USCRossier School of Education March 6, 2019 To Whom It May Concern, It is my pleasure to write a letter of recommendation for Erin Croix for a teaching position in your district. I have known Erin professionally for over two years and servedasher supervisor inthe USC Jumpstart Program. Over the time I worked with Erin, I was impressed with her deep commitment to serving children in our most underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. She demonstrated this commitment as the program manager for the Jumpstart program by recruiting corps members who demonstrated their belief in equity and quality education for students we serve. Under her leadership and training of Jumpstart corps members, preschool students consistently improved their reading readiness as demonstrated in the Jumpstart reading readiness assessment. In my observation of Erin's leadership skills, curriculum development and organizational skills I have a unique perspective, as her immediate supervisor, but also as a former superintendent for over 20 years, and as an educator for over 40 years. From my many years of experience, I have known very few young leaders with Erin's natural ability to inspire those she works with to provide the best instructional environment in their classroom settings to meet the individual needs of students. Erin combines this with a strong work ethic and core values of honesty, integrity and responsibility. In addition to her day to day work as Jumpstart program manager, Erin developed partnerships with many of our Rossier faculty, the USC Alliance for Civic Engagement, and other community networks surrounding our university campus, Not one to sit on her laurels, Erin continued to grow both professionally and personally. She attended multiple events hosted by the USC Race and Equity Center, Family Engagement focus groups, and participated in the Transformative workshops held by our Rossier faculty. Erin's also continued to learn more about anti-bias training and become a critical reflective leader, committed to learning more about becoming an anti-bias educator and shared this training with her corps members. University of Southern CaliforniaUSCRossier School of Education 1 strongly believe Erin’s passion for education, her strong academic background, her commitment to meeting the needs of all students, specifically those who have not been served well by our school systems, has laid the foundation for her to be an excellent teacher. As mentioned earlier, as an educator for over 40 years, I have observed many young teachers in my career, and I can state without a doubt, Erin has the potential to become a teacher I would immediately hire her at my school and school system. If you looking to hire a teacher with a strong commitment to serving all students, working with parents, who consistently looks to continue to improve her professional knowledge and skills, is a strong collaborator with her peers, then I strongly encourage you to consider Erin for a position in your district. I expect Erin to become a teacher of the year in a school system soon after she is hired. I strongly recommend her for a teaching position in your distriet. If you would like more information please don't hesitate to contact me via email at dprobles@usc.edu_or at 562-355-8317. Sincerely, KE~ 7? (ba Darline P, Robles Ph.D. Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion Professor, Clinical Education Rossier School of Education University of Souther California University of Souther California 3470 Trousdale Parksvay, Suite LO04E, Los Angeles, California 90089-4031