Letter To Tarleton State University

I am writing this letter in order to appeal my denial into the Teacher Education Program at Tarleton State University. My initial denial was a result of my scores on the writing portion of my departmental screening, on October 16th, 2015. While there is no refuting the score that I received on the writing portion of my screening, I feel that my writing alone does not define my abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of a Professional Development II Student. The reason that the scores for my writing were not adequate includes poor spelling, poor sentence structure, and punctuation errors. In addition to those issues, I had some trouble developing ideas and organizing my writing correctly. All of these errors, while critical, are

I have never received a C in a single one of my classes. I have driven myself to build relationships with my professors and advisors, and I have approached every class as an opportunity to not only learn the material, but also develop experiences from which to reflect on in my future development classes as well as my professional career. Through these experiences I have discovered my passion for teaching, and helping students overcome obstacles. I have learned to find the positives in any given situation. This denial from the teacher education program has allowed me to reflect on my weakness, and what I need to do to be an effective

Without this denial, I would not have been as aware of the problems that I faced with my writing. Because of this, I am now able to take action, in order to improve my writing ability, and take steps towards achieving my goal to be the best teacher that I can be. In Professional Development I, I learned how to interact in a classroom while helping a student. This class has changed my whole outlook on teaching by giving me real experiences working with students, parents, and teachers. I now better understand how much I have to learn, but also, how amazing being a teacher really is. I would like to move on to Professional Development II so that I can continue learning from real world experiences. I will make sure to keep improving my writing while in that class. Moving on would not mean forgetting about my denial, but instead I would use everything I work on this December, in my writing classes, to improve myself as an educator and to help my students. I will never give up on my dream to become a teacher. Teaching is the most rewarding and difficult profession. Every obstacle put in my way, I will work to overcome, and eventually use in a lesson in my future classroom. Some things cannot be taught out of a book, but instead must be learned from life experiences that you pick up along the way. Thank you for considering my