115 2nd Ave S #1211 Minneapolis, MN 55401 April 30, 2014 American International School Dhaka 12 nited Nations

!oad Dhaka, "an#ladesh 1212 Ms$ Manas%i& 'lease accept m( res)me %or the 're*4 %)lltime teachin# position at the American International School Dhaka %or the 2014+2015 school (ear$ ,I am some-od($. /his is a line that is part o% m( dail( school pled#e$ /hro)#h m( teachin# e0periences, colla-oration 1ith collea#)es, and philosoph( o% teachin#, I reali2e the si#ni%icance o% this statement in ed)cation and 1h( it makes me a #reat candidate %or a teachin# position at (o)r school$ M( real learnin# as a teacher -e#an in m( st)dent teachin# placements at the niversit( o% 3isconsin&4a 5rosse and contin)ed to m( c)rrent position as a third #rade teacher in Minneapolis, Minnesota$ I received opport)nities to teach vario)s a#e #ro)ps, ran#in# %rom preschool to %i%th #rade, and learned thro)#h these placements the importance o% moldin# an ed)cation to %it an( kind o% st)dent$ M( e0periences have also ta)#ht me the importance o% p)shin# a st)dent to their -est and helpin# them reali2e their tr)e a-ilities$ I did not trek this 6o)rne( alone7 I 1as -lessed to have teachin# mentors and collea#)es that 1ere open to the ideas I shared and provided me val)a-le advice to improve as an ed)cator$ /hro)#h 1orkin# to#ether 1ith others, I have stren#thened m( classroom mana#ement skills and have -een introd)ced to e%%ective teachin# techni8)es$ M( collea#)es and mentors have also helped me reali2e m( creative capacit( and ho1 to )se it e%%ectivel( in the classroom$ I come %)ll circle to m( school pled#e$ ,I am some-od(. tr)l( em-odies m( personal teachin# philosoph($ M( st)dents sa( this ever( da( at school$ 9%ten it is repeated, -)t not tr)l( heard$ I reco#ni2e the depth o% the phrase in m( school each da($ I see it -ein# trans%ormed into a meanin#%)l ed)cation -( m( %ello1 collea#)es$ I identi%( it in the %aces o% m( st)dents, not 6)st 1hen the( )nderstand ne1 academic material, -)t 1hen the( are reali2in# their 1orth as people$ /his statement re%lects m( teachin# philosoph( -eca)se I -elieve it a privile#e to provide st)dents lessons o% developin# as 1hole people and reali2in# sel%&1orth to achieve #reater thin#s$ 3hen st)dents are #iven the #)idance, tools, and motivation to see 1hat the( can -ecome, their ed)cation 1ill -e personall( val)ed and 1orth1hile$ I 1o)ld love to receive the opport)nit( to disc)ss (o)r school %)rther and to contin)e to share 1ith (o) m( personal vision o% ho1 I can -e a positive in%l)ence as part o% (o)r sta%%$ :o) can reach me at ;<15=>2>&41?> or der)sha$nico@)1la0$ed)$ /hank (o) %or (o)r consideration$ Sincerel(, Nicole DeRusha Nicole De!)sha