COLLEGE SUPERVISOR'S EVALUATION OF STUDENT TEACHER Hope College Education Department Holland, Michigan STUDENT: Rebekah Skinner SUPERVISOR: Lyne Burkey STUDENT TEACHING GRADE: A COMMENTS: Rebekah Skinner is a very intelligent, sincere new French and English teacher who has a passion to teach both subjects and who has developed a variety of strenaths in the classroom. She is very open to reflection and discussion of what has been successful and unsuccessful in her lessons, and she consistently makes changes in order to improve. She displays a real teachable spirit, is flexible, eager to leam, hard-working, dependable and wiling to participate in whatever ways she can. Her commitment to both of her subjects is evidenced by her excelient writing skills and voracious reading and by her willingness to live in France in order to improve her mastery of the language and culture. Rebekah worked very successfully with two very different coordinating teachers, in two different subjects, and with a variety of age levels and challenges, often with more than one level of French in the same classroom. In both English and French classes Rebekah has learned to pace herself and change activities frequently. She understands the importance of organization and daily preparation, has developed varied strategies to deal with discipline issues, works to provide oral, written, reading and listening practice in each lesson, and has devised creative ideas to motivate students. Her classroom procedures are consistent and the students respect her management style. She is relaxed with her classes, polite, warm and friendly, yet she is. Quietly firm, with a droll sense of humor and a ready smile. Her students understand that her expectations of them are high, both scholastically and behaviorally. She tries to reach ouside the dlassroom to reinforce leaming and can Ink ideas wel and segue nicely from one activity to another. She works hard to relate the daily lesson to some real aspect of her students’ lives, so they can see connections between what they are learning and how thet wil mpact their futures. Rebekah brings maturity and professional behavior and decision-making to education. She is willing to increase her knowledge in her fields, displays confidence and an upbeat attitude, and demonstrates a strong work ethic. She is eager to participate in new educational experiences, takes constrlictive criticism gracefully, and establishes relationships with peers and students easly. | believe Rebekah wil be an excellent action to any facuty and highly recommend her. Signed: Aig hal 0 College Supervisor vate: Bombings In accord with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, this form is considered part of an open file and hence is accessible to the student.