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An interview with Ann and Jeremy Pava on empowering rising leaders and fostering leadership among orthodox women
The impact of Covid has, of course, exacerbated many challenges. School communities have not been immune to society’s “great resignation” culture. Some teachers have left the profession; others remain but feel burned out...
Our female educational leaders and classroom teachers should not attempt to simulate what their male counterparts do; they should create a distinctly female paradigm for education and leadership. Boys and girls should be...
When I sent an email to over three dozen female colleagues asking if they would share their challenges, successes and guidance for other aspiring women leaders, I did not imagine the overwhelming reaction. Within minutes the...
In Tractate Megillah, Reish Lakish teaches that God doesn’t afflict the Jewish people without first creating a remedy. That idea doesn’t justify bad things happening. But when we face complex challenges, we might already have...
2023-2024 Head of School base salary data from DASL compensation section. This information is based on data collected from 75 Jewish day schools and yeshivas based in the US and Canada.
Prizmah and authors Alex Pomson and Jack Wertheimer through their exploration of nine day school communities, identifying key characteristics that make schools and their leaders successful. The book is the anecdotal evidence...
Now that Covid is waning and classrooms feel close to the old normal, what have we learned from two years of online and hybrid pedagogy? Despite the challenges and drawbacks, are there things that remote learning enabled that...
At Prizmah we have had the joy of creating all sorts of professional development experiences, some with partner organizations and some on our own, working with each school to tailor the program for their specific needs and...
This summer will mark nine years since The Idea Institute (formerly the I.D.E.A. Schools Network) first started running the Summer Sandbox, a professional development conference for teachers interested in learning how to...