Chrysanthe Gianiodis

Hi everyone!

My name is Chrysanthe Gianiodis and I am a high school ENL teacher and case manager working in Cornwall. My students range in age from 14 to 20 years old. I attended SUNY New Paltz for both my undergrad and graduate degrees. I never planned on becoming a teacher. My mother is a teacher, growing up when people would joke with me and say, “Are you going to be a teacher like your mom?”. I would respond with, “Absolutely not!!”. I originally majored in Communication Disorders and completed two years of the program with the intentions of becoming a Speech Language Pathologist. Towards the end of my second year in the program, I realized it was not what I fully wanted to do. I then switched majors and finished my undergraduate experience at New Paltz with a bachelors degree in Secondary Education in Social Studies. I went directly into the TESOl graduate program and graduated in May 2017.

I spent some time working as a substitute teacher, and also had a leave replacement as a global studies teacher and taught one section of AP Psychology in a high school. I am currently a high school ENL teacher and case manager. I coadvise a group in my school called “Safe School Ambassadors”, which is a nationwide program geared towards preventing bullying and encouraging self empowerment. I am a history tutor after school for students who have been suspended or cannot attend school for certain reasons. The case manager portion of my job requires me to be extremely active in the lives of my students. Essentially all of my students are on my caseload, and any issue, concern, or event that should arise is my responsibility to address and relay the information accordingly.

I enjoy reading, writing poetry (yay!), speaking about my viewpoints, and spending time outdoors. I love the ocean and mountains; the perfect day for me is spending all day in the grass (or sand) barefoot, soaking up the sun (with a smoothie in hand). I love animals, and appreciate all the lessons they have to teach us (both in the literal and symbolic sense). Animal welfare is a topic that is extremely important to me. As Ghandi once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” I also enjoy studying astrology, and our relationship to the celestial energies/planets.:) I went to Greece (the country my family is from), for the first time last year and it was life changing. I am so excited for future opportunities to return back to that magical land; it felt like “coming home”, to a place I did not even know that I missed.