Gary Weir has over 10 years of experience in teaching Materials Technology: Wood, Technical Graphics, Construction Studies and Design and Communication Graphics. He holds a B.Sc. in Education from GMIT Letterfrack and a B.Tech. from DIT Bolton Street. His teaching placements include student teaching positions at St. Josephs Secondary School, Lusk Community College, and Malahide Community School. He is proficient in AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Microsoft Office and has additional certifications in children protection, peer mentoring, and suicide alertness.
Gary Weir has over 10 years of experience in teaching Materials Technology: Wood, Technical Graphics, Construction Studies and Design and Communication Graphics. He holds a B.Sc. in Education from GMIT Letterfrack and a B.Tech. from DIT Bolton Street. His teaching placements include student teaching positions at St. Josephs Secondary School, Lusk Community College, and Malahide Community School. He is proficient in AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Microsoft Office and has additional certifications in children protection, peer mentoring, and suicide alertness.
Gary Weir has over 10 years of experience in teaching Materials Technology: Wood, Technical Graphics, Construction Studies and Design and Communication Graphics. He holds a B.Sc. in Education from GMIT Letterfrack and a B.Tech. from DIT Bolton Street. His teaching placements include student teaching positions at St. Josephs Secondary School, Lusk Community College, and Malahide Community School. He is proficient in AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Microsoft Office and has additional certifications in children protection, peer mentoring, and suicide alertness.
Gary Weir has over 10 years of experience in teaching Materials Technology: Wood, Technical Graphics, Construction Studies and Design and Communication Graphics. He holds a B.Sc. in Education from GMIT Letterfrack and a B.Tech. from DIT Bolton Street. His teaching placements include student teaching positions at St. Josephs Secondary School, Lusk Community College, and Malahide Community School. He is proficient in AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Microsoft Office and has additional certifications in children protection, peer mentoring, and suicide alertness.
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Gary Weir
Curriculum Vitae
Teacher of Materials Technology: Wood, Technical Graphics, Construction Studies and
Title Design and Communication Graphics.
Academic Qualifications Year Institute Programme Award 2018 GMIT Letterfrack B. Sc. (Hons) in Education (Design Graphics and (Pending) Construction) 2015 DIT Bolton Street B. Tech. (Ord) in Timber Product Technology Distinction 2012 Skerries Community Leaving Certificate 370 Points College
Teaching Experience Year Name/Address Position/Role of School Nov St. Josephs Student Teacher - 10 Week School Placement 2017-Feb Secondary Subjects Taught: 1st Year Materials Technology: Wood and Technical 2018 School, Rush, Graphics. 5th Year Construction Studies. 5th and 6th Year Design and Co. Dublin Communication Graphics. Delivered creative and innovative lessons within the school. Responsible for the health and safety of the students within the MTW room. Dec 2016- Lusk Community Student Teacher - 8 Week School Placement Feb 2017 College, Lusk, Subjects Taught: 1st and 2nd Year Materials Technology: Wood and Co. Dublin Technical Graphics. TY Wood and Furniture Module. 2nd Year SPHE. Created several useful teaching resources. Produced detailed lesson plans and schemes of work for each class for the 8 weeks. Oct 2015- Malahide Student Teacher - 1 Day a Week School Placement Feb 2016 Community Subjects Taught: 1st and 2nd Year Materials Technology: Wood and School, Technical Graphics. 3rd Year Materials Technology: Wood. Special Needs Malahide, Co. Unit Woodwork Class. Dublin Planned several differentiation strategies for classes. Developed and taught lessons suitable for students with special education needs.
Key Skills Technical Skills Proficient in the use of AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Microsoft Office. Machine and hand tool competent. Soft Skills Highly organised. Very motivated. Good leadership skills. Good time keeping. Work well in a team. Appropriate communication skills. Other Work Experience Year Name/Address of Position and Duties Employer Jun. 2017 Lusk Community Reader for State Exams (Temporary) College, Lusk, Co. Acted as reader for students with reading difficulties Dublin. during their Junior Certificate exams. Jun. 2016- Camp Chi, Lake Woodworking Specialist (Temporary) Aug. 2016 Delton, Wisconsin, Managed the woodworking workshop in Camp Chi. USA. Ran woodworking classes for small groups of children and families. Looked after a cabin of 12 boys across an 8-week period. Jul. 2015 Malahide Sea Scouts, Boat Repair (Voluntary) James’s Terrace, Helped to fix damaged boats in the scouts’ fleet. Malahide, Demonstrated proper and safe practices to the young Co. Dublin scouts. Feb. 2010- Round Towers GAA, GAA Nursery Coaching (Voluntary) Aug. 2010 Lusk, Co. Dublin. Introduced young children to Gaelic football. Organised warm-ups, stretches, drills and matches. 2008-2017 GDL Harford, Station Farm Operative (Part-time) Rd, Lusk, Co. Dublin. Planted and harvested various vegetables. Received, organised and prepared large orders for various shops and markets.
Additional Certificates and Achievements
Date Award Relevance 8th Mar. ‘Introduction to Familiar with: 2018 Children First’ by Recognising and reporting child abuse. Tusla The role of mandated persons. The responsibilities of organisations working with children to safeguard children. The role of designated liaison persons. 14th Feb. NEST by Galway- Peer mentoring programme. 2018 Mayo Institute of As a fourth-year student teacher, I mentored third year Technology students in our course offering advice based on my experience on placement. 25th Oct. Battelle for Kids Understand the benefits of clear learning targets. 2016 & 16th Certificates Understand what collecting and documenting evidence of Nov. 2017 student learning might look like in various subjects. 29th Feb. Certified Suicide Can identify people with thoughts of suicide and connect 2016 Alert them with life-saving first aid resources.
References 1 Jennifer Byrne 2 Judi O’Boyle
Department of Construction Deputy Principal
Dublin School of Architecture St. Josephs Secondary School DIT Bolton Street Rush Dublin 1 Co. Dublin
