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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Teachers,

Here is a very useful tip and tool for you.  Give all your students on the first day of school, on BTSN, on your online grades portal, to their parents - a worksheet which has all the qualities that you want in the students that you recommend.   Tell them that this is how you will determine who you will give good recommendations to.   This worksheet should have place for both essays and a grid type answer space for all metrics that you care about. Make it comprehensive.

Make the worksheets a work in progress that you assess priodically with the students. When it comes time for students to ask for recommendation they should not find it difficult. 
 If they are scared of asking for recommendations or if they have not shown as growth as your students then you also have failed.  Both of you (student and teacher) must work together to reach the student at a place where he is worth recommending.  Without guidance how do you think the students will reach there?[/quote]

This is ridiculous! [/quote]

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