Cover Letter For Urban Education

I am writing to apply for the position of adjunct professor of Urban Education with an emphasis educational leadership and policy studies in urban education. I am interested in the part-time teaching position that posted number 1070 on the U of H DT Job Information List. As a graduate of the University of Houston DT in 1985, I proudly share my accomplishments and interests.

I obtained my doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Houston in December, 2015. My research interests in training teachers and administrators in urban school districts can enhance this program. I am confident that my twenty four years of teaching and administrative experience in urban Title I schools make me an ideal candidate for your open position.

Over the past seven years, I have worked as an administrator at Bellaire High School. Bellaire High School is the largest, diverse, and urban comprehensive high school in the Houston Independent School District. Bellaire has more than three thousand students. I have worked under many capacities: teaching in-services to new and current teachers, providing in-services to the administrative team, and mentoring new administrative interns and at-risk students. I pride myself in creating a classroom environment that provides a high level of structure and a high level of rigor for any

My dissertation project, “An Examination of the Problem of Title I At-risk Students Failing Algebra in a Large, Urban Comprehensive High School,” examines the history of algebra in our American public school systems and on strategic plans to increase all students to take algebra in all high schools from a historic perspective to modern times. Also, the success and failure of these strategic intervention practices to address this phenomenon is