American Tesol

English is the official first language of Belize. There are volunteer positions, and jobs available for professional teachers and educators. Contact American TESOL Institute for further details on obtaining a teaching position in Belize.

Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include high unemployment, growing involvement in the South American drug trade, and increasing urban crime.

Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean Sea bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. The country is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy which recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as Sovereign. The name is shared by the Belize River, Belize's longest river, and Belize City, the former capital and largest city.

The only English-speaking country in Central America, Belize was a British colony for more than a century and was known as British Honduras until 1973. It became an independent nation in 1981. Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA) and considers itself to be culturally both Caribbean and Central American.

Belize Christian Academy
TeachBeyond UK - Belize - . Belize Christian Academy in Belize needs Christian Education teacher High School teachers- English Finance Manager Maintenance PE...
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:45:42 GMT

Column: I?ll never forget about Belize
For three weeks, we ran a summer camp in Dangriga, Belize. All 12 of us had our own classroom. I taught the youngest group of kids who were between four and five years old. In the mornings, we taught ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 09 Sep 2018 23:43:00 GMT

Students headed for Belize
Crawfordsville High School students will have the opportunity to study in Belize in 2018. The Crawfordsville ... The board approved resignations for Lindsey Sutherlin, CMS Spanish teacher; Molly Race, ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Feb 2017 22:42:00 GMT

A Book By SMART to Make Kids Smarter
This year's results show that half of the over 7,000 test takers got an "E" in mathematics, and and a third got and "E" in English. An "E" means that the ... book called "Do the Smart Thing", and 3 sc...
Publ.Date : Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:59:00 GMT

The Conversation
What are we going to do to teach ourselves, our children ... Of the eight Jewish interviewees quoted in ?A Muslim Among the Settlers,? almost all were English-speaking men of Ashkenazi (meaning Europe...
Publ.Date : Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:33:00 GMT

Valley grad delivers light to Belize
BENQUE VIEJO DEL CARMEN, Belize ? The very first bio-digester in Belize, a country of 341,000 on the eastern coast of Central America, is the brainchild of a Penn State student from Rush Township. Twe...
Publ.Date : Tue, 21 Apr 2015 22:38:00 GMT

10 Central American Poets You Should Be Reading
Through self-publishing, teaching, community organizing ... Besides poetry, Alberto is also a professor of English and math. Professor Denise Phé Funchal teaches courses on European literature ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:30:00 GMT

Ties between Mansfield University and Belize grow stronger after spring trip
?Belize is a smorgasbord of multiculturalism,? Rothermel said. ?Jeff and I planned a trip that facilitated interactions between MU employees and a diverse range of Belizeans. It certainly helps that t...
Publ.Date : Sun, 09 Sep 2018 17:00:00 GMT

?Bangor to Belize? trip a winner
?The students thoroughly delighted in the the culture, climate and kind people of Belize,? Lyga said. The country was comparable to Costa Rica in that it was just as much of an adventure and because s...
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:16:00 GMT

From The Publisher
Something dramatic has happened in Belize?s black community over the last fifty years. ?Consider Me? not only returned me to the summer of 1969, but led me back to September of 1968, when I began teac...
Publ.Date : Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:39:00 GMT

What Happened Just Before I Was Kidnapped & Assaulted On Vacation
On the morning of the angry man, I?m on vacation in Belize on a peaceful Caribbean beach ... but here I don?t detect a scent of danger. I?m a teacher so I take advantage of holidays and summers to exp...
Publ.Date : Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:28:00 GMT

Owasco students send books to Belize
Mickie Cuevas-Post, who retired as Owasco Elementary School principal in month of year, went to Belize to work for the Peace Corps with her husband, Ken. She has been teaching at the Garden City Prima...
Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:26:00 GMT