10 Apa 2017 ‘Tewhem k may concem, ‘This eter is being watten on baba of Sarah Vinluan, a preservice teacher that | have watched develon since 2016, In my role a8 Sarah’ ineetor at Chaminade Univers of Herold, | have observed Sarah 2s sha has demonstrated her content knowledge ard personal podagogy. In my role as Sarah's university *uparvieor, | observed he instnitional practices in a second grade cassreom al Kae'op'u Elamentary In \Weipahu, Hawai. AS university supervise, | have documented Sarah's development as an elmeriary ‘lacsroom teacher based onthe Hawaii Teacher Perfomance Standards each of which ehe has met. Sarah has numerous professional strengths, including: famianty with DOE curiculuminterentions, subject matior and pecagogial content knowace, implementation of engaging leaing pracices, and 2 commitment to cngoing professional development. ‘Ser aderestes content in a manner tht makes the information accessible to student, She does this {trough the use of personaly relevant learing techniques and tal. During ane of the classroom visits 1 ‘made to so0 Sar, | observed her engage students in a leson on Natural Resources and Conservation Wile Serah used the Wonder text as 2 foundation for he instruction she supplemented the curieuum by creating a slide prosertation that proved the stuents with relevant examples of Natural Resources and Conservation; specifically, photos ofthe North Store Wind Turbines as well asthe Hoover Dam. ‘tudes recognized th images fom the supplemental loaming matorals and were istatly engaged in ‘Sarah engages in ongoing evaluation of her teeching practice and is coxinualy developing her teacher capacity, Sarah is a member ef multiple subject area teaching ogarizaions and even presented at the Hawa" Selence Teachers Association conference n March 2017. Sach volunarly palpated inthe ‘edTPA assessment; 2 naionaly recogrized evaluation of preservice teaches, Though ths assessment, ‘Sah analyzed her teaching practice tough four gous tasks whict required her to gather vail of Infomation about students in rr to develo, implement, assess slucen learning, Sarah demonstrated the ongoing practice of using data to hve instruction during Response llerventon (RT!) in both Math lang Rescig, Seats engagement in RTI provide evidence of her ably to cferertiate instruction in oder to diverse leaming needs of her students, Sarah is committed to meeting the needs of al leamers and she oes s0 tough an ongoing evaluation of her teaching precios, ‘Based on my experiance wih Sarah, | would reconmend he or a postion as an elementary eachet. Her ‘ommitment 6 ar studens along wih er abit 19 ochesrate leamirg Opportunies for verse eamors ‘would make her an asset to ny clomentary schoo fculy. Should you have futher questions about Sarah's Vics! ‘lease do not heitale to contact me via email Katina roselee@\chaminad. ou Values Roselr, Pi Assstant Professor, Edsction Division (Chaminade Uriversity of Honclls