Letter of Recommendation Natalie Velez-Cotto | welcome the opportunity to recommend Natalie Velez-Cotto as a potential candidate to your school. In my capacity as Natalie's site supervisor during her student teaching | witnessed a number of positive qualities, Her leadership abilities, dedication and respect to her students, and her always being prepared make Natalie a potential asset to any school that employs her. | witnessed Natalie’s leadership in the classroom through her running a smooth operation regularly. The minute the kids walked in the door to the moment they left, Natalie had engaging and interesting activities running. She clearly loves and respects her children through the observed high expectations she provided for them regularly. Natalie was always prepared to deliver dynamic lessons to the students. You could see that the kids came to expect and appreciate this about their teacher. Never once did | observe a lesson that was not filled with diverse approaches that was sure to meet the needs of all of her kids, It was a delight for me to work with Natalie during her student teaching. Her love for children and her commitment to getting better at teaching every day make for a quality instructor. As a principal of a school in the past, | would not have hesitated to hire Natalie to work on my team. We need more \Natalies in the world. It is my pleasure to highly recommend her to your school. file Peter Hensley ) University of Phoenix