Dr Vicki Rogers
Dr. Vicki Rogers is an educational psychologist and executive functioning expert known for helping "smart and scattered" kids become organized, and for her philosophy that "you don't rise to the level of your goals—you fall to the level of your systems."
After 17 years as a master teacher at Singapore American School—the same school she attended as a student, where she met her husband and sent her own child—Dr. Rogers left the classroom in what she calls "a crisis of conscience." For five years after leaving, she couldn't walk past her classroom. "That was home," she says.
The decision to leave came from a frustrating reality: "I could switch lanes, but I couldn't intersect lanes." As a teacher bound by curriculum delivery, she watched students struggle with task initiation, organization, and prioritization—skills the system didn't teach. So she started "cheating her contract," sneaking executive functioning training into the last few minutes of class. When word spread and students from other blocks demanded access ("the B block wants this, then the G block"), she realized the profound, unmet need.
In 2016, before "coaching was even a common term," Dr. Rogers founded Champion Coaching & Consulting to teach the executive functioning skills schools don't cover. Her approach is refreshingly honest: "The thing about executive functioning skills—they're not sexy. They are super effective though. You get immediate results."
What began with neurodiverse middle schoolers has expanded dramatically. "I didn't leave school to work with adults. I work with so many adults now." Parents tell her, "My smart and scattered kid is not scattered anymore—how do you do that?" The answer: systems, not motivation.
A third culture kid born in the Philippines to a Singaporean mother and American father, Dr. Rogers struggled academically in homogenous communities. She describes herself as "not the sharpest tack in the box, but I learned habits." That vulnerability became her strength—proof that the right systems can transform anyone's learning journey.
Dr. Rogers holds a Bachelor's and Master's in Economics from Colorado State University, a Doctorate in Education from Durham University (UK), and post-doctoral certification in Executive Leadership from Stanford University. Her coaching philosophy is direct: "You gotta show up. You gotta want it more than me. Because it's your learning journey."