Philip Weir
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Advarra
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructional Designer
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Nov 2022 - Present
Key responsibilities: - Create and develop scripts, storyboards, mock-ups and any other relevant documentation required - Adhere to in-house processes and procedures for the lifecycle of projects by assisting in the planning, developing and delivery of high quality products set to agreed time schedules - Read technical specifications and translate complex concepts into easy-to-understand content - Ability to work within cross-functional teams and verbally communicate graphic ideas… Show more Key responsibilities: - Create and develop scripts, storyboards, mock-ups and any other relevant documentation required - Adhere to in-house processes and procedures for the lifecycle of projects by assisting in the planning, developing and delivery of high quality products set to agreed time schedules - Read technical specifications and translate complex concepts into easy-to-understand content - Ability to work within cross-functional teams and verbally communicate graphic ideas and information Show less Key responsibilities: - Create and develop scripts, storyboards, mock-ups and any other relevant documentation required - Adhere to in-house processes and procedures for the lifecycle of projects by assisting in the planning, developing and delivery of high quality products set to agreed time schedules - Read technical specifications and translate complex concepts into easy-to-understand content - Ability to work within cross-functional teams and verbally communicate graphic ideas… Show more Key responsibilities: - Create and develop scripts, storyboards, mock-ups and any other relevant documentation required - Adhere to in-house processes and procedures for the lifecycle of projects by assisting in the planning, developing and delivery of high quality products set to agreed time schedules - Read technical specifications and translate complex concepts into easy-to-understand content - Ability to work within cross-functional teams and verbally communicate graphic ideas and information Show less
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Atlas Language School
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Ireland
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Teacher Training and Development
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Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Key responsibilities: - Work with sales and marketing team to develop courses to appeal to the needs of our clients - Coach and mentor the sales and marketing team to give them more knowledge of academic content of our programmes to increase sales productivity - Develop and maintain our LMS (Google classroom) for our teacher training programmes - Induct new teachers, ensuring that they have operational knowledge of Atlas’ processes and procedures - Support the AM in managing the… Show more Key responsibilities: - Work with sales and marketing team to develop courses to appeal to the needs of our clients - Coach and mentor the sales and marketing team to give them more knowledge of academic content of our programmes to increase sales productivity - Develop and maintain our LMS (Google classroom) for our teacher training programmes - Induct new teachers, ensuring that they have operational knowledge of Atlas’ processes and procedures - Support the AM in managing the Recognition and Development programme and developing the following year’s CPD plan for the Academic Department - Prepare, deliver and promote developmental workshops and other in-house teacher support sessions - Develop prototypes to be used as part of online blended courses using Articulate 360 - Lead the design and delivery of range of blended, face to face or asynchronous only teacher training programmes and courses for PRESET or overseas teachers and professionals i.e CertTESOL and Erasmus for teachers - Creation of assessment tools and rubrics to assess learner or trainee performance - Take a leading role in developing the range of teacher training programmes that Atlas Language School offers, e.g., blended, face to face or asynchronous only courses courses for overseas teachers and professionals - Contribute to the development of Atlas’ teacher training website and other digital teaching and learning communications as resources for teachers - Play a significant role in Quality Assurance through monitoring and termly reporting to improve teacher training and development activities Key achievements: - Observe a full team of 30 teachers to improve the schools's quality of teaching - The design and delivery of a wide range of input sessions for a teacher training course (CertTESOL) - Overall running and set up of a teacher training course - Found creative solutions to recruitment issues - Manage and support up to 30 teachers during busy summer periods
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School Coordinator
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Jul 2017 - Oct 2021
Key responsibilities: - Take overall responsibility for the development of courses at the Atlas Junior summer courses in the UK and Ireland - Develop courses and the quality of teaching on mini-stay programmes - Ensure that suitably qualified, experienced and motivated teaching staff are recruited for the Atlas Junior summer courses - Manage the weekly academic administrative procedures at Atlas Junior Dublin and Atlas Groups, including preparing the weekly class schedule and… Show more Key responsibilities: - Take overall responsibility for the development of courses at the Atlas Junior summer courses in the UK and Ireland - Develop courses and the quality of teaching on mini-stay programmes - Ensure that suitably qualified, experienced and motivated teaching staff are recruited for the Atlas Junior summer courses - Manage the weekly academic administrative procedures at Atlas Junior Dublin and Atlas Groups, including preparing the weekly class schedule and teacher timetable - Play a significant role in Quality Assurance through monitoring and improving teaching and learning activities on Atlas Junior and mini-stay courses Key achievements: - Creation and running of policies and procedures to improve standards of teaching and learning to win accreditation by a widely recognised accreditor of language organisations - Design, delivery and/or maintenance of: - successful materials that provided differentiated support for a range of courses - a range of asynchronous materials for learners to study autonomously - a course that fosters critical thinking for ELT learners using Miro to deliver the materials - Recruitment of a large team of competent teachers to work in summer programmes - Induction and training of new teachers to teach mini-stay and junior courses successfully - Change roles in different departments whenever needed with ease
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ELT Teacher
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Jun 2016 - Aug 2017
Key responsibilities: - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for international students - Reflect on and assess the effectiveness of your teaching strategies against student progress and performance - Assess students and provide both formative and summative evaluations through on-going… Show more Key responsibilities: - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for international students - Reflect on and assess the effectiveness of your teaching strategies against student progress and performance - Assess students and provide both formative and summative evaluations through on-going in-class feedback, written feedback on weekly writing homework tasks and end of week progress assessments providing academic support for students as appropriate through tutorials - Carry out administrative and record-keeping tasks associated with teaching and learning Key achievements: - Develop a series of blog posts to inform students of autonomous learning techniques - Promotion to school coordinator after a year of working in the institution
