Professional Leadership
Unlocking Our Powers to Think Creatively
Professional Leadership
In Hebrew, the root of the word imagination is ד.מ.ה, and the root of the word “human” is א.ד.מ. The similarity between
Finding Joy and Harnessing Creativity
Professional Leadership
Walk in to just about any Jewish day school or yeshiva, and you are bound to smile. Whether it is the colorful
A Conference for Imagining What is Possible
Professional Leadership
When I first encountered this quotation, by the author and social activist bell hooks, I was stopped in my tracks: “The function
Every School Should be a Lab School
Professional Leadership, School Policies and Procedures
A lab school (short for laboratory school) is a space designed to ideate, explore and test new educational models and methods, incubating
Partnerships for New Head Success
Professional Leadership
The first year of the Jewish day school headship is a challenging and pivotal moment in a leader's career, and supporting new
Tough Times Don't Last; Tough Teams Do
Professional Leadership
Last year, faced with a slowly dissolving administrative team in my first year as a head of school, a very wise, successful
Finding Strength in Otherness: Women's Leadership in an Orthodox School
Professional Leadership, School Policies and Procedures
In her pivotal work In A Different Voice, Carol Gilligan lays out the concept that women are “living at once inside and
Empowering Rising Leaders: Fostering Leadership Among Orthodox Women
Professional Leadership
An interview with Ann and Jeremy Pava on empowering rising leaders and fostering leadership among orthodox women
Supporting New Administrators In and Out of School
Professional Leadership, School Policies and Procedures
The impact of Covid has, of course, exacerbated many challenges. School communities have not been immune to society’s “great resignation” culture. Some
Vive la Différence: A Diverse JDS Leadership Model
Human Resources, Professional Leadership
Our female educational leaders and classroom teachers should not attempt to simulate what their male counterparts do; they should create a distinctly
Leading Lessons: Voices and Visions of Women in Jewish Educational Leadership
Professional Leadership
When I sent an email to over three dozen female colleagues asking if they would share their challenges, successes and guidance for
Problems, Solutions, and Generations
Professional Leadership
In Tractate Megillah, Reish Lakish teaches that God doesn’t afflict the Jewish people without first creating a remedy. That idea doesn’t justify