Name: KAREN K. BELOTE                         Address: 8723 Congdon Blvd.
E-mail: kbelote@hotmail.com                                        Duluth, Minnesota
Home Page: www.angelfire.com/nm/kbelote                  55804 USA
Nationality: American                                     

EDUCATION:

TEFL/TESL Certificate, July 1999. Centro de Estudios Interamericanos and Augustana College. Cuenca, Ecuador. Focused on a communicative approach. Taught EFL to beginning and intermediate students.

B.A., Spanish, June, 1994. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Spanish Immersion Program, August 1988. Proyecto Linguistico Francisco Marroquin, Antigua, Guatemala.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Peace Corps Volunteer
School and Community Resource
Moteti, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Trained primary school teachers to use new curriculum and learner centered methods. Also participated in local effort to educate community about HIV/AIDS.

2000-2002
English Conversation Instructor
David English House, Hiroshima, Japan
Taught English to students of all ages.

2000
Snowboard Instructor
Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire, New Mexico
Taught people ages 7 to adult how to snowboard.

1999

English Conversation Instructor
Westgate Corp. Gotemba, Japan
Taught students at Tokyo University of Technology in Hachioji.

1997-1999

Guest Services Assistant Manager (promoted from Representative)
Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire, New Mexico
Supervised and trained co-workers, assisted visitors in resolving complaints, provided visitors with information, some money handling.

1995-1997

Department Supervisor (promoted from Bookseller)
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Roseville, Minnesota
Trained and supervised co-workers to provide excellent customer service, created merchandise displays. Also supervised money handling, balanced cash drawers.

1994-1995

Canvasser/Community Educator
Sexual Violence Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Raised funds door-to-door while raising community awareness of sexual violence issues and resources for survivors and their loved ones.

1992

ESL Classroom Assistant (voluntary internship)
Roosevelt High School Chicago, Illinois
Assisted two teachers in three ESL classes for freshmen and sophomores.




OTHER INFORMATION:

Languages: I am fluent in Spanish, can get along in Japanese, am learning Sesotho and Zulu, and am forgetting the Russian I have studied.

Travel Experience: I am now living in South Africa (for 2 years) and have lived in Japan, (2 and 1/2 years total), Ecuador (1 year, 5 months total), Bolivia, (1 year),and Guatemala, (1 month). I have also traveled in Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Vietnam, China, England, Spain, Germany and Italy and all over the United States.

Hobbies: I enjoy karate, snowboarding, camping, hiking, reading, cooking, painting and writing poetry.

Computer skills: I have experience working with various word processing programs, Excel, and the Internet. I am familiar with html and creating web pages. I am also able to use copiers, fax machines, ten-key calculators as well as other office equipment.