The Joint Conference on Jewish Education The Network for Research in Jewish Education, and The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland June 14-16, 2016 The Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) and the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) are sponsoring a Joint Conference on Jewish Education. It will be held at Towson University in Baltimore on June 14-16, … [Read more...] about Call for Submissions: The Joint Conference on Jewish Education
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Feeding the Fire: Nourishing and Sustaining Heads of School
By Ray Levi, Ph.D. We entrust our educational leaders to stoke the “Jewish flame” in the lives of our young children and their families. Yet, we often fail to focus on how we can support these leaders in keeping their own flames burning brightly. The RAVSAK "Heads of Jewish Community Day Schools: A Portrait of the Field" offers valuable data about leadership, confirmed by my own experiences preparing new and aspiring heads for leadership roles … [Read more...] about Feeding the Fire: Nourishing and Sustaining Heads of School
Fair Compensation for Educators of Jewish Children
By Janet Harris, Lisa Farber Miller and Marcy Whitebook Educators of our community’s youngest children are more than just teachers. In both the secular and Jewish context, early childhood education (ECE) educators occupy a deeply influential place in the lives of families. These are the formative years of a child’s development of cognition, personality, and identity - including religious identity. For the entire family, ECE is a window of … [Read more...] about Fair Compensation for Educators of Jewish Children
Schools Could Benefit from the Same Advice: Big Thinking and Mega Giving, Round II
By Jerry D. Isaak-Shapiro Thank you, Julie Bianchi - and forgive me if I appropriate your exceptionally on-target piece (“What Human Service Organizations Need: Big Thinking and Mega Giving”) for the education segment of the community. While you draw a comparison between the social service agencies and higher education, nearly every point you raise is something that pertains to those of us who work in the pre-university world. Change a few … [Read more...] about Schools Could Benefit from the Same Advice: Big Thinking and Mega Giving, Round II
Creating Sacred Partnerships: Parents and Educators Working Together to Meet the Needs of All Learners
By Rabbi Shoshana Nyer There once was an elderly Chinese woman who had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot seemed perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a … [Read more...] about Creating Sacred Partnerships: Parents and Educators Working Together to Meet the Needs of All Learners
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