of learning to guide her feedback and instructional support Carviyne'’s lessons Toutinely incorporate strategies that deepened student thinking end provided productive learning experionces betnigen stucents, Carolyne established 2 natural and supportive rapport with her students and had an ‘accessible and welcoming teaching style. She has gotlen to know each of her students Personally and considered the personal. cultural and prior leaming experiences of her students in the design of her instructional aativites. During instvuction, she monitored student leaming at all levels and provided additonal support or practice opportunities to reengage students who were stuggiing Carolyne is professional in her conduct, disposition and in the fulfiiment of her obligations and responsibilites. She is intentional about pursuing excellence and challenged herself to try new instructional strategies and activities to meet the needs of her sludents. Carolyne formed positive and collaborative relationships with her guide teacher and peers and has both contributed to and learned ftom these experiences I believe these personal characteristics as well as the skils she already demonstrates provide a good basis for her success 6 a teacher. 2233 El Amigo Road Del Mar, GA 82014