ABSTRACT
Midway through his student teaching at the Performance School, he inquired about the possibility of a teaching position for the fall. Although neither his cooperating teacher nor the principal had any expectations of changes in the faculty or additional faculty lines, the principal, Ms. Taffel, indicated that she would see if she could find another school that might need a good new teacher. Steve impressed the principal with his resourcefulness and his dedication. Because she had informally observed him numerous times, she was in a position to recommend him to another principal. As luck would have it, Ms. Taffel located a possible school, the J. F. Kennedy School, and gave Steve the principal’s name, Mr. Erickson, and the phone number.
