December 2, 2016 To Whom It May Concern, Ithas been my pleasure to serve as Ms. Brynn Hilsenbeck’s cooperating teacher throughout her Elementary Education student teaching field experience. Ms. Hilsenbeck student taught in my first grade classroom for fifteen weeks. Throughout those fifteen weeks, I found Ms. Hilsenbeck to be a very responsible and dependent teacher who took her coursework and field experience very seriously Ms. Hilsenbeck was always well prepared with developmentally appropriate lessons. Her lesson plans were always completed in a timely manner and included a variety of teaching and learning strategies. She was able to teach regular education students, as well as learning support students within the same classroom with ease. She completed all teaching tasks in a timely and competent manner. She was able to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses and plan lessons accordingly. While at Cambria Heights Elementary School, Ms. Hilsenbeck built an excellent rapport with her students and all building personnel. She approaches all tasks with a positive attitude and was very flexible with schedule changes. While very self-directed and independent, she takes criticism well and uses it to improve as a professional. I would recommend Ms. Hilsenbeck as an Elementary teacher. I believe that she will be an asset to any school district where she chooses to be employed. Respectfully, To. Bharn Biv Mrs, Shanon Bender Cambria Heights School District sbender@chsd l.org 814-344-8506