Week TWO

EMPATHY

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Week 2: March 7- March 14

EXPLORE -- Please do the following:

THINK about Empathy (20 min estimate). Take a moment, check in with yourself, and write in your skills journal what are your thoughts and experience with empathy. As a guide, you can write about the following:
1. What is empathy for you?
2. What are some examples of moments when you can show empathy?
3. How it might be valuable to you and other people around you?
EXPLORE (QUIZ) your own Empathy skills (30 minute estimate). CLICK THIS LINK and complete the Empathy quiz.
1. As you complete it, think about how the questions connect to your experience and be as honest as you can be, the quiz is done anonymously.
2. After submitting your answers, you are given your quiz results. Go back to your journal and write how you feel about your answers and mention at least two things you can do to become more empathic.
READ about Empathy (60 minute estimate). You will be reading a three section webpage from the Greater Good website. Use the questions below to guide you before, during and after the reading. You may want to take notes in your journal.
1. What is Empathy? CLICK THIS LINK
  1. Before reading, consider what is empathy and what are the types of empathy described in the article.
  2. As you read, think about the answers to the questions before.
  3. After reading, think about the difference between affective and cognitive empathy. What is an example you can think of from your own experience?
2. Why practice it? CLICK THIS LINK
  1. Before reading, consider what are some reasons to practice empathy according to the source.
  2. As you read, highlight mentally which ones resonate with you.
  3. After reading, choose 2 that feel the most important to our work as coaches/supervisors/técnicos. Can you think of any other reason why to practice empathy?
3. How to cultivate it? CLICK THIS LINK
  1. Before reading, consider what are some ways to cultivate empathy and what do researchers say about nurturing this skill.
  2. As you read, think about the answers to the questions before.
  3. After reading, reflect on which 2-3 ways you can nurture empathy in yourself and your practice as a coach/supervisor/tecnico/teacher.
WATCH a video about Empathy (60 minute estimate).. CLICK THIS LINK
1. 1. Before you watch the video, read through these questions. After you watch the video, answer these questions in your journal:
  2. What happened on the airplane with the little boy? Why is it important?
  3. How does the quote “Isn't that what all of us want? To be seen, and heard, and to have our needs responded to? That's the essence of empathy.” impact you?
  4. The letters in the acronym E.M.P.A.T.H.Y stand for:
    - 'E' stands for eye contact.
    - 'M' stands for muscles of facial expression.
    - 'P' stands for posture.
    - 'A' stands for affect.
    - 'T' stands for tone of voice.
    - 'H' stands for hearing the whole person
    - ‘Y' stands for your response.
  5. What are 1-2 things you can remember about each part of EMPATHY?
  6. How do you think using and/or recognizing each of these can help someone become more empathic?
  7. Which ones do you use and/or recognize in your practice right now?
  8. Which ones would you like to explore more?
  9. What are your thoughts about what she expresses on the use of technology and social media?
  10. Dr. Reiss tells us about the Zulu expression “Sawubona” which means “I see you.” She then says “we all need to see each other to bring out the full potential in others.” Why is the idea of “Sawubona” so important?
  11. Which of the following two quotes is most powerful and/or relevant to you? Why?
    - “We all need to see each other to bring out the full potential in others. Most people need to have their specialness reflected back in the eyes of others in order to see it themselves.
    - “When we empower others we can collectively come together to bring our best selves, to solve the world's biggest, smallest, and most vexing problems. That is the power of empathy.”
  12. Now that you’ve thought through ideas in the video, what connections can you see to your own life personally and professionally?
  13. What are 2-3 ideas/learnings you can use this next week as you recruit teachers for the course?

EXPERIENCE

COACHING TASK: This week we will focus on two tasks.

PEER PRACTICE (90 min estimate): After reading, watching the video and taking the quiz on empathy, head into the week with the goal of practicing 2-3 learnings about cultivating empathy with 3-4 different people in your life. Write in your journal about it.
RECRUIT TEACHERS:: This week we ask you to find two teachers to work with you in the following weeks. Remember they must be willing to have coaching conversations with you at least once a week for 30-40 minutes, for the next two months of the course. Make sure you practice the skills you have been reading about in these two weeks as you approach the teachers. Ask yourself:
1. What listening strategies will I use to engage in effective communication with the teacher?
2. How can I take into account the different kinds of empathy (affective and cognitive) as I interact with the teachers?

REFLECT

FILL OUT this reflection form AFTER you have done the reading and coaching task (1 hour estimate):

Thursday 6 pm Week 2 Reflection form

Thursday 7 pm Week 2 Reflection form

Friday 6 pm Week 2 Reflection form

Friday 7 pm Week 2 Reflection form

Saturday 10 am Week 2 Reflection form

Saturday 3 pm Week 2 Reflection form

ZOOM meeting: (March 12, 13 or 14)

We will send the link to the whatsapp group when we are ready for you to enter the room! Please wait and come right after we send the link. THANKS!