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From the perspective of an old retired faculty member, let me chime in on this. One of the interesting things about teaching - especially at a university level - is that you are never quite sure whether you accomplished what you really wanted to with a class. It’s not unlike parenting in that regard. You try to set a high level of expectations for your students, then try to give them a way to reach those high expectations. And you never know for sure whether you achieved that. (And, of course, it probably means that you may have for some students and may not have for others. I distinctly recall once giving what I thought was a particularly illuminating lecture in a class on what I knew would be difficult material only to overhear one of my students say to another after, “Wow, I wonder what that was about. Didn’t understand a single thing he was trying to say.” Oh, well - I probably needed to hear that!)So I particularly appreciated it when a student would let me know that my efforts made a difference for them - whether it was in just one lecture, over an entire course, about help in office hours, or even our exchanges over emails. It was always welcome - and could be in any form. And it is particularly meaningful when such a thank you comes long after the particular class is over, because that means what was accomplished in that class for that student had lasting value. I received an articulate email from a very bright former student this past June, on the eve of her graduation in mathematics (and nearly two years after I was fully retired), thanking me for how I had conducted the class she took from me three years earlier - and for the time I had spent outside of class working with her (and I was never sure she needed much help). She didn’t have to do that, and it meant a lot to me. It is always nice to hear that the time we spend trying to help our students make progress toward their educational goals is appreciated.In what form should such a thank you be made? I think others have made some good suggestions on that. But, for me, it almost didn’t matter - handwritten notes are certainly special, for someone to go out of their way to make a personal visit just to say thank you is as well, but even a thoughtful and well-written email can mean a lot.I applaud your asking the question - it suggests that someone had impact on your life and education, and you want to let them know. That’s nice.

I run http://goodorbademail.com, an online community where people rate emails as good or bad.Here are some sample thank you letters after a job interview and their ratings by our users as of 4/28/15:http://goodorbademail.com/plain-text-email/sample-thank-you-letter-for-job-interview-2/Good: 38Bad: 12http://goodorbademail.com/email-templates/sample-thank-you-letter-for-job-interview/Good: 45Bad: 16http://goodorbademail.com/email-templates/sample-thank-you-letter-after-interview/Good: 18Bad: 1I hope this helps you. Good luck!

SassaThe best way to write a thank you letter to a dedicated employee is to thank them for a specific act, make it personal by comparing to something or attaching it to something they value and be timely making sure you recognize the act when or close to when it happens.I wrote many thank you cards to employees with a fountain pen and hand delivered them with a verbal thank you.Enjoy the journey.