Teachers are significant adults in the lives of their students. The combination of their formal authority with an empathic approach, will contribute to student's wellbeing and success. This talk shares three practical guidelines to build empathic authority.
Michal is a researcher (Doctoral student) at Tel Aviv University, studying empathy and teacher-student relationships. She is a lecturer in educational related topics and conducts workshops for education staff. Michal runs a clinic that provides counseling, guidance, coaching, and case management to parents. Her professional career started as an educational consultant.
She established and ran the parent department at Nitzan NPO, the Israeli association for LD and ADHD, providing lectures, group counseling and coaching for parents, children, and teachers.
Michal founded the Special Education Department of the Ganei Tikva Local Council, leading educational initiatives and chairing the special education statutorily committees.
Her professional book about adapting schools to the current era is in the process of being published.
Michal holds a B.A. in Psychology and a master's degree in Educational Consulting.
She is married and a proud mother of four children. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx