Country Meadows Elementary Yc ourtney Amtzen March 8th, 2018 incipal ‘To whom it may concer, |tis with great pleasure | write this letter of recommendation on behalf of my colleague, Mrs. Becky Cleveland. | have worked with Becky for three years in her role as a math interventionist and guest teacher. Her current role, guest teacher in a third grade classroom, gave me the opportunity to work closely with Becky sharing the role of grade level colleagues. In the classroom, Mrs. Cleveland created a positive learning environment and has great classroom management skills. She created @ community where students were engaged and ‘motivated to learn. | personally leamed many new systems that included positive communication with families, high leverage practices (close reading, student voice/choice) and activities to support a peaceful classroom with rigor and fidelity Mrs. Cleveland is incredibly organized. She quickly and efficiently organized the classroom and made several changes that supported a more personalized learning environment. She was uick to organize materials, create outlines for lessons and used data to drive her instruction. ‘The organizational systems she created helped as she identified students in need of support and created instructional strategies that supported the data she used. In her current role, she elected to collaborate with our team and create a SLO/PPG as she wanted the experience but more importantly, she noted students needs that would be addressed with an action plan. Mrs. Cleveland created positive relationships with her students, their families and our staff. She is willing to go up and beyond her work to support her students and staff. Her willingness to use her intervention skills and form small, fluid groups among all third and fourth grade students was very impressive. In addition, she met regularly with another student after school for additional support demonstrating an incredible amount of care and concern for this students growth. She ‘created communication tools using technology, letters and often face to face meetings with Parents and families. Mrs. Cleveland led our collaboration and cooperatively worked with our team planning, organizing and problem solving, | know first hand that Mrs. Cleveland will be a leader in any elementary school. She truly cares about her students, their learning and how she can help grow their successes. | look forward to sharing more about Mrs. Cleveland. My email is mary.rauimann@muskegononway.org or my cell is 414-335-5925, Sincerely, _ an. Many Ravctunn Mrs. Mary Rautmann, Country Meadows Elementary Teacher