Hola Hola! We are back with Season 3 of Conversaciones con Colegas and we are starting off our podcast, and Pride Month with the AMAZING Mz. Raya. Esmeralda Raya is finishing up their second year of teaching. They started off their schooling in pharmaceutical chemistry and their road led them to the classroom. Once in the classroom, they have used their background in Chicano/a studies to help “bring the real world into the classroom.” Mz. Raya has persisted through their educational studies to become a certified educator and be able to incorporate their knowledge within the classroom and constantly demonstrate that we are all capable of having a seat at the table.

You can find more about them and their work through:

IG: @Esme_oh_yeah

Our hope and vision for our podcast is to elevate the voices and needs of educators and students, especially those voices which are often silenced or overlooked. Mz. Raya’s work aligns with LatinXChange as they continually provide relevant curriculum within the classroom while being their unique self. They also use their power of being bilingual and bicultural to engage both students and families in the classroom learning.

¡Gracias por escucharnos! Join the conversation on our Social Media Platforms and sign-up to our mailing list for an invitation to join our community platform.  Also, reach out to us if you have any experiences or stories you’d like to share, our microphone is always open to colegas. Nos vemos la próxima semana, as we spend our Wednesday’s getting through the mid-week hump, juntos en comunidad y conversación.

Hola Hola! We are back with Season 2: Episode 11 of Conversaciones con Colegas. In this episode we bring you a charla with la maestra Cindy López Hernández, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, sister, mother to my 4 year old son. She is a dual language 1st grade teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. She has been a TpT author since 2011 and continues to enjoy creating bilingual resources for our community. When she’s not teaching or creating for TpT, she enjoys working out, Zumba, listening to podcasts and exploring her city.

Our hope and vision for our podcast is to elevate the voices and needs of educators and students, especially those voices which are often silenced or overlooked.  Cindy’s work aligns with LatinXChange in that she advocates and elevates representation in the classroom and  in the curricular resources she creates.

¡Gracias por escucharnos! Join the conversation on our Social Media Platforms and sign-up to our mailing list for an invitation to join our community platform.  Also, reach out to us if you have any experiences or stories you’d like to share, our microphone is always open to colegas. Nos vemos la próxima semana, as we spend our Wednesday’s getting through the mid-week hump, juntos en comunidad y conversación.

Hola Hola! We are back with Season 2: Episode 7 of Conversaciones con Colegas. In this episode we bring you a charla with la Mr. Jordy Rios, a 4th grade bilingual math teacher in his third year teaching. He’s a graduate from Sam Houston State University who loves integrating technology to help EL students to prepare for the 21st century.  Jordy is a proud Olesen Owl was voted Rookie Teacher of the Year 2019-2020 and is certified in many platforms such as Flipgrid, Screencastify and Google level 1 certified.

Our hope and vision for our podcast is to elevate the voices and needs of educators and students, especially those voices which are often silenced or overlooked.  Jordy’s work aligns with LatinXChange in that she strives to support Latinx and Multilingual student’s use of technology and receive support necessary to prepare them for their future.

¡Gracias por escucharnos! Join the conversation on our Social Media Platforms and sign-up to our mailing list for an invitation to join our community platform.  Also, reach out to us if you have any experiences or stories you’d like to share, our microphone is always open to colegas. Nos vemos la próxima semana, as we spend our Wednesday’s getting through the mid-week hump, juntos en comunidad y conversación.

Hola Hola! Enjoy the fiestas with your loved ones and hug each other a little tighter.  Our team is taking some time to reflect on our own traditions and how we are passing them and sharing them with others. As teachers we are always looking for and creating resources, so here a couple to help share and learn:

Our hope and vision for our podcast is to elevate the voices and needs of educators and students, especially those voices which are often silenced or overlooked.  Through our Culture pillar we hope to break the cycles of erasure and oppression and elevate our understanding of our own cultural identities.

¡Gracias por escucharnos! Join the conversation on our Social Media Platforms and sign-up to our mailing list for an invitation to join our community platform.  Also, reach out to us if you have any experiences or stories you’d like to share, our microphone is always open to colegas. Nos vemos la próxima semana, as we spend our Wednesday’s getting through the mid-week hump, juntos en comunidad y conversación.