Empathy to Impact Workshop: Whole-School Curriculum Integration
In Person Learning workshop
Hosted by Lottie Dowling (Inspire Citizens Asia Pacific Lead Facilitator)
at Victoria Point State High School, Queensland, Australia
Wednesday June 10, 2026, 4-6pm AEDT
About the workshop
Empathy to Impact Workshop: Whole-School Curriculum Integration
The Empathy to Impact workshop is a whole-school, curriculum-focused session designed to help educators move from shared values to embedded practice.
This workshop supports teams in intentionally integrating global citizenship, service learning, student agency, and real-world learning into curriculum design in ways that are practical, aligned, and sustainable across grade levels.
Working with leadership and teaching teams, we explore how empathy can become a starting point for meaningful curriculum design that leads to authentic student action and impact.
The session focuses on helping schools:
Build a shared understanding of curriculum integration through a global citizenship and service learning lens
Align mission, vision, and values with day-to-day teaching and learning
Design learning experiences that connect empathy, inquiry, and real-world impact
Embed student agency, sustainability, and interdisciplinary thinking into curriculum planning
Identify clear pathways for scaling consistent practice across the school
By the end of the workshop, participants leave with a clearer shared direction, practical curriculum connections, and a fully designed unit to embed Empathy to Impact across teaching and learning.
This session is the foundation for deeper unit design work and ongoing coaching support within a whole-school transformation pathway.
About Inspire Citizens
Inspire Citizens have been working with hundreds of schools globally for over ten years, providing best practice professional learning, tools, resources, approaches and experiences, to support and develop whole school programs for global citizenship, sustainability, service learning, and student leadership. By helping to transform schools, through future-focssed curriculum and program design, they develop the students and community members needed for a more harmonious and sustainable present and future. The Inspire Citizens regularly keynote and facilitate at conferences, guest on podcasts and webinars, write articles for education journals and love working with educators globally who are committed to transformative teaching and learning.