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Focusing on the first weeks of school with a personal reflection signals to your students what you value and how you value them. So, using an empathy map as a personal reflection that can be shared with classmates is a Read More …
By Allison Zmuda, Bena Kallick and Art Costa Empathy is a foundational part of healing from the political and social issues we are currently facing. Empathy can also be a response to a joyful experience. This newsletter focuses on the Read More …
By Katie Muhtaris Katie Muhtaris has been an educator for 15 years in both urban and suburban settings and values learning experiences for students that are both innovative and meaningful. Katie currently works with kindergarten through fifth grade students and Read More …
First published on Next Gen Learning and reprinted with permission. Envisioning a career superhighway in Vista, CA through empathy interviews with students. Setting an effective vision for the future is a tricky business. It has to start with a kernel Read More …
The heart of personalized learning is personal — we partner with our faculty and our students to create an environment in which the identity of each individual as well as the collective identity of the school and the classroom is Read More …
This post was first published on Inside the Classroom, Outside the Box and is reprinted with permission. “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” by Meryl Streep Empathy is the experience of understanding another person’s Read More …
The reality of the modern world, especially in schools, is that we work in teams. Teachers may work in grade level teams, PLCs, vertical teams, cross-collaborative teams, and a million other configurations. Administrators also have teams: perhaps at the site Read More …
“Change is the new normal: no industry is standing still these days, and this means that the innovation challenges we face are also constantly changing.” — Adam Richardson, creative director at Frog Design Do you ever find yourself fixed in Read More …
“Empathic listening is a deep level of listening. When we are engaged in real dialogue and paying careful attention, we can become aware of a profound shift in the place from which our listening originates. We move from seeing the Read More …
Election day was revealing to say the least. As a parent, educator, and American, it clarified what drives our nation’s aspirations, what inequities are very much out in the open (instead of simmering below the surface), and how important it Read More …