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=Norman Victor Schwagler= Sunae-dong, Bungdang-gu, Seoungnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-020 South Korea telephone: 82-0101-8896-1228 E-mail: nschwagler@yahoo.com
 * 1) A-2513 Royal Houseville

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
[|Korea International School] Seoul, Korea Aug. 2008 -- Present //Language Arts Teacher Grades 6-7// Active in WASC re-accreditation process. Co-lead Middle School Debate Team. Presented workshop on using technology in the classroom November 2009.

[|The American School of Bangkok] Bangna, Thailand Aug. 2004 – Aug. 2008 //Head of English and Languages Department Language Arts Teacher Grades 6-9; Global Issues Teacher Grade 12// Created and co-led Middle School Student Council. Teacher of the Month April ‘07, February ‘08. Coordinator, editor and contributor of the campus newspaper ASB Times. Created student campus magazine. Coach ASB Eagles swim team (2005).

[|Tyee High School] Seattle, Washington Sept. 2002 – June 2003 //Math and Science Teacher Grades 9 and 10// Taught Grade 9-10 introductory science, including earth science, biology, physics and algebra. Active in school-wide science fair. Member of textbook selection committee. Trained in Step Up To Writing. Diversity Fair volunteer. Duties included classroom facilitation of guest speakers, organization of world food.

[|Seattle Public Schools] Seattle, Washington Sept. 2001 – June 2002 //Substitute Teacher Grades 6-8// Full-time substitute teacher for the Nesholm Foundation at three Seattle Public School middle schools.

[|Asa Mercer Middle School] Seattle, Washington Sept. 2000 – Nov. 2000 //Student Teacher Grades 6 and 7// Taught and prepared daily lesson plans in Language Arts, Social Studies, Reading and Journalism. Led and organized students in conducting interviews with community members for school newspaper. Team-teaching experience. Member of focus group on ATLAS program.

[|Bangkok Christian College] Bangkok, Thailand Dec. 1997 – April 1999 //Head Subject Teacher English Immersion Program Grade 2// Taught and prepared daily lesson plans in Grade 2 Language Arts, Math, Computers, Science and Art. Created English Immersion Program Grade 2 curriculum. Managed after school drama program.

[|Somapa School] – Bangkok, Thailand Sept. 1996 – Oct. 1997 //English as a Second Language Teacher// Taught English as a Second Language to grades 1-3. Class size: 50 Prepared all classroom curriculum. Designed and led a six week seminar on ESL teaching strategies for thirty Thai teachers.

EDUCATION:
[|Antioch University Seattle] – Seattle, Washington Jan. 2000 – June 2001 //Master of Arts Degree in Education and Washington State Teaching Certification Grades K-8// Produced a video documentary thesis project on how Service Learning highlights the interaction between students and their community.

State University of New York at Buffalo – Buffalo, New York Sept. 1987 – June 1991 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science

RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Volunteered as English tutor at [|The Human Development Foundation]in the Bangkok slums. Sept. 2007 – June 2008

Fremont Urban Neighborhood Coalition – Seattle, Washington Sept. 1995 – Aug.1996 //Committee Member// Actively involved in community issues concerning neighborhood improvements. Responsible for the production of news releases on the Internet and local press. Produced video interviews.

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) aka Americorp – Spokane, Washington April 1994 – May 1994 //Volunteer// Developed programs in rural Washington state facilitating affordable housing, including grant writing. Co-led and organized presentations to local community members. Responsible for press releases.

TRAINING:
Attended [|21st Century Learning Conference] in Hong Kong (September 2009) IB MYP Humanities Level One Training (September 21-23 2007, New International School of Thailand). Initiated, organized and participated in one day CPR/First Aid Training course at Bumrungrad Hospital (April 2006). Completed two-day (16 hours) 6 Traits of Writing Course taken for credit with San Diego University (March 2006). Attended The Keys to All Learning Brain-Based Research conference (May 2006). Attended EARCOS conference in Bangkok, Thailand (February 2006). Trained and experienced in Windows and Macintosh environments including HTML/website design, Comic Life, I-movie, Garageband

SKILLS AND INTERESTS:
Team Captain of the Bundang Blades Ice Hockey Club in Seoul, Korea. Certified PADI SCUBA diver. Freelance editor for Newsademic, an international student newspaper. Fluently speak Thai language. Wrote and published article on [|mountain biking through Laos.] Member of 911 Media Arts Organization, Seattle. Proficient in video production and editing techniques. Managed my own contracting/carpentry business (2000-2004). Traveled throughout Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. Musician - play bass guitar in active local band. Led bicycle trip through southern Thailand. Enjoy running, reading, writing, playing music and cycling. Designed English Immersion Program webpage for Bangkok Christian College

My student's work: My class wikis: Letters of Reference photo