Deborah Martel Rogers' Blog

May 1st, 2020 Mi Discurso del Ascensor    Quiero ayudar a crear un mundo mejor, un mundo en el que los cerebros, corazones y almas florezcan simultáneamente, tanto a nivel académico como a nivel social; un mundo en el que haya éxito para cada estudiante, independientemente de su estatus socioeconómico, raza, género, origen nacional, etnicidad, religión, u orientación sexual; un mundo en el que nuestros estudiantes sepan que ell@s son la razón de nuestra propia existencia y que estamos aquí para asegurarnos de que cada un@ de ell@s tenga éxito porque el fracaso no es una opción.      (By Deborah Martel Rogers,   27 de Febrero de 2017,  Universidad Estatal del Estado de California en Bakersfield)  My Elevator Speech    I want to help create a better world, one in which our brains, hearts and souls flourish simultaneously, both academically and socially; a world in which each student experiences success, regardless of th...

           I want to help to create a better world, a world in which our students' heads, hearts and souls flourish in unison, both academically and socially; a world in which there is success for every single student, regardless of socio-economic status, race, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation; a world in which our students know that they are the reason for our very existence and that we are here to make sure that every one of them is successful because failure is not an option.     Deborah Martel Rogers, 2/27/2017, CSU Bakersfield 

My Weekly quote: "We need to invest more money in public education. And there are some other big changes that we need in our system. We need to embrace the digital technology and figure out where we are going to do next. And we need to embrace inquiry and personalized learning for every student. We need to do all those big things. But while we do all those big things, let's make sure that we take care of all those little things as well. For my kids, for your kids, and for all kids."  ( Source: "A Parent's Wishes for His Child's Teacher: Chris Kennedy at TEDxWest VancouverED," published on June 8, 2013)

Atrévete a Soñar Despierta,  por Déborah Martel Rogers Hay personas soñadoras que duermen. Hay otras que desean que sus sueños se conviertan en realidad. Luego tienes a las que no esperan a las que sus sueños se conviertan en realidad, sino que que los despiertan y los materializan. Esta es mi clase favorita. Su atracción hacia la excelencia, lo mismo que su risa, es contagiosa. Necesitamos más de éstas.

  Dreamers , by Deborah Martel Rogers Harris' TOSA Bakersfield City School District  August, 2020   I wrote this  Reflection two years ago,  in 2018, at the end of the school year. Now that we, Educators,  are getting closer to the end of the Summer vacations (at least here, in the United States), this reflection continues to resonate. The more I am invited to focus on what is not working and the more I am asked to explain why I continue to be an optimist, the closer I am to my own truth: My circumstances -challenges as they certainly are- will not define who I choose to be. I invite you to do the same.     There are dreamers who sleep. There are others who wish their dreams become true. Then you have the dreamers who do not wait for their dreams to come true, but who wake them up and make them happen. This is my favorite kind. Their call for excellence, the same as their laughter,  is contagious. We need more of these.