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[quote=Anonymous]Find out from counselor if there is a preferred time of year to ask for recs (at my school it’s junior year, but after spring break). So your student would say to the teacher (as semester is ending), I really enjoyed your class and although you won’t be teaching me next semester, would you mind if I came to talk to you at some point this spring about getting a recommendation letter? (This assuming the school asks students to wait til spring—but you definitely want the student to find out the process from the counselor first.) I am a teacher & we are used to having rec letter conversations with students and making them feel at ease during this chat. It doesn’t matter if the student is an extrovert, it’s still a situation where students feel nervous and uncertain and because we know this, we try to make that conversation meaningful and not scary. But the student must raise the topic— not a parent. Cute story: Earlier this year I sent a student directly from my class to talk to another teacher about a rec—she was intimidated and needed the extra push; she had been putting it off. I told her to take a friend along and have the friend wait out in the hallway (out of sight and not eavesdropping or anything) and she’d know her buddy was out there silently supporting her. This seems silly but the student said it really helped her get mentally ready to ask. [/quote]

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