<p>My D is a junior. She is thinking about her teacher recs for next year's college applications, and she'd like to ask her history teacher. She's done well in his class and he told me he thinks she's a terrific student. The problem is, he is on the bottom of the seniority ladder and the school is talking about big layoffs next year. D says that from comments he's made it's clear he doesn't expect to be back next year. </p>
<p>I told her to go ahead and ask him for a recommendation this spring (perhaps in late April). </p>
<p>But D wondered - will colleges accept a recommendation from a teacher who is no longer at her hs? I assumed they would, but now I'm wondering.</p>
<p>D’s German teacher retired at the end of her junior year. He had taught her for three years and been her soccer coach for four years. We made sure to get his address and to stay in touch because he had written S such a wonderful recommendation three years earlier. When you establish a great relationship, you should definitely try to get a recommendation. BTW, be sure to have her follow up with this teacher after acceptances come. D e-mailed this teacher the afternoon she got her ED letter and he responded within hours with enthusiastic congrats.</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters. One of D’s favorite teachers, in the subject she’s now majoring in, left after her junior year of HS and went abroad. Before he left she asked if he would write one of her recommendations, and he agreed. She kept in touch with him by e-mail, the recommendation was sent on time, and he too was thrilled with her EA acceptance.</p>
<p>I’ll second (and third) that emotion. Teachers come and go all the time, often to a different school. They’re still teachers, and they still taught and know your son/daughter.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with this at all. Take the rec!</p>
<p>Absolutely agree with everyone else. D2’s chem teacher left after her junior year. He was delighted that she asked him to write a rec this past fall. D2 was admitted ED to her #1 choice, a top LAC.</p>
<p>Son asked school to contact English teacher who had left at the end of his junior year for a scholarship rec. English teacher happily (or so son was told) wrote the rec. Son later asked the school if he could have the teacher’s home address to send a thank you note - or the school could forward the note for him. Again the school arranged for the teacher to receive my son’s thank you, along with the info that he received the scholarship.</p>