Department of Curriculum and Instruction .
College of Education 311 Education Building, MC-708 1310 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6990
March 26, 2003

Recommendation for Megan Yeats

Megan will be an excellent addition to any secondary school English department. She has excelled in her performance and is completing her student teacher placements within the University of Illinois Certification Program.

I supervised Megan for seven weeks in her high school placement. I have found Megan to be extremely hard working. She has been able to construct thorough lesson plans that have moved the students through the lesson. She has done this in an engaging manner and has been successful in teaching the content pertaining to literature, including Shakespeare. Megan has done this by encouraging students in a positive manner and by designing lesson plans which use clear objectives and instructional goals. She has learned to implement lesson plans and has worked on strategies to connect the content to students of varying ability levels. She has a great ability to reflect upon and improve her teaching by seeking responses from the students themselves. She shows extreme concern for her students' learning.
Megan also relates well with colleagues, with students, and with the whole school community. She definitely presents a caring nature that will benefit the overall classroom environment.

I highly recommend Megan for any position as an English teacher. If there are any questions, please call me or e-mail me at the address below.
Regards,

Sujatha (Sue) Purkayastha
Student Teacher Supervisor Curriculum and Instruction University of Illinois
Ph: (217) 398-6742 (home) I (217) 244-8286 ( dept.)
E-mail: Qurkavas(iiJ,uiuc.edu
telephone 217-244-8286. fax 217-244-4572 uTI