Knowledge Center
Welcome to the Prizmah Knowledge Center
An online knowledge center with resources for Jewish day school professional and lay leaders. Content is updated regularly. Questions? Comments? Feedback? Contact Odelia Epstein at OdeliaE@Prizmah.org.
March 01, 2019
Community Building Inside & Out
As you prepare to speak with your faculty, students, and community about today’s reality, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools...
February 21, 2019
Every month, we are thrilled to receive requests to publicize wonderful events, opportunities, and resources. Please keep in mind...
March 01, 2019
Security
Day schools from coast to coast, along with other Jewish institutions, have been targeted with bomb threats. Below you will find...
Affordability
Middle income affordability, creative tuition models and other affordability resources.
Fundraising & Development
Annual campaign, endowment campaign, marketing, federation and more resources.
Governance
Purposeful leadership, board roles, committees, board-head partnership, search, strategic planning and more resources.
Professional Leadership
Instructional leadership, community building, vision, personnel development and more resources.
Recruitment and Retention
Admissions, recruitment, retention, impact of day school and more resources.
Teaching and Learning
Pedagogy, PD, Hebrew, Israel, judaics/ kodesh, general studies, inclusion and more resources.
Latest Resources
March 25, 2019
Board Roles & Responsibilities, Board Committees, Board-Head of School Partnership
What is a Head Support and Evaluation Committee (HSEC)? How is it composed and what are its responsibilities? What does a process...
March 25, 2019
Purposeful Leadership
Presentation from the 2019 Prizmah Conference that explores how Jewish Day School boards function and ways we can implement...
March 22, 2019
Impact of Day School
2007 research comissioned by PEJE and conducted by Brandeis University, What Difference Does Day School Make? The Impact of Day...
March 20, 2019
Community Engagement
"Parents’ perceptions of the school play a critical role in Jewish day school (JDS) enrollment. In supermarkets and synagogues,...
March 20, 2019
Admissions, Hiring
2018-2019 Jewish day school admission director salary data by school enrollment size. Data source is DASL, an NAIS data...
