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-his semester is lying by# and it has been great. I ha"e en+oyed getting to $now and wor$ with your child. 6s you probably $now inal e'ams are coming up# and I +ust wanted to in orm you o your child%s grade. 6ttached is a grade/beha"ior sheet with an e'planation o your child%s current grade and beha"ior in my class. I you or your child are not satis ied with his/her grade# then he/she can complete the e'tra credit assignment that will be due ne't wee$. I ha"e attached a copy o the instructions or the assignment. I you ha"e any !uestions# +ust email or call me. -han$s# .s. Holliday /0412001344/ lauren.a.holliday5lander.edu
Colleague Communication and Collaboration: I plan to communicate and collaborate with ellow teachers in my content area by attending con erences and actually emailing and meeting with the other English educators in my school. .ost schools re!uire collaborati"e meetings# so I will wor$ with the teachers that I am assigned with and ollow the guidelines and procedures or that rom the school. Howe"er# I also plan to discuss certain students who are struggling in my class with other teachers who ha"e that same student# so we can igure out how to help them be success ul. I plan to collaborate with my colleagues during the summer right be ore the year starts. I plan to meet with them at the beginning o the year# in the middle# and towards the end. E'ample 1: Email to all English Educators at the school I will be teaching at. Hi# .y name is 7auren Holliday. I will be +oining the English (epartment in 6ugust# and I loo$ orward to meeting e"eryone o you. I am "ery e'cited about teaching# and wor$ing with you all. I hope to be able to communicate and collaborate with you regularly# and learn something rom each o you. I you ha"e any strategies or materials that you ha"e disco"ered o"er the years that ha"e pro"en to be success ul or any ad"ice at all# then I would lo"e to hear about them. -han$s so much# 7auren Holliday /0412001344/ lauren.a.holliday5gmail.com