EP251 Empathy fatigue is real. How can educators push through the exhaustion? (with Kyle Cohen)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
How do you show up each day as the best version of yourself? Kyle Cohen, a 4th grade teacher in Cleveland OH, is here to share his contagious positive energy.
Listen as Kyle talks about what keeps him motivated, how he taps into his patience and empathy when working with students, and how implementing fun, engaging lessons helps him keep energy levels high throughout the school day.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Episode 251 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement and truth into |
| 0:11.9 | the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm talking with Kyle Cohen about how he chooses empathy each day with his students |
| 0:21.1 | even when the fatigue from that is real. |
| 0:24.2 | Visit truthforteachers.com to get an easy to read, easy to share version of this podcast |
| 0:29.2 | episode and the form of a post that Kyle has written. |
| 0:33.6 | I wanted to tell you about a podcast that I recently discovered called Like a Spunge |
| 0:38.2 | that's now become a sponsor of Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:41.2 | It's produced by the nonprofit Great Schools and explores how children learn. |
| 0:46.2 | The target audience is usually parents but this year like a sponge delved into something |
| 0:51.0 | totally relevant for teachers. |
| 0:53.5 | How to transform this 200 year old institution known as the American High School? |
| 0:58.7 | To make it more equitable, student-centered and humane. |
| 1:03.0 | In each episode we hear stories from educators who reinvented their practices to solve for |
| 1:07.7 | disengaged students, trauma and a legacy of racism. |
| 1:11.7 | It's all part of transforminghighschool.org, a bilingual collection of multimedia content. |
| 1:17.8 | Find Like a Spunge anywhere you listen to podcasts and let me know what you think. |
| 1:23.6 | If you're considering leaving teaching but you aren't sure what else you could do professionally, |
| 1:28.1 | check out Daphne Williams of the Teacher Career Coach. |
| 1:31.6 | She has lots of resources to help you translate your classroom work experience into skills |
| 1:36.6 | that are highly sought after in other industries. |
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