Compassion as Our Compass : 20+ Professional Learning Activities to Nurture Educator Empathy (the Supportive, Empathy-Building Guide That Brings Compassion to the Forefront of Classrooms)

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.

• 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