‘To Whom It May Concern: This letter is my recommendation for a teaching position for Ms. Kelsey Emory. !had the pleasure of being her WGU supervising teacher. This was a unique and unprecedented time as it was at the end of her student teaching experience the COVID-19 school closures occurred. | had the opportunity to watch her grow tremendously in her special education middle school placement. She developed the skill needed in this type of setting to be able to manage multiple activities going on and various students entering and exiting (appropriately) the resource setting. | observed her creating meaningful lessons that students engaged in. | was pleased with her ability to provide wait time as she allowed students to problem solve thru the activities she provided. She was proximal to them, however, did not jump to providing the students answers when they were learning. She guided and encouraged them to persevere and be confident in their abi ‘Asa teacher, she found her teacher confidence with each observation. She was eager to evaluate her performance and took constructive guidance eagerly and worked to improve on the subtle techniques | provided. With each observation, she grew into an excellent teacher who is ready for her own room, With regard to her general education setting, it is a bit more challenging to speak of her overall growth in this setting. | observed her once and was extremely pleased at where she was skill- wise and control of the room. | was even more impressed with her ability to navigate the unprecedented school closures and the need for continued learning remotely. She has an impressive grasp of the technology. The lessons I viewed were high quality and she was very ‘comfortable in her delivery and felt engaged in the lesson. I believe that Ms. Emory would be an asset to any grade level or special education program. She is a very calm and knowledgeable presence that would move any department in the right direction of student growth and connections. Ifyou have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at 317-796-1828 (Cow Kantor Lyk \ ‘ berly Luckey WGU Clinical Supervisor Hamilton Heights School Corporation, Director of Speci Education