HRR
H. Ray Rafizadeh
ESL, EFL, ABE, ELD Instructor
Language, ideas and customs trainer, experienced in Teaching English as a second language (TESL),
Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), GED, TOEFL, and citizenship test prep.
Seeking contract or full time employment in the U.S. or E.U. Willing to travel or relocate. Multilingual.
LANGUAGES
Spoken: Fluent in English and Farsi; basic German and Spanish
Written: English, Farsi, German, French, Arabic, Spanish
LANGUAGE TRAINING EXPERIENCE
ESL Full time Instructor, YWCA Multicultural Center, Tulsa, OK 08/06 to 04/08
Taught beginner through advanced level adults courses, teacher/management liaison, database administration
ESL, Adult Basic Education Instructor, Union Public Schools, Tulsa, OK 08/05 to 07/06
Instructed adult ESL, beginner and advanced levels
Adjunct Faculty, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK 02/05 to 12/05
Instructed college-level ESL writing, speaking, reading & listening
ESL Adult Basic Education Instructor, Tulsa Public Schools, Tulsa, OK 02/04 to 10/06
Substituted for all proficiency levels in ESL instruction
Language Line – Customer Service Representative, VarTec Telecom, Inc, Tulsa, OK 11/00 to09/01
Assisted German, Farsi (Persian) speaking customers, trained OJT’s, provided customer service
English Tutor – Conversation Partner, Contract, Springfield, MO 09/96 to 02/99
Tutored English to International college students, mentored International students in English language skills
English Tutor, Contract, Shiraz, Iran 05/94 to 03/95
Tutored English to Iranian college students
Translator – English Teacher (Second Lieutenant), College of Commands & Staff, Tehran, Iran 02/92 to 04/94
Translated military documents from English to Persian (Farsi), helped start information management department including a library, taught English to high-ranking officials
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Data Base Operator, Bender Direct Mail Services, Tulsa, OK 08/01 to 07/04
Processed DBF, MS Access, MDB, Pre-processed address lists through CASS
Computer Lab Assistant, SMSU, Springfield, MO 01/97 to 01/98
Assisted students, faculty, staff with software/hardware problems, provided dial-up support, configured systems in computer labs
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK 2003 to 2005
Master’s Program, Teaching English as a Second Language
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK 2001 to 2002
Post-Baccalaureate work in Management Information Systems
Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 1996 to 1998
Post-Baccalaureate work in Computer Information Systems, Graduate work in TESL
Kerman University, Kerman, Iran 1987 to 1991
B.A. English Literature (1991)
Outstanding student in Translation and French