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On Superintendent’s Conference Day, September 3, 2019, during the introduction to NHP-GCP’s Portrait of  a Learner , approximately 170 of us (teachers and staff) played a game of Kahoot, and agreed that empathy was an important skill for our learners to acquire while they are here with us at NHP-GCP. I subscribe to AJ Juliani’s blog. He claims that empathy is the most important 21 st Century Skill. See below for more information and if  you like, follow him on Twitter @ajjuliani . Empathy: The Most Important 21st Century Skill Read the article on Ajjuliani.com Many confuse empathy (feeling with someone) with sympathy (feeling sorry for someone), and even researchers who study it have muddied the waters with many definitions. But the author of The Empathy Effect, Dr. Helen Riess does a good job of untangling that and explaining the many dimensions of empathy. Empathy, she writes, involves an ability to perceive others’ feelings (and to recognize our own emoti

Portrait of a Learner There was a great energy in the air as New Hyde Park-Garden City Park began the new school year! At our opening meeting, I shared the district’s goals for 2019-20 with the group: Develop a shared, systematic approach to explicitly teach, integrate, and encourage positive behaviors. Ensure that all staff actively participate in professional development focused on inclusive and culturally proficient practices that improve learning and school cultures. Implement and ensure high-quality, consistent curriculum and learning experiences within each grade span and across the district with an emphasis on communication, empathy, learner’s mindset, technology and media literacy, collaboration, and innovation. Last school year, our Innovation and Transformational Network Committee created NHP-GCP’s Portrait of a Learner (based on Portrait of a Graduate ) featuring the traits in District Goal 3. Follow this link to see the interactive result: https://www.thinglink