Thomas Schwartz
About Me
Introduction:
An educator of the English language, I'm also a lifelong learner. My MA studies began in 2019 so benefited that my lens was online learning. I focused on collaborative efforts and content production and upon graduation, was unique not to stay in New York but move to France. I also benefited from my classmate's experience in the New York State Public Education System. I'm a member and contributor to the NYS TESOL association and I intend to join the French TESOL associaiton this year. I work for an online ESL platform and a local language school and teach independently. my projects in class work with my extracurricular and family goals and it makes me happy to see my students succeed at theirs.
Education
SUNY Fredonia
BA English
July 2008
Stony Brook University
MA TESOL
May 2020
TEFL Worldwide Prague
TEFL certificate
February 2011
Experiences
English teacher
Alliance Français
October 2021 to Current
I teach one evening class. It's the only English class at AF Nice, or any French Alliance language school. I also do intensive preparatory courses for Profiencey Exams. I try to add moodle, apps and social content to my students.
English teacher
VIPKid
August 2020 to September 2021
VIPKid had a streamlined teaching platform that automates the experience of management. It was appropriate for online work and they had many many training programs that led to more students. I specialized in some of the older teen science lessons and close reading. VIPKid was such a huge platfform in 2020 and I can't say if my exemplary experience with it was common but I know they employed over half a million teachers when the laws changed to ban teachers without chinese teaching certificates. It was the perfect pandimic job, a real window in to the Chinese family with kids and their creativity taking center stage..
Skills
Languages
Videos
Portfolio
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