The common app requires one letter, and since I am going into the educational field, I am getting one from my child development teacher who has seen me work in the preschool environment for three years. Should I also be strategic and get one from my French teacher of three years for an in-class aspect of me and one from my softball coach for an outside-class aspect? Thanks!
My school uses Naviance by the way
Well usually letters of rec need to come from academic teachers and then if a school allows an extra letter, then you can use a non-academic reference like a coach, private music teacher etc. Is your child development class a high school class? If so, then it should be OK to use this teacher IMO.