Teaching with Empathy: Transform Your Practice by Understanding and Validating Your Students' Needs and Your Own
In this Webinar
Every single action we take as educators, from our conversations with students to planning and delivering instruction, signifies our level of empathy toward them as individuals. Although well-intentioned teachers may believe they are empathetic to their students' stories, their actions can often implicitly shame students, further adding to the disconnection they feel. Educators have a crucial role in today’s educational landscape to ensure students feel safe and connected in a consistently empathetic learning environment. Additionally, educators themselves need to balance their students’ needs with their own.
About the presenter
Lisa Westman is an author, speaker, and consultant who works regularly with school systems across the country to effectively implement student-driven differentiation, standards-based learning, and instructional coaching programs. Her presentations are designed to "keep it real," focusing on specific models and strategies that all educators can implement—and, more importantly, want to implement. She is passionate about teaching and learning, and she is dedicated to effecting change that positively affects both students and educators. Her recent publications include Student-Driven Differentiation: 8 Steps to Harmonize Learning in the Classroom (Corwin Press, 2018) and Teaching with Empathy: How to Transform Your Practice by Understanding Your Learners (ASCD, August 2021).
Topics covered
Teaching with Empathy: How to Transform Your Practice by Understanding Your Learners
What does it mean to teach with empathy?
