Program Plan and Requirements
There is no fee to participate in the Engage program.
- Schools receive a grant generously funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Lisa and Arieh Coll, and Prizmah toward engagements.
- Participating Jewish day schools receive a grant of $2,500 to support engagements or initiatives.
- PJ Library Program Partners receive $500 toward their participation.
Accepted Engage program schools and PJ Library Partners will commit to the following:
- Plan a minimum of four new or expanded engagements throughout the school year.
- Collaborate with one another to develop, plan, and implement engagements.
- Admission professionals attend 12 (monthly) virtual one-hour sessions which offer:
- Skill strengthening in capacities critical for engagement including, relationship-building, stewardship, market segmentation, communication/marketing, program planning, use of data, and more.
- A supportive and informative network of professionals in which participants lean into each other to strengthen their practice.
- Specialized training on how to mobilize ambassadors from their school to support engagements.
- Collect engagement data and deployment of participant surveys.
- Promote PJ Library subscriptions to participants throughout the program.