Administrator's recommendation

NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program Form B: Administrator’s Recommendation

OMB Control # 0648-0283; Expiration Date 08/31/13

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_____{Name of teacher}______________________________ is applying to participate in NOAA's Teacher at Sea Program.

The selected teachers will take part in a research project aboard a NOAA research vessel. If it is not attached, you may want to request a copy of the complete program description from the applicant. As a professional colleague of the applicant, please comment on the applicant's personal attributes and teaching ability (strengths, weaknesses, enthusiasms, dislikes), with particular attention to their creativity in translating personal experiences into classroom experiences. Feel free to continue on the back of this sheet or attach a separate letter.

Signature:____________________________________________

Date Signed:________________________

Name (print):_____________________________________ Title:___________________________________

School or institution:_________________________________________________________________

Address:______________________________________________________________________________Phone:____________________________________

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE APPLICANT IN A SEALED ENVELOPE, SIGNED AND DATED

ACROSS THE FLAP. The applicant must include it with his/her application. Thank you.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT INFORMATION

NOAA conducts the Teacher at Sea Program in order to promote oceanographic and related education. The information obtained from the recommendation will be used in the selection of the teachers who will be accepted for participation in the program, and an application is required for acceptance. The information submitted on this form will not be treated confidentially. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program, 1315 East West Hwy, Division F, Room 14531, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.