User:Crogers97

My name is Chris Rogers and I am a NY certified World Language (Spanish) Teacher in Schenectady, New York. I've been teaching for 3.5 years. I've taught in private (catholic) schools and inner-city school districts. I have my B.A Spanish Middle Childhood and Secondary Education from Niagara University. I also have a certificate in Spanish Language and Literature from Universidad Veritas which is a private university in the heart of San Jose, Costa Rica.

My focus as an educator is creating an engaging anti-racist curriculum for the World Language classroom. I focus on empowering underrepresented communities such as the indigenous and afro-Latinx communities. I am currently reading about equitable classroom management so that all my students are supported in the classroom. Additionally, I work closely with my district to support BIPOC educators such as myself. Also, I am working with Dr. Tammy Ellis-Robinson and other passionate educators in the capital region to talk about pathways to help ensure BIPOC teacher candidates.

My objective as an educator is to create engaging communities of learners where all are successful and gain self-confidence and awareness as they become global citizens. Whether the work is done inside the classroom as a teacher or outside the classroom as an instructional coach or school/district administrator.