Lisa Westman Presents: Teaching with Empathy

815 North Orlando Smith Street,Oglesby IL 61348

26 July, 2022

Description

Educators’ primary role in today’s educational landscape is to ensure students feel safe and connected. Join Lisa Westman, an author, speaker, and consultant who regularly works with school systems internationally to provide professional learning on student-driven differentiation, empathy as the foundation of our instructional practices, standards-based learning, and implementing instructional coaching programs. Before becoming a consultant, Lisa taught 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade (gifted humanities, English language arts, social studies) and was an instructional coach specializing in differentiation in Skokie, IL. Every single action we take, from our conversations with students to planning and delivering instruction, signifies our level of empathy toward them as individuals. While many teachers believe they are empathetic to their students’ stories, their actions (while well-intended) often implicitly shame students, further adding to the disconnection they feel. Educators’ primary role in today’s educational landscape is to ensure students feel safe and connected, in a consistently empathetic learning environment. This workshop will also include strategies for increasing empathy for yourself - which is the key to managing feelings of burnout, stress, and guilt. Partial fees for this workshop have been paid for by the McKinney-Vento Grant. PD Hours: 4.5 Presenter: Lisa Westman Location: IVCC room CTC125 Cost: $30/ PD CO-OP fee $20 (lunch included) Professional Learning Co-op Members: Please select the Professional Learning Co-op Member ticket option for a reduced fee, if you are an educator from one of the following: Ottawa High School #140 Marquette High School Seneca Grade School #170 Seneca High School #160 Grand Ridge #95 Deer Park #82 Allen Otter #65 LaSalle Elementary #122 Dimmick #175 Tonica #79 Marseilles #150 Serena #2 Earlville #9 Leland #1 Lostant #425 Please be advised of our cancellation and refund policies: If you need to cancel your registration, please email Krissy at [email protected] or Alaina at [email protected]. You may request a refund of a workshop registration fee up to seven days before the scheduled event. We cannot refund the transaction fees. Failure to cancel seven days prior to the workshop date will result in forfeiture of the registration fee.