FORT COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL 3400 Lambkin Way For Collins, CO 80 (970) 488-8021 April 3, 2017 Fax (970) 488-6008 To Whom It May Concern: I would like to take this opportunity to highly recommend Miriam Gueck for employment within your school or district. | am a Language Arts teacher in the English department at Fort Collins High School with twelve years of teaching experience. I am currently working with Miriam as her cooperating teacher for 16 weeks and find the experience to be exceptional. Miriam is my student teacher for 11" grade U.S. Literature and 9 grade Pre-AP English. My experience with Miriam has been outstanding. Miriam possesses a firm grasp of all skills sets associated with the English curriculum. Her ability to create engaging lessons is apparent when I review and watch her teach weekly lessons. In our short time together, Miriam can incorporate the various state standards for reading and writing seamlessly into her classroom lessons. As a result, Miriam has high expectations for the students and they respond to the rigorous lessons. Besides her strong content knowledge, Miriam establishes an excellent rapport with the students, from the ower level students to the college-bound student. Miriam did a great job creating a safe environment for student learning, Miriam combines her strengths of content knowledge with building excellent rapport with the students to create a high achieving learning environment in which students look forward to learning. Miriam demonstrates professionalism with staff as well as students. She has a positive outlook in all that she does and demonstrates a strong work ethic. She will be an asset to your school and it is with my highest pleasure that I recommend Ms. Miriam Gueck. Sincerely, [Lane Sng Tiana Song Language Arts Department Fort Collins High School tsong@psdschools.org 970-829-6087