Gabriel Metzger's Portfolio

Gabriel Metzger

Lumpini Condotown, 292/D2, 272 Moo 4, Tambon Bansuan, Ampur Mueng, Chonburi, Thailand  20000

Profile_____________________________________________________________________

Creative and passionate teacher dedicated to fostering student-centered classroom environments based on mutual respect and collaboration.  Committed to helping students identify and develop their own passions while becoming successful, confident students.  I have 11 years of teaching experience in a foreign country.

Education___________________________________________________________________

Michigan State University, U.S.A           

M.A. in Education, with a focus on educational and technology leadership

April 2016

California State University at Monterey Bay, U.S.A

Started winter of 2012 and continued until spring of 2013 (school said I could finish abroad)

California Primary School Multiple Subject Teaching credential program

I.T.T.T. TESL School

Teaching English as a Foreign Language Teaching Credential              

April, 2004

University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A

B.A. in English

Graduated:  1994

Teaching Experience__________________________________________________________

Art, English, Work Education Teacher, Grades 2-4 October 2014-present

Piboonben Demonstration School Bangsaen, Thailand

• Plan own curriculum based on Thailand’s board of education requirements and texts given

• Complete proper syllabi for each course

• Adapt each lesson to include all types of learners and students that present educational deficits in speech, listening comprehension, language acquisition, sudden mood swings, autism

• Design art projects that allow students to see that art and projects can reflect real life projects outside of school such as animation and doing cultural art and murals

• Create personal exams to check status of progress for students to encourage higher achieving students and students who need improvements

• Write reading materials that for students of all reading levels

• Write proper lessons with differentiating learning, developmental, behavioral goals

• Run educational camps and provide structure and support for camps

• Manage and develop school projects to promote Thai culture and common holidays

• Grade appropriately using personalized rubrics based on the Thai curriculum of goals and standards

Homeroom Grade 3 Teacher     May 2013-October 2014

Anuban Watpitula School Chanchoengsao, Thailand

• Wrote syllabus for all student subjects:   maths, science, P.E., and English

• Wrote and administered all exams and graded using proper rubrics that covered proper assessments

• Created Webpage for students to comment and contribute on weekly study topics in Science and maths

• Used 12 student books to create the best lessons that were engaging and interesting

• Wrote lessons using multimedia resources which included, videos from YouTube, personal video uploads, personal photographs, Wikipedia.org, etc.

• Interviewed new teachers about proper teaching methods and focus in teaching

• Used behavioral management Application to work on improving student’s focus and behavior

• Created all exams based on Thai curriculum

Teacher Assistant                        September 2012-April 2013

Rodeo Hills Elementary Rodeo Hills, California, U.S.A.

• Helped students with reading and writing and math difficulties in a diverse urban American school

• Helped with student discipline and classroom management and specifically listening and writing skills

• Worked with students with special needs especially in focusing on lessons, talking out of line, throwing objects

• Co-led classes in literature and managed class while teacher was absent

Extra-Curricular Pursuits and Interests-planning and running dramatic performances, computer software based learning projects; incorporating art into science, math and English.