Why Students Need Presence & Play Ft. Aija Simmons w/Anita Nowak

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Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak

Anita Nowak

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Purposeful Empathy is a Youtube channel dedicated to conversations with people spreading more empathy in the world. Join Anita Nowak, empathy expert, author, award-winning educator, international speaker and certified coach, to learn how like-spirited people around the world are turning up the volume on empathy through purposeful action. Drawing from neuroscience, spirituality, leadership studies, positive psychology and the frontlines of social action, Purposeful Empathy explores the intersection of personal development

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Why Students Need Presence & Play Ft. Aija Simmons w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak

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Why Students Need Presence & Play Ft. Aija Simmons w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

In the final episode of this special series devoted to empathy in education with leaders and fellows of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL), watch this episode to discover how SEL (social and emotional learning) can transform classrooms into spaces of co-regulation, belonging, and joy—especially for students who need it most.

Aija Simmons, Program Director at 21st Century California School Leadership Academy, shares how raising a neurodivergent child, teaching in inner-city schools, and leading California’s Universal Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Initiative have shaped her understanding of education. She also advocates for play-based learning and joy in the classroom, as well as at home.

00:00 Preview

01:12 Introduction

01:47 About Aija Simmons

03:35 Aija’s backstory

06:39 Aija’s understanding of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

10:15 How teachers can help students navigate their emotions through co-regulation

14:17 Bringing more joy into classrooms—and why that’s important

18:33 Talking about SEL with skeptics

20:35 What folks misunderstand about SEL

24:32 SEL for parents

29:11 What growing up with an incarcerated parent taught Aija?

36:28 The power of play in early childhood education