1. Upper Student Process for Requesting Teacher Letters of Recommendations Diane Mastromarino Jensen School Counselor New Vista High School

2. Who do you ask? A teacher who: you have a good relationship with can speak to your strengths you have taken more than one class with When requesting more than one letter, be sure to choose: teachers who can speak to different strengths and are from different subject areas

3. Let’s take a poll Can you think of 2 teachers you could ask to write you a letter of recommendation right now? Text a CODE to 37607 YES 215351NO 215352 Cori- I can’t get the poll to download to a slide because the software on my mac is really old. I don’t want to pay to update it because I am getting a new computer this summer. I typed it above, and below is the link to the poll, and I also uploaded it on the CSCA academy site with my other assignments. Hope that is okay. http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_po lls/LTExMjAzNjIyMjc

4. STEP 1 Fill out the PINK Letter of Recommendation request form, which can be found in the counseling office. Be sure to include the following: Classes you have taken with this teacher How many copies you need Things you want them to include about you

5. Step 2 HAND DELIVER the form to the teacher and VERBALLY request the recommendation.

6. Be sure to allow at least 15 working days!! REMEMBER: This does NOT include weekends or holidays!! And Chocolate helps too…

7. If the teacher agrees, enter recommendation request in Naviance. Go to http://newvistahscounseling.wikispaces.com/ Or log on to Naviance account http://connection.naviance.com/newvista (If you need your Naviance username and/or password, contact your counselor) http://newvistahscounseling.wikispaces.com/ http://connection.naviance.com/newvista STEP 3

8. In Naviance, go to Colleges tab > click “Colleges I’m Applying To”

9. The first item you will see is the Common Application FERPA waiver; this will be explained in Step 3.

10. Scroll down to Teacher Recommendations and click “Add/Cancel Requests”.

11. Select teacher from drop down menu (a personal note is optional, but a nice touch!). Scroll down and click “Update Requests”. STEP 2 (continued):

12. Student must be accurate regarding Naviance delivery type: Common Application Other Electronic Paper This will be indicated under “Delivery Type” when you have added the college name to your “Colleges I’m Thinking About” list):

13. If Common App: Student should have already created account on www.commonapp.org.www.commonapp.org In Naviance, go to Colleges tab > click “Colleges I’m Applying To”. Complete all portions of the FERPA waiver, enter Common App username and password and click “Submit” (see next slide). ** Note: If you will NOT be using The Common Application at all, you may simply skip the FERPA waiver. STEP 2:

14. FERPA Waiver

15. If Other Electonic: no further action is required by the student. If Paper: student provides teacher with any required college forms and letter-sized envelope addressed to the college including one (1) first-class stamp. STEP 3 (continued):

16. Step 4 Send a thank you note!

17. and…