Educational Innovation

Continuous experimentation improves learning and helps schools create a culture where learners thrive.

Prizmah creates spaces where educational innovation is generated, shared, and can flourish. Prizmah offers opportunities for leaders and educators to learn about and experiment with new classroom approaches and emerging educational priorities.

Professional Development

An investment in professional development is an investment in the success of your students, the growth of your community, and the values of your school. Prizmah supports and accelerates your schools growth by providing expert-led and data-based opportunities tailored to your schools needs. We understand Jewish day schools and the nuanced approaches that support schools and communities as they thrive.

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Professional Development

Here are some examples of topics we have developed with schools:

  • Differentiated instruction
  • Social/emotional learning in the classroom
  • Professional learning communities, teacher learning communities
  • Mentoring and coaching for school leaders
  • Creating and maintaining a positive school culture
  • Running effective and meaningful faculty meetings
  • Applying best practices in General Studies pedagogy to Judaic Studies classrooms
  • Training the trainer—with continued mentoring for trainers in schools
  • Training for Assistant Teachers
  • Arts integration in Judaic Studies classes
  • Classroom Management and Inspiration: Designing Environments for Thriving

Contact Amy Wasser, Senior Director, Prizmah School Services, to learn more

Community-based Professional Development

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Community-based Professional Development

Bring a Prizmah consulting team to your community to work with multiple schools. We can assess your communal needs and develop targeted professional development goals.




 

School Counselor Collaborative

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School Counselor Collaborative

Prizmah and Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration (AGS) present a School Counselor Collaborative. This 9-month online program convenes school counselors from Jewish day schools to learn from experts in the field of mental health and wellness, collaborate on best practices, and develop a community of practice.

Network to Learn

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Network to Learn

Prizmah Reshet Communities enable you to collaborate with and learn from peers and colleagues from across the day school field. Join one or more of these Reshet Communities focused on educational innovation:

  • Admissions Professionals
  • Alumni Professionals
  • Development Professionals
  • EdTech Administrator
  • Head of School
  • Judaic Administrator
  • Learning Specialist
  • School Counselors

Prizmah Collaboratives

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Prizmah Collaboratives

A Prizmah Collaborative brings professionals from different schools together to work toward a deliverable--a program, approach, or curriculum—that they can use in their own schools and share with the field. Recent collaboratives have developed new approaches to Israel education, designed student life initiatives, and reimagined school calendars.
 
Collaborative participants exchange ideas, share challenges and successes, and learn from experts in the field. Collaboratives can be in-person or virtual.

For more information on our work in this area, contact our Director for Educational Innovation, Rachel Levitt Klein Dratch.

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