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Kathleen C. Bean
9 Monson Drive,
Peabody, MA 01960
(508)535-7150
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@flushright[July 29, 1990]
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Office of the Superintendent,
Middleton Public Schools,
134 South Main Street,
Middleton, MA 01949] 

I am applying for the position of Early Childhood Coordinator in
response to your advertisement in the July 29 @i[Boston Sunday Globe.]

I enjoyed working as a substitute elementary teacher in your school
system last year.  I especially appreciated the opportunity to work in
a variety of classrooms.

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 in Human Services.  I started my career working
with special needs children.  I have run my own classrooms and acted
as head teacher, supervised student teachers and teacher aides,
managed teams of educators and therapists, coordinated programs and
communicated with parents of students.  While working at the Child
Care Circuit, I developed curriculum materials for preschool programs.
This year, I worked as a substitute teacher in the Hamilton-Wenham
School District as well as Middleton and as a volunteer in
kindergarten classes in West Concord, Lexington and Hamilton-Wenham.

My current areas of interest are developmentally-oriented elementary
curriculum and the effects of classroom design and organization on
children's learning.  I believe that classroom design is a largely
untapped opportunity to facilitate children's education.  I have had
training in the "Math Their Way" elementary math curriculum and have
just completed the "Developing Literacy" course at the Lesley College
Summer Institute for Whole Language.  I am enthusiastic about both of
these curriculum programs.

My experience and training have given me an awareness of children's
developmental and individual needs as well as the skills necessary for
managing a program or a classroom, implementing a curriculum,
supervising teachers and talking with parents.  I look forward eagerly
to applying my ideas on developmental curriculum and classroom design.

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