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School Policies and Procedures, Teaching and Learning
A Rodeph Sholom student’s experience of our Israel education program begins in our early childhood division and continues until they graduate in eighth grade. Like many North American Jewish day schools, Israel is...
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Prizmah Thought Leadership, Professional Leadership, Teaching and Learning
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...
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Professional Leadership, Teaching and Learning
At the heart of Hidden Sparks’ work is the belief that every child has unique talents, strengths, affinities and challenges. Teacher and student awareness of individual learning and behavior, strengths and challenges...
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Teaching and Learning
What should we be thinking as we prepare to go to synagogue this Saturday, this Shabbat, Sabbath morning? Should we be reviewing our security training? Wondering if the guard showed up? Telling ourselves that what happened in...
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Teaching and Learning
Early childhood Jewish education classrooms are bubbling with exploration and learning—and not just the children. Within everyday practice, educators use their curiosity, observations and innovative thinking to address...
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Fundraising & Development, Teaching and Learning
With a background in developmental psycholinguistics and as a Jewish day school parent, I have spent the last 40 years preoccupied with the state of Hebrew teaching and learning, especially in day schools, throughout North...
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Teaching and Learning, School Policies and Procedures
Covid has brought many opportunities and challenges to Jewish day schools. We were able to stay open, for the most part, during Covid, and this has led to a new influx of students. The problem for the Hebrew departments in...
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Teaching and Learning, School Policies and Procedures
With Covid not yet behind us but with some sense of managed normalcy, I have returned to visiting day schools across North America. While each individual school, community and region differs in approach, I am learning from...
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Teaching and Learning
Since Covid-19, schools have been shifting from face-to-face learning to hyflex models as well as technology-enhanced teaching and learning. Teachers are facing rapid change in their teaching methods and are often struggling...