Compassion as Our Compass: 20+ Professional Learning Activities to Nurture Educator Empathy (the Supportive, Empathy-Building Guide That Brings C (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781958590270)

Thoughtfully addressing students' varying needs and perspectives in a meaningful way is challenging. By intentionally incorporating best practices, educators learn to facilitate honest dialogue, cultivate inclusion, build trust, and form a sense of emotional safety for students. Using field-tested, research-backed activities, Gloria L. Canada provides strategies, personal stories, and lessons learned to help educators create a compassionate, empathetic school culture.

This book will help K-12 administrators, teacher leaders, and counselors:

• Transition the professional learning lessons into lessons or activities educators can use with students
• Address the importance of building connections with students to foster a sense of trust and safety
• Examine the various roles educators play and ways they are called on to step up to build student rapport
• Gain explicit directions and materials lists for facilitating activities that focus on bringing compassion to the forefront
• Learn the challenges that high-mobility students face and the ways educators can be mindful of and address those unique challenges

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Acknowledging Trauma
Chapter 2: Creating Connections
Chapter 3: Accepting Others
Chapter 4: Considering Our Roles
Chapter 5: Helping High-Mobility Students
Chapter 6: Increasing Caregiver Engagement
Conclusion
References and Resources
Index

Author: Gloria L. Canada
ISBN-10: 1958590274
ISBN-13: 9781958590270
Publisher: Solution Tree
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2023
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.96h x 7.04w x 0.18d