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Dear Cooperating Teacher,

Hello my name is Tara Reinhardt. I currently live on Fort Riley, but I am originally from a little town in Northeast Iowa. I grew up on a dairy farm with my parents, two sisters, and one brother. I graduated from Waukon Senior High School in 2001, with a graduating class of 125 students. I enjoy playing softball and going for walks with my family. I married my husband in May of 2003 and we have two children, a five year old boy and a two year old little girl. After having my first child I realized how much the teaching field interested me. My children have shown me how rewarding the teaching experience can be, and I realized that going into the field would be an exciting career. When I first taught my son the alphabet and his colors it was so exciting to see how he developed over time. My daughter has been quite the workout, but seeing her grow from having so many ear infections to talking so much now, it makes my job as a parent very exciting.
We moved to Kansas in October of 2006 and I started my schooling at Kansas State in January 2007. I have enjoyed my time in Kansas and going back to college has been very fulfilling for me. My emphasis in elementary education is science. This is partly due to the fact that I had several science classes prior to starting the teaching program, and it is also a subject that I find very interesting. In your classroom this spring I would be interested in teaching a unit in social studies or science. My future plans as a teacher are to teach for a couple of years before going back to school to get my masters degree in administration. I would like to one day become a principal or vice-principal in an elementary school. I look forward to working with you in your classroom in the upcoming semester.

Sincerely,
Tara Reinhardt