Friendly & enthusiastic Secondary Science and Maths Teacher - Maths tutor with Kathryn

To whom it may concern,

According to your request for references, I proceed to summarize our experience with Miss Kathryn Moon.

Kathryn has worked on our team as a conversation assistant. She has developed her work weekly in five institutes in Sabadell city, Spain, in the period between October 30 until June 22 of last year.
Kathryn has maintained a good relationship with her tutors and the students. She has held weekly meetings with the heads of each class to know at each moment the specific needs of the training group and other individual differences. She has had the opportunity to work in two centers of high complexity where she has developed a good job, always under the supervision of professors.
She shows great enthusiasm in teaching and has great creativity generating educational materials and adapting easily to unexpected events. In general, Kathryn responds appropriately to situations under pressure.

Hoping to have been helpful in your selection process, I am at your disposal if you need further information.
Best regards,

Griselda Rosell

Thank you for your request for a reference for Katie Moon to which I am replying as her tutor and supervisor of teaching practice. I am pleased to write to you about Katie, who joined this department in September 2015 to complete a Post Graduate Certificate of Education in Secondary Science (specialising in Physics).

The main aims of the Bristol PGCE programme are to empower our student teachers to enter the profession as effective and reflective practitioners. The course is characterised by its close working partnership between schools and the university. The first term is predominantly University based where the student teachers attend lectures and seminars in Educational and Professional studies. Integrated with this is the students' work on their teaching subjects. Science is regarded as a single subject for this purpose, and a major proportion of the time is spent in developing students' subject knowledge and understanding for teaching. We aim to train students to teach science across the curriculum to Key Stage 4 (16 years). Katie has recognised the need to improve her subject knowledge outside her specialism and willingly researches her lessons. During this time, she has presented herself as a professional, yet friendly person who makes excellent contributions to seminars and discussions. Her written work is of good quality, reflecting her conscientious nature.

Katie successfully completed two blocks of teaching during the course, teaching Physics to advanced level (18 years) and science up to 16 years. She gained confidence in her abilities, especially towards the end of the course, and taught a number of highly competent lessons.