Rodrigo Rodriguez

Rodrigo Rodríguez-Tovar is a Dual Language Instructional Coach for the Austin Independent School District. He holds a Master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Teaching and Learning styles and he is a National Board Certified Teacher in the area of Middle Childhood Generalist. Mr. Rodriguez also serves as an NEA Blended Learning cohort facilitator and supports educators who are transitioning out of the classroom to become instructional coaches within the NEA CAMI- Coaching and Mentoring Initiative. Mr. Rodriguez believes that coaching supports teachers to improve their capacity to reflect and apply their learning to their work with students and also in their work with each other. He is committed to sharing valuable competencies with other educators to strengthen and improve the teaching profession to continue making an impact on student learning. He is a member of the Certification Council for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, NBPTS, and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, NBPTS, the Network of Accomplished Minoritized Educators, NAME, and also for the Texas National Board Coalition for Teachers, TXNBCT. His research interests center on issues of language, culture, equity, and identity- especially as they affect, or are affected by, biliteracy practices. His K-5 public school teaching experience includes 15 years as an educator in a dual language classroom setting, alternating the last four years as the writing literacy coach in a maintenance bilingual program and also, providing interventions in Spanish to students with dyslexia and dysgraphia. Mr. Rodriguez-Tovar was named the National Bilingual Teacher of the Year by the National Bilingual Education Association in March 2017.