Deborah S. Peterson, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Education
Educational Leadership & Policy
Post Office Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
Education 506U (inside 504)

503.490.5504 cell
503-725-3200 fax

April 22, 2015

It is my pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for Lisa Dailey. I have known Lisa for
two years in my role supervising her administrative licensure coursework and internship at
PSU. Our coursework is extremely rigorous with very high expectations, and Lisa has
continually demonstrated exceptional work, with a deep desire to be the best, a very positive
disposition, and a willingness to continually learn and improve so as to better serve our
teachers, families, and children.
Lisas internship work has had a strong equity focus, with projects implemented in her school
and district, and data disaggregated by race, ethnicity or other gender. For example, she has
led key projects that bring teachers and administrators together to use an additional math
support class and interim assessments to identify learning targets so students could reach
graduation requirements through OAKS, Smarter Balanced, or work sample assessments. This
has resulted in all but 3 students meeting graduation requirements by April; the 3 remaining
students have additional interventions in place to ensure they succeed by their senior year.
Lisa is also responsible for a senior math intervention class in which all but 7 students are on
target for graduation; a strong plan coordinating special education case managers and others
is in place to ensure the 7 students graduate in their 5th year in high school. This kind of focus
on each childs success is what makes Lisa a strong leader.
Beyond these leadership roles, Lisa also serves as the site council chair, department lead, and
other site-based plans for discipline supports. She has demonstrated the ability to bring
diverse community members and teachers together to impact change, and throughout all
projects has had a very positive attitude, especially during stressful projects with short
timelines and high expectations.
Lisas character, energy, collaborative style, and instructional focus on each child make her a
strong candidate, and I can recommend her highly and without reservation for a VP or AP
position.
Sincerely yours,
Deborah Peterson
Deborah Peterson, Ed.D.
Former Elementary and High School Principal
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy