Mr. Burke has been professionally associated with and supervised by the author for over four years. During this time, Mr. Burke has mentored and coached principals, assistant principals, and executive directors to build leadership capacity. The author observes that Mr. Burke approaches his role with personal accountability for others' success, motivating and inspiring them to achieve goals through clear expectations. Mr. Burke brings extensive knowledge of research-based school improvement, legal mandates, and current education issues. He communicates collaboratively, actively listening to understand others, and has established positive relationships. His visionary and analytical problem-solving skills help mentor administrators through complicated issues. The author considers Mr. Burke an exceptional leader with a wide range of skills

1. "I have been professionally associated with Mr. Burke for over four years and had the pleasure of
serving as his immediate supervisor since 2014. During the four years that I’ve worked with Mr.
Burke, he has taken on the role of a mentor and coach to assist in building the leadership capacity
of principals, assistant principals, and executive directors in multiple LEAs.
In my observation of Mr. Burke, I find that he approaches his role with personal sense of
accountability for the success of others. He knows how to motivate, inspire, and move others to
achieve their goals. He helps administrators to develop clear goals, expectations and deliverables, and
brings a high standard of ethics, honesty, and integrity in everything he does. Much of his success
can be contributed to his extensive knowledge surrounding research based school improvement,
legal mandates, and the current issues facing education.
Mr. Burke has a very collaborative spirit. When communicating, he strives to listen actively, and
seeks first to understand. His interpersonal skills have enabled him to establish positive relationships
with everyone he works with. His visionary thinking combined with strong analytic problem solving
skills has helped in his mentoring of administrators. They often lean on him to assist in bringing
clarity to what may be viewed as complicated.
Mr. Burke is an exceptional leader with a wide range of skills and abilities. He is enthusiastic,
proactive, highly positive leader. I have learned much from him. Mr. Burke is frankly, a remarkable
leader.
Sincerely,
Mary Minter”