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

Email: jennifer.byrne@dit.ie Email: judi.oboyle@stjosephsrush.ie

Phone: (086) 329 4265 Phone: (086) 062 2959