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British Study Centres Edinburgh
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Teacher trainer / ELT teacher
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Jun 2013 - Jun 2016
Key responsibilities: - Design and delivery of input sessions and materials used as part of the CELTA teacher training course - Provide constructive feedback in order to advance teacher's knowledge and profession in an efficient manner - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for… Show more Key responsibilities: - Design and delivery of input sessions and materials used as part of the CELTA teacher training course - Provide constructive feedback in order to advance teacher's knowledge and profession in an efficient manner - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for international students - Reflect on and assess the effectiveness of your teaching strategies against student progress and performance assessing students and providing both formative and summative evaluations through on-going in-class feedback, written feedback on weekly writing homework tasks and end of week progress assessments - Provide academic support for students as appropriate through tutorials - Carry out administrative and record-keeping tasks associated with teaching and learning Key achievements: - Design and delivery of external training sessions for major conferences (IATEFL, TESOL-Spain) - Become a teacher trainer for the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teacher to Adults) - Completing the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Show less Key responsibilities: - Design and delivery of input sessions and materials used as part of the CELTA teacher training course - Provide constructive feedback in order to advance teacher's knowledge and profession in an efficient manner - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for… Show more Key responsibilities: - Design and delivery of input sessions and materials used as part of the CELTA teacher training course - Provide constructive feedback in order to advance teacher's knowledge and profession in an efficient manner - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for international students - Reflect on and assess the effectiveness of your teaching strategies against student progress and performance assessing students and providing both formative and summative evaluations through on-going in-class feedback, written feedback on weekly writing homework tasks and end of week progress assessments - Provide academic support for students as appropriate through tutorials - Carry out administrative and record-keeping tasks associated with teaching and learning Key achievements: - Design and delivery of external training sessions for major conferences (IATEFL, TESOL-Spain) - Become a teacher trainer for the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teacher to Adults) - Completing the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Show less
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Active Language School
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United Kingdom
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Education Administration Programs
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ELT Teacher
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select, and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Organisation of digital resources, updating their web page and developed a newsletter per trimester. Key achievements - Continue my professional development and begin the Cambridge Delta… Show more Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select, and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Organisation of digital resources, updating their web page and developed a newsletter per trimester. Key achievements - Continue my professional development and begin the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Show less Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select, and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Organisation of digital resources, updating their web page and developed a newsletter per trimester. Key achievements - Continue my professional development and begin the Cambridge Delta… Show more Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select, and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Organisation of digital resources, updating their web page and developed a newsletter per trimester. Key achievements - Continue my professional development and begin the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Show less
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BLS idiomas
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Spain
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Academic Coordinator
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Sep 2009 - Jun 2012
Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Induction of new teachers and providing support throughout the academic year - Coordinate weekly meetings to improve the teaching and learning of the academic team - Recruit teachers for each… Show more Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Induction of new teachers and providing support throughout the academic year - Coordinate weekly meetings to improve the teaching and learning of the academic team - Recruit teachers for each academic year - Curation of the syllabus and materials for two junior summer camps - Act as community manager and updating all social medias Key achievements - Improve my Spanish to communicate with staff, parents and students - Prove my competence as an ELT professional and becoming the main coordinator of the school Show less Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Induction of new teachers and providing support throughout the academic year - Coordinate weekly meetings to improve the teaching and learning of the academic team - Recruit teachers for each… Show more Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes - Induction of new teachers and providing support throughout the academic year - Coordinate weekly meetings to improve the teaching and learning of the academic team - Recruit teachers for each academic year - Curation of the syllabus and materials for two junior summer camps - Act as community manager and updating all social medias Key achievements - Improve my Spanish to communicate with staff, parents and students - Prove my competence as an ELT professional and becoming the main coordinator of the school Show less
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Academia Cats
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Murcia
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ELT Teacher
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Sep 2008 - Jun 2009
Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes Key achievements - Learn how to create materials based on language outcomes - Accept every challenge that was offered in my first year as an ELT professional Key responsibilities - Carry out teaching duties and making purposeful lesson plans at different language levels in line with the curriculum and course syllabus - Prepare, select and use of a variety of appropriate and stimulating teaching and learning materials for monolingual classes Key achievements - Learn how to create materials based on language outcomes - Accept every challenge that was offered in my first year as an ELT professional
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Education
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Digital Learning Institute
Diploma (QQI Level 6), Digital Learning Design -
University of Chichester
Master's degree, Professional Development in Language Education -
University of Cambridge
Diploma (QQI Level 9), DELTA (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) -
Blackrock Further Education Institute
Diploma of Education, Diploma in Multimedia Web Authoring and Multimedia Design with E-Business