Roots of Empathy Instructor
ROE’s mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. The focus of ROE in the long term is to build capacity of the next generation for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting. In the short term, ROE focuses on raising levels of empathy, resulting in more respectful and caring relationships and reduced levels of bullying and aggression.
At the heart of the programme is a parent and baby who visit the class once a month through the school year. The ROE Instructor visits the week before and the week after each Family visit (Pre & Post Visits) to prepare and reinforce teachings using a specialized curriculum with lesson plans for each visit of the nine themes.
Roots of Empathy was developed by Mary Gordon in Canada in 1996 and was introduced into Aotearoa in 2007. Being based around the wisdom of the pepi, the programme sits comfortably within Tikanga Maori. We have been privileged to work closely with Iwi on adaptations to make the programme align even more closely with te Ao Maori.
Join us in "Changing the World Child by Child"
www.rootsofempathy.org
Becoming a Roots of Empathy Instructor requires a willingness deliver the programme and a commitment to deliver 27 classroom lessons, to work collaboratively and cooperatively with school and classroom staff and to participate in four days of training. Background knowledge and expertise in some, but not all, of the areas indicated below will enhance programme delivery:
o Teaching children in a classroom setting
o Infant/child development and learning from 1-12 years old
o Parenting education/support
o Cultural sensitivity
o Community development
The programme is made up of 27 weekly lessons through the school year. Each lesson is 30 to 40 minutes long. There is an initial 3-day training in November, in preparation for the 2025 school year, plus one further day of training mid-year.
There is some planning and preparation time necessary for each lesson e.g 1 hour per week.
An honorarium of $1500 per programme is offered to volunteers who wish to receive one.
Getting started:
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.
Youth & Children