Teaching At-Promise Students with Love Not Labels Ft. Al Rabanera w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy
Description
In a special series devoted to empathy in education with leaders and fellows of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL), watch this episode to learn why SEL (social emotional learning) practices are key to humanizing classrooms.
Dr. Al Rabanera, an award-winning high school math educator in California, reflects on his mission to support At-Promise Students through identity-affirming teaching and advocacy. He also shares how his personal journey as the son of Filipino immigrants informs his commitment to fostering greater equity and a sense of belonging in schools.
00:00 Preview
00:46 Introduction
01:21 About Dr. Al Rabanera
03:29 Al’s backstory
06:18 How does a lack of belonging impact learning and self-perception?
08:51 Addressing the growing resistance to DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion)
13:57 What does “At-Promise” mean and why does it matter in education?
16:33 Ways in which leadership roles impact “At-Promise” students
21:06 Humanizing the classroom experience
27:23 Math as a tool to develop identity
33:08 Navigating marginalization in education leadership
38:25 The role of empathy in education
41:27 What is Al’s go-to self-empathy practice?
43:04 Al Rabanera’s Purposeful Empathy Story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com
✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social
CONNECT WITH AL
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-rabanera-ed-d-ab855910/overlay/contact-info/
SHOW NOTES
✩ Transformative Educational leadership https://www.teleadership.org/
✩ Math in SEL https://mathissel.com/
Video edited by Green Horizon Studio
United States
