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Matthew Burke Dwyer - US Peace Corps, Philippines 1996 Technical Trainer
Matthew Burke Dwyer - US Peace Corps, Philippines 1996 Technical Trainer
Matthew Burke Dwyer
500 W. 123rd, #4
New York, NT 10027
212-932-8375
mbd26@columbia.edu
Professional
Experience Borough Academies, New York, NY 1997-98
Teacher of Social Studies and French
As a teacher in an alternative public high school, I design and implement curricula for global history and French courses in five-week cycles. Our alternative structure serves troubled youth who have had difficulties succeeding in traditional academic environments.
US Peace Corps, Philippines 1996
Technical Trainer
Designed and implemented a five-week training course for twenty-five Peace Corps trainees who were to be placed as teacher trainers in the Philippine Department of Education. Supervised two other trainers and coordinated with officials at the local and national levels.
W.H. Taft High School, Bronx, NY 1993-1996
Teacher of English as a Second Language
Taught five classes per semester daily, introduced upper-level classes to portfolio assessment, taught all levels of ESL students from true beginner to advanced literature courses.
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 1995-
Supervisor of Student Teachers
Cooperated with a student teacher in my Taft HS Classroom for a semester with on-going professional development; supervise MA candidates at Teachers College in the TESOL Program teaching adults in practica and in High Schools
Volunteer
Experience
Union de Jovenes Domincanos, New York City 1997-
Director of an ESL program in a Pre-University Project for inner-city Hispanic youth
Peace Corps, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 1990-1992
Peace Corps Volunteer: English teacher trainer, curriculum developer
Education
Columbia University
PHD, Anthropology and Education, Teachers College; In Progress
Certificate of African Studies, School of International and Public Affairs; In Progress
MA in Education, TESOL, Teachers College, 1995
University of Colorado, Boulder
BA, Classics; 1990
Relevant Distinctions
Permanent Certification: New York State Teacher of ESL
Author: Culturgram, The Comoros Islands, BYU, 1996
Peace Corps Fellow, Teachers College, 1993-1995
Training in HIV/AIDS resource, CPR/First Aid, Environmental Education
Eagle Scout, BSA, 1986
Languages
French; some Spanish, KiSwahili, Italian
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