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Kathleen C. Bean
9 Monson Drive,
Peabody, MA 01960
(508)535-7150
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March 12, 1990
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Beverly Falson-Sneed
Lesley College Graduate School
29 Everett St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-2790

Dear Ms. Falson-Sneed:
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I am applying for the position of master teacher in the Summer Compass
Program.

I began studying and working in education over 20 years ago, getting
my undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education and my graduate
degree in management, first working with special needs children and
later with 2-6 year olds.  I have run my own classrooms and acted as
head teacher, supervising student teachers and teacher aids, managing
teams of educators and therapists, coordinating programs and
communicating with parents of students.  While working at the Child
Care Circuit, I have developed curriculum materials for preschool
programs.  Currently I am working as a substitute teacher in Middleton
and the Hamilton-Wenham district and as a volunteer in kindergarten
classes in West Concord, Lexington and Hamilton-Wenham.

I believe my experience and training have given me the skills
necessary for managing a classroom, implementing a curriculum and
supervising student teachers.

My current areas of interest are the use of developmentally oriented
curriculum in elementary education and the effects of classroom design
and organization on children's learning.  I have had training in the
"Math Their Way" elementary math curriculum and have become familiar
with the "Whole Language" approach to teaching reading and writing
skills.  I am enthusiastic about both of these programs.  As part of
my master's program, I wrote a research paper on the importance of
classroom design to children's learning.  I believe that classroom
design is a largely untapped opportunity to facilitate children's
education.

I look forward to sharing my ideas and experience with student
teachers.

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