To what extent do I deeply understand and empathize with the experiences of my students?

Finally, culturally responsive and sustaining educators learn to cultivate and practice empathy in their interactions with students and their families and communities. The following video draws upon the work of Chezare Warren (2014, 2018).

Narrated Presentation: Practice Empathy

(6:20 min. CC) - Transcript

Want to Go Deeper? (Optional activity)

Check out Choose Your Path, a resource from Community Success Institute where you choose a path and student personas to understand what it’s like to walk in their shoes, using the context of COVID-19 to examine its effects on each student and the adults that surround them. As you move through the website, consider how practicing empathy, especially an Imagine–Other approach to empathy, helps you connect with each student’s story and situation.