8/9/2019 Bashford Cover Letter
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50559 Good Oak Loop RDFrazee, MN 56544
August 1, 2010
Ms. Katherine Bailey
Standing Rock Community School
9189 Hwy 24Fort Yates, ND 58538
Ms. Bailey,
Good day to you. I was excited to find your job posting for the
English teaching position at StandingRock Community School in the
North Dakota Workforce Connection website (listed as Job Order
218305). I am a recent North Dakota State University graduate
with honors and a B.S. in EnglishEducation with a Communications
option. I believe my enclosed resume and letters of
recommendation
reflect that I am an appropriate candidate for the position at
your school.
The role of a teacher encompasses many requirements and a
teacherwears many hats, but I believe myprior work, teaching, and
academic experiences meet and exceed these expectations. Prior to
attending
NDSU I worked as: a radio and nightclub disc jockey, computer
technician, community educationteacher, actor, director of plays
and musicals, and legal assistant/paralegal. All of these
experiences have
contributed to my people and entertainment skills allowing me to
comfortably teach in front of a largeclass, maintain students
attention, or work one on one with students or parents. My
experiences in offices
have honed my organizational and computer skills so that I am
prepared for the creation, organization,filing, and maintenance of
the vast amount of paperwork associated with teaching including
student
information, grades, assignments, lesson plans, schedules, and
communications with parents oradministration.
My prior work as an informal ESL/ELL teacher, academic training
at NDSU, numerous practicumexperiences in the classroom, and work
as a tutor at the universitys Center for Writers have given
mefirsthand experience working with students in one-on-one and
classroom settings. Because of these
experiences, I appreciate the diverse nature of students,
respect their individual needs, and believe in astudent-centered
classroom. Please feel free to view my complete pedagogical
philosophy, examples of
my unit and lesson plans, and a class related website all found
in my electronic portfolio athttp://michaelbashford.wordpress.com.
The examples I provide reflect my understanding of
differentiated
instruction by offering each student curricula, content, and
assessments directed to their individuallearning styles, cognitive
ability, needs, and offering individual expression of what they
have learned.
I am hopeful that, after you have reviewed my enclosed resume,
you will give me the opportunity to
interview with you for the position advertised. I look forward
to that opportunity and can be reached byemail at
[email protected] or by telephone at (701) 412-4771.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Michael Bashford
