In-person briefing and meeting for all participants in the Tri-State Consortium with BBMG at the BJE-SAJES.
PEJE Assembly Reception
September 7th, 2010 | Posted in EventsReception at the PEJE Assembly for all members of the Schechter community. Details to follow.
Tri-State Consortium follow-up conference call
September 7th, 2010 | Posted in EventsConference Call for all participants in the Tri-State Consortium – Update on the exciting Branding and Marketing Initiative. For call-in information write to education@uscj.org.
Schechter Schools Visit Israel
July 9th, 2010 | Posted in Announcements, Community News
This year, more than 1,8000 teens will participate in Conservative Movement programs in Israel with Ramah, Solomon Schechter, and USY. Below is our list of the 32 participating schools who are sending a total of 1113 students to Israel.
Also take a look at our Photos from Israel Trips. Read the rest of this post »
MaTok Orientation
June 25th, 2010 | Posted in EventsSchools interested in adopting MaToK or in learning about this approach to learning and teaching Torah, are invited to partcipate in the summer orientation, August 3-5, 2010, at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. You may choose to participate in person or via the internet.
For more information, please call Dr. Deborah Miller (212) 678-8031.
Click here for information on costs, schedule and registration
Creating the right social environment
June 4th, 2010 | Posted in HeadLights Bil Zarch is the Head of School for the Lander-Grinspoon Academy, the Solomon Schechter School of the Pioneer Valley
I’m not a news junkie, but it would be hard to miss what happened right in our backyard in South Hadley. Bullying is by no means a new phenomenon; unfortunately, many of us can recall it from our childhoods. While I am proud to say that at LGA we have no extreme bullying cases, our students are not immune to the temptations of name-calling or taunting. All schools struggle with bullying. It is easy to be Monday-morning quarterbacks and say what we would do differently from South Hadley. While that case was extreme, we as a school community must behave proactively when it comes to how our students treat one and another. More important than the bullying is how we as educators and as a Jewish day school handle it. Read the rest of this post »
How to Employ Differentiated Instruction
June 1st, 2010 | Posted in AnnouncementsHow Would You Like Your Students’ Books to Talk to Them?
We all have students who comprehend better when they hear and not just read.
We all have students who could engage effectively with Torah study, but find the Hebrew instructions too great a challenge.
Now, with the wonders of technology, we can make it possible for those students to learn more independently.
Try it yourself! Download the Sample Differentiated Instruction pdf. On the first page (page 55), put your cursor on the blue “ear” icon and double-click, to hear the text read aloud. On the second page (page 56), put your cursor on the blue “loudspeaker” icon, and double-click, to hear the instructions translated into English.
Now picture your students receiving this help in your classroom.
If you would like to learn how to acquire “talking PDFs” of MaToK materials, please send an e-mail to Dr. Deborah D. Miller at demiller@jtsa.edu.
It’s Complicated
May 14th, 2010 | Posted in HeadLightsStan J. Beiner is the Head of School at The Epstein School in Sandy Springs, GA
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Announcing: Followup Day School Leadership Conference in February 2011
May 13th, 2010 | Posted in AnnouncementsDay School Leaders to Gather in Los Angeles
A Follow-up to January’s Unprecedented Success
Save the Date: February 6-8, 2011
Building on the momentum begun in January at the first North American Jewish Day School Conference, the “quartet” of PARDeS, Solomon Schechter Day School Association, the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, and RAVSAK will again convene Jewish day school leaders from across North America and across the spectrum of Jewish life for an extraordinary 3-day conference on education and school leadership.
Slated for February 6-8, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA, this convening promises to be a professional development opportunity like no other, with intensive focus on the unique value proposition of day schools: ensuring a vibrant Jewish future through Jewish literacy, commitments, and values.
Hotel information and a timeline for registration will be available at the end of the summer. For more information and regular updates, please go to: www.jewishdayschoolconference.org
Day School Leadership Conference
May 13th, 2010 | Posted in Events
Day School Leaders to Gather in Los Angeles
A Follow-up to January’s Unprecedented Success
Building on the momentum begun in January 2010 at the first North American Jewish Day School Conference, the “quartet” of PARDeS, Solomon Schechter Day School Association, the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, and RAVSAK will again convene Jewish day school leaders from across North America and across the spectrum of Jewish life for an extraordinary 3-day conference on education and school leadership.
This convening promises to be a professional development opportunity like no other, with intensive focus on the unique value proposition of day schools: ensuring a vibrant Jewish future through Jewish literacy, commitments, and values.
Hotel information and a timeline for registration will be available at the end of the summer. For more information and regular updates, please go to: www.jewishdayschoolconference.org
Also, see the Save-the-Date Flyer.
