Day School Teachers

Are there unique qualities and characteristics that we expect—and find—among day school teachers? Is there sufficient infrastructure to train teachers in the numbers needed by day schools, and do schools support those teachers sufficiently to grow and retain them?

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Winter 2013

Articles From This Issue

“Adorn Yourself”: Mindful Model Learners

Jaimi Boehm and Devin Villareal
I Am a Teacher, I am a Text

Joshua Rabin
What Makes a Jewish Day School Teacher? The Connection Between Passion and Teaching

Sarah Levy
Jewish Educators Walk the Walk

Frumie Posner
What Day Schools Need Is... More Cool Teachers

Judd Levingston
From the Editor

Dr. Barbara Davis
Mentoring: A Key to Teacher Retention

Jamie Faith Woods
From the desk of Rebekah Farber, RAVSAK Chair

Rebekah Farber
Every Teacher Needs a Teacher

Shiffy Landa
Dear Cooki

Cooki Levy
What Does It Take to Teach Israel?

Jonah Hassenfeld
Inverting the Triangle: Reimagining This So-Called Profession

Barbara Rosenblit
Teaching Los Angeles / Teaching Tel-Aviv: The Lessons That Last

Bat-hen Zeron
State of the Field: Teacher Training for Day Schools

Dr. Rona Novick, Dr. Shira D. Epstein, Dr. Susan Wall, Dr. Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Amy Ament, Dr. Miriam Heller Stern
Painting a Teacher Portrait

Nancy Pryzant Picus
School Quality Depends on Teacher Quality

Eran Tamir
A Model to Support Faculty and Build Morale

Jill Kessler
Don’t Forget the Teacher When Teaching with Technology

Jared Matas
The Pew Survey and Day Schools: Opening Ourselves to New Possibilities?

Jonathan Woocher
Teachers in our Schools

RAVSAK