Empathetic Educators - Themes

This week I was speaking with my Uncle who has been in the education system for many years and it was so good to hear his insights into Empathetic Educators. We spoke about how I am gathering my #toptiptakeaways and he asked if I am making connections between the sessions. And the answer is......I ammm!! 

While I have been reading the books for my weekly book review and editing the sessions. I feel there are some recurring themes emerging. And I am really excited to share these with you. 
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Like I always say, I believe leading with Empathy can be one of our biggest superpowers of the future and as always these are my opinions and connections. So I feel these themes could give an insight into what is needed to empathise with ourselves and empathise with others...... ​

  1. ​Growth - How are we remaining curious and open to new opportunities so that we can continually learn
​  from our experiences?

    2.  Accountability -  How can we accept that we are responsible for our own actions and accept what we can
​    control vs what we can’t?

     3. Challenge / Resilience - How are we seeking to expose ourselves to opportunities for taking risks and
​     putting ourselves out of our comfort zone?

   4. Perspectives - How can we grow awareness of how  our experiences impact our judgements and our ability
​   to understand those around us?

  5. Relationships - How can we create healthy connections with ourselves and others based on realistic
  expectations and acceptance?

 6. Systems/Culture - How are we establishing strong foundations within ourselves as well as in our
​ environments to foster trust, creativity and consistency?

This is the beginning of my journey and it is an active inquiry I am taking to find out how we can truly find practical ideas to bring research into the classroom. These are my themes so far within the Empathetic Educators research and I will be referring to these themes each week going forward so that I can make connections between my #toptiptakeaways. 

Do you agree with these themes? What themes have you been noticing? How do you make connections between the books that you read or the research that you look at?