The Educator Every School Needs Ft. Marquin Parks 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 connection and belonging are game-changers for schools and classrooms.
Marquin Parks, Academic Engagement and Social Emotional Learning Officer, shares how small acts of kindness like fist bumps, humor, and calming spaces can make or break a student’s experience at school. He also reflects on “Positive Breathing Journeys”, self-empathy practices for educators, and why every child deserves to feel seen, supported, and safe at school. If you care about kids, this is a must-see.
00:00 Preview
00:59 Introduction
01:34 About Marquin Parks
03:12 Marquin’s backstory
08:16 Empathy in action: How Marquin build trust with students
11:24 Message to parents on behalf of teachers
15:45 How to make kids feel safe at school?
20:45 The upsides to teaching kids about emotional regulation
24:02 The role of mindfulness in transforming school culture
29:57 Why do kids need more than discipline in schools?
35:22 Practices for educators to manage stress and cultivate self-empathy
38:12 About “Wrinkles Wallace,” a book by Marquin Parks
43:14 What is the “Pause and Breath Journey”?
45:00 The role of empathy in education
48:03 Marquin Parks’ 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 MARQUIN
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/marquin-parks-3518a552/
SHOW NOTES
✩ Wrinkles Wallace https://wrinkleswallace.blogspot.com/
Video edited by Green Horizon Studio
United States
