William Kloster CV

William Forest Kloster
Secondary English Language Arts Teacher
Date of Birth: 05 June 1987 Citizenship: USA

Place of Residence: Salaya, Thailand Marital Status: Single
Mobile: (+66) (0) 86-348-6780 E-mail: klosterw@gmail.com

Address: 198/424 Soi 3/1, Citysense Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
OBJECTIVE
To continue to work as a secondary English Language Arts teacher at a high calibur school. I
aim to teach in an environment that reflects my own teaching philosophy: inquiry-based
learning that focuses on holistic development of the student as both a lifelong learner and a
compassionate, global citizen. While my experience lies in that of the US Common Core
curriculum, I am also eager to be trained in and teach the IB-MYP/DP curriculum.
LICENSE
July 2018 Oregon Teaching License: English Language Arts K-12 Endorsement
EDUCATION
July 2018 Master of Arts in Teaching with Preliminary Teaching License
Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education; Portland, Oregon.
May 2010 Double BA in Spanish Education and Interdisciplinary Studies
Humboldt State University; Arcata, California.
June 2005 High School Diploma
The Catlin Gabel School; Portland, Oregon.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2018 - Present Grade 10 English Language Arts Teacher
Mahidol University International Demonstration School (MUIDS) - Salaya, Thailand
Grade 10 English language arts teacher following the US Common Core Curriculum.
❖ Planned and revised 6 different units, including focuses on poetry, short stories, and the
novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
❖ Developed over 10 engaging and challenging summative assessments, such as
personal narratives, argumentative essays, and literary analyses.
❖ Encouraged the school community to be part of students’ learning units, such as
students using QR codes and Google surveys to receive community feedback on
assignments, organizing a showing of their persuasive films for school members and
parents, and displaying their SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) book reviews in the library.
August 2017 - June 2018 Student teacher

Beaverton High School - Beaverton, OR, USA
Grades 9 and 12 English language arts teacher following the US Common Core Curriculum.
❖ Taught first under the guidance of an experienced teaching mentor before taking on
her full teaching load in the second half of the school year: 1 section of grade 9
Composition and Literature; 2 sections of grade 12 Exploration literature.
❖ Wrote detailed lesson and unit plans for each class taught, including unit plans for
Romeo and Juliet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and a Dystopian fiction Lit Circle.
❖ Differentiated consistently to meet various student needs, and met accommodations
for students requiring SPED and IEPs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2016 - May 2017 TEFL Trainer
WECI Hua Hin - Hua Hin, Thailand
TEFL instructor for a 120-hour TEFL course accredited by the Ministry of Education of Thailand.
❖ Designed and carried out instruction for a 120-hour TEFL course.
❖ Trained teachers-in-training and granted successful TEFL trainees a TEFL license.
September - December 2015 English Conversation Teacher

Westgate Corporation - Tokyo, Japan
Teaching conversational English lessons to Japanese university students. (Short contract.)
❖ Planned and delivered topic-based English conversation lessons with small groups of
Japanese university students, ranging anywhere from 1 to 12 students at a time.
May 2013 - April 2015 ELL Middle and High School Teacher
Dara Academy - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Teaching English as a foreign language to Thai students aged 12 through 17.
❖ Planned and delivered lessons in coordination with a Thai teacher, focusing on
students’ development of the four domains of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
May 2012 - April 2013 ELL High School Teacher

Benjamaratchutit School - Ratchaburi, Thailand
Teaching English as a foreign language to Thai students aged 15 through 17.
❖ Planned and delivered lessons by myself, focusing on students’ development of the
four domains of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
EXTRACURRICULARS
Teacher Mentor 2019
Girls Football Coach 2018-2019
Muse Literary Magazine Advisor 2018-2019
Curriculum Coordinator for Grade 10 English Language Arts 2018-2019
Week Without Walls 2018-2019
Charity Cup 2018-2019 (A football tournament to raise donations for a student-chosen charity.)
Beaverton High School Multicultural Soccer Coach 2017-2018
Speech and Debate Club Co-Advisor 2017-2018
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/QUALIFICATIONS
2019 The Asian Conference on Language Learning - Audience Member in Tokyo, Japan.
2019 Emergency First Response Training Certification - Bangkok, Thailand.
2011 CELTA Certification - San Diego, USA
ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Languages: Thai and Spanish Writing Football Traveling Hiking Cooking
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
MUIDS MUIDS MUIDS Beaverton High School
Dr. Stephen Coryelle Mr. Simon Gauci Mr. Matthew Allsopp Ms. Kristine Igawa
Principal Dean of Students Head of Department Mentor Teacher
(+66) (0)633-955-064 (+66)(0)61-890-5191 (+66) (0)81-110-1603 (+1)(503)407-5291
stephen.cor@ simon.gau@ matthew.all@ kristine_igawa@
mahidol.edu mahidol.edu mahidol.edu beaverton.k12.oregon.us

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William Forest Kloster

Secondary English Language Arts Teacher

Date of Birth: 05 June 1987 Citizenship: USA

Mobile: (+66) (0) 86-348-6780 E-mail: klosterw@gmail.com

August 2017 - June 2018 Student teacher

September - December 2015 English Conversation Teacher

May 2012 - April 2013 ELL High School Teacher

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND INTERESTS

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