The community of researchers, practitioners, and funders who comprise CASJE, the Consortium for Applied Research in Jewish Education, has moved its administrative home to The George Washington University (GWU). Founded in 2011 with generous core support from The AVI CHAI and Jim Joseph Foundations, CASJE is a collaborative among institutions that will continue to exist as a national consortium. It was incubated at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education and led by Dr. Lee Shulman, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford and President Emeritus of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Dr. Shulman remains a co-chair of CASJE alongside Dr. Michael Feuer, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at GWU and President of the … [Read more...]
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Jewish Early Engagement Forum One Year Later: Dayenu? Is it Enough?
By Rachel Raz Last year, over 200 people participated in the first national symposium of the Jewish Early Engagement Forum (JEEF) at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts. The Forum was created by the Early Childhood Institute of Hebrew College to serve as a platform where practitioners, foundations, federations, clergy, lay leaders and researchers can gather as equals to learn from one another about the significance, needs, challenges and opportunities of engaging families with young children. Key findings from the symposium are: The optimal time to draw families close to the Jewish community is when their children are young (See “A Time for Families to be at the Center.”) 2/3 of families in the Jewish community are interfaith marriages (“A Portrait of Jewish Americans 2013”) … [Read more...]
The Davidson School and the HUC-JIR School of Education Receive Grant to Renew Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Program in Chicago
The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary, in partnership with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Education, will launch a second Chicago-based cohort of the Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute (JECELI) with renewed support from The Crown Family. This model program recently graduated a cohort of 17 Jewish early childhood educators. The program develops leadership in programs for young children and their families, which in turn strengthens the Jewish community. The program offers intensive Jewish study and leadership development. Participants will learn how to help children and families find meaning in texts and ritual, create strong professional relationships using concepts from Judaism, and gain tools … [Read more...]
Sweating Hebrew: For What?
By Alex Pomson In 2004, when our family made aliya from Toronto, I was interviewed by a radio journalist at the CBC, The Canadian Broadcasting Company. She wanted to know why we were giving up the comforts and quiet of Canada for a new life in a less stable part of the world. I answered, “So that our children [then 8 to 13] might write poetry in Hebrew.” What I meant, if expressed a little facetiously, was that we wanted to live life in a fully immersive Jewish culture, to which in time we hoped we would be contributors and not only consumers. Contemplating our 13th Yom Ha’atzmaut in Israel, our bar mitzvah year, one of our children actually has been known to share his (quite good) poetry on Facebook, another child is currently teaching Hebrew in a US day school, and the younger children … [Read more...]
New Project Will Explore How Jewish Early Childhood Education Can be a Gateway for Ongoing Involvement in Jewish Life
CASJE, the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, has announced the next steps in its long-term research project to explore how Jewish early childhood education (ECE) can serve as a gateway for deeper and more sustained involvement in Jewish life. While broadly conceived, the study will include a focus on ways that ECE institutions can better engage interfaith families and families that are not currently involved in a synagogue or other Jewish institution. Dr. Tamara Halle, Senior Scholar at Child Trends, a nationally-recognized nonprofit research organization specializing in the study of children, youth, and their families, and Professor Mark I. Rosen of Brandeis University, who has been studying Jewish families with young children since 2003, will co-lead the study, working closely … [Read more...]
On the Importance of Professional Development for School Leaders
By Adam Tilove and Yael Kidron In England, the Head of School (school principal) is often known as the Head Teacher. Aside from the fundraising, marketing, grant writing, disciplinary issues and communications, there is still one role the Head of School plays that is too often dismissed - that of teacher. Moreover, when this teaching occurs, the impact can quickly move from faculty meetings, to classrooms, and even to the playground. As an example, Adam Tilove, head of school at The Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, was surprised when a student told him how the entire school had participated in creating one massive snow fort. “But it couldn’t have been everyone,” Adam objected. “It must have just been a few students with other kids helping just a little?” he suggested. “Nope. … [Read more...]
But What Will We Do About It? A Rejoinder to Susan Kardos and Ellen Goldring
By Deborah Court and Stuart Zweiter We read with interest and considerable frustration the report by Kardos and Goldring on the first phase results of the CASJE study into effective educational leadership in Jewish day schools. This is an incredibly important area that requires, at this point, less research and more action. While the context and culture of Jewish day schools are somewhat different than public schools and various kinds of private schools, much of the vast research literature on effective school leadership certainly does apply to Jewish day schools. There is no need to reinvent those wheels through further research. Notwithstanding this, philanthropic foundation funded research into Jewish school leadership has been quite prolific. For instance, Michal Berger's report in the … [Read more...]
What is Effective Educational Leadership in Jewish Day Schools and How can it be Nurtured and Sustained?
By Susan Kardos and Ellen Goldring CASJE (the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education) recently released findings from the first phase of a study conducted by American Institute of Research (AIR). In Leadership in Context: The Conditions for Success of Jewish Day School Leaders, researchers offer valuable insight about specific leadership practices and the conditions that support them in Jewish day schools. As we discuss below - and as presented in Table 1 that summarizes these findings - the research highlights specific actions school leaders can take to be effective leaders and to have the most positive student outcomes: Vision: The school leader promotes a vision for Jewish living and learning. Staff: The school leader enables teachers’ learning and professional growth. … [Read more...]
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