New Teacher Cover Letter Example

This is my first year with my own classroom, 24 third graders, after finishing a yearlong teacher residency in the same district. I already know what changes between September and May in a classroom like this, and I want to bring that experience to [School name], where the posting's focus on mentoring new teachers matches how my own residency worked.

In my first semester I inherited a class where only 9 of 24 students were reading at grade level by the September benchmark. I built daily 20-minute guided reading rotations around that data, and by the January benchmark 17 of the 24 were at or above grade level, the fastest growth of any third-grade class in the building that semester.

I completed a yearlong residency under a mentor teacher before taking my own classroom, I'm trained in our district's PBIS framework, and I already run my own weekly data meeting with our reading interventionist instead of waiting for someone to schedule one for me. I earned my teaching license this spring with an endorsement in elementary education.

I'd welcome the chance to keep growing as a teacher at [School name], and I'm glad to share my January benchmark data at an interview. Thank you for considering my application.