ELA Team

Romualdo Bautista - President

Romualdo Bautista was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and is a member of the Mixtec Native American group. Mr. Bautista received a B.A in ESL from the Normal Superior de C. Madero Tamaulipas Mexico. He has an M.A. in Spanish Literature and a second M.A from the University of Salamanca in Spain in Language and Culture.

Mr. Bautista wrote a thesis on Teaching Spanish through games and fun activities and hopes that this thesis will enhance the ways in which Spanish language is taught. Mr. Bautista teaches both Middle and Upper School Spanish and is involved in the Dwight-Englewood World Language Festival celebration.

He is also an adjunct professor at Bergen Community College and President of the ELA (Educadores Latino Americanos) a non-profit corporation.

Igor Jasinski

Igor Jasinski received an M.A. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University. For the last fifteen years, he has been teaching German, Latin and Philosophy in both private and public high schools in New Jersey and New York.

The experience of teaching philosophy to high school students—their eagerness to embrace philosophical ideas and the joy of seeing them become more independent and critical thinkers in the process, inspired Igor to use the materials he developed for his classes as the basis for a textbook, specifically designed for the teaching of philosophy at the high school level. As an extension of this project, he has been collaborating with the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in developing instructional materials and techniques for the teaching of Bioethics at the secondary level. The goal is to provide teachers with tools and strategies to engage students in discussions on ethical and philosophical questions and to enhance their critical thinking skills.

He has been a presenter at several professional development workshops organized by the Center for Bioethics. Igor is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Pedagogy and Philosophy at Montclair State University and teaches at The Pingry School, an independent private school in Martinsville, New Jersey.