Letter+of+Introduction

Dear Mrs. Larsen,

My name is Kelly Nolan and I am a Junior at Rider University. I have a double major in Elementary Education and Psychology and a minor in Early Childhood. I am very excited to get to work with you and your students this semester. I have been looking forward to my Education classes since my first day here at Rider and I have wanted to teach since I was in the 3rd grade. My 3rd grade teacher was a very caring and sweet woman who really wanted her students to succeed. I have not since had a teacher that motivated me the way she did. It is my goal to be as motivating to students as she was to me.

I have had many opportunities to work with children throughout my life. When I was a sophomore in high school I began assisting in the Sunday school program at St. Mary’s Church working with children ages 2 through 6 and continued until I went away to college. I volunteered at St. Mary’s preschool throughout my senior year of high school and last year I volunteered at Millhill Child Development Center working with children ages 2 months through 3 years. Also, last semester I observed in a Junior-Kindergarten class at Princeton Academy. Through this experience I learned a lot about teaching, but I am hoping to enhance this knowledge through hands on experience this semester.

I hope that this semester will provide an opportunity for me to, with your help, grow towards becoming the teacher that I want to be. I am looking forward to the opportunity to be in your classroom interacting with your students. I am also excited about developing and teaching my own lessons and I hope to get as much feedback from you as possible so I may develop my skills further.

I would like to thank you for allowing me into your classroom and I hope to gain as much knowledge and experience from you as possible. Should you need to contact me for any reason my e-mail address is nolank@ rider.edu and my cell phone number is (609)-217-4522.

Thank you again, Kelly Nolan