W. David Beutel
http://beutel.narod.ru
Professional Experience:
6/02-pres. Partners in Los Angeles Catholic Education
(Teacher Corps)
9/00-9/01 New Life
Ministries Kara-Balta and Belovodsk,
Kyrgyzstan
6/98 - 6/00 United States Peace Corps Astana,
Kazakhstan
- Taught 180 schoolchildren (ages 14-17) English through year-long courses
in Literature, World History, and Philosophy
- Developed curricula and course reader for World History and Philosophy
courses
- Wrote grant request and obtained funds ($3500) for summer environmental
camp for 40 high-school students from two cities; Co-organized and conducted
the camp
- Conducted methodology seminars for local English teachers
- Interviewed and recommended candidates in Russian for U.S. Community
Connections Program
- Visited children at the local orphanage twice a week for discussion,
activities
- Translated history texts from Russian into English at Turan University
- Translated grant request for home for street children
6/94 - 8/94 Memorial Hospital Surgery Department Colorado Springs, CO
- Patient transport, registration; Operating room assistance; errands in
hospital
6/92 - 8/95 WozGroup Construction Management Colorado Springs, Co.
- Created financial analysis spreadsheets
- Retrieved archived data and created database of past and
current projects
9/92 - 6/93 Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort Colorado
Springs, Co.
Education:
6/02 - pres. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, Ca.)
9/95 - 3/98 Stanford University (Palo Alto, Ca.)
- BA, History (completed in eight quarters)
- Visits to US Veterans’ Hospital, English after-school
tutoring
6/98-8/98 United States Peace Corps Kazakhstan Kapchagai,
Kazakhstan
- Training in Methodology of Teaching English as a Foreign
Language
Skills and Interests:
- Fluency in spoken and written Russian (ACTFL Advanced High
rating)
- Computers: Mastery of Microsoft Office applications;
Programming experience in C; Web design with MS Front Page
- Photography, mountaineering (50 ascents above 14000’),
reading, philosophy, guitar, creative writing, ballroom dance, running,
SCUBA Diving (PADI Advanced Open-Water Certification)
Distinctive Awards, Achievements:
- Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
- High School Salutatorian (class of 170)
- National Merit Finalist
- Offered full-tuition Boettcher Foundation and Air Force
ROTC Type I scholarships
International Travel and Service Experience:
- Israel, Egypt, France, England, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Austria, Ukraine, Moldavia, Russia, Haiti, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Byelorussia
