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.
May 01, 2019
Other, Compliance with federal, state and local laws
In response to the recent measles outbreak, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools hosted a webinar on independent school...
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
July 10, 2019
JDS Research, Hebrew, Purposeful Leadership, Strategic Planning, Vision/ Direction Setting
A New Tense for Hebrew: Past, Present and Possible 20 case studies of Jewish day schools about how schools enact their Jewish...
July 8, 2019
Purposeful Leadership
Sample board calendar with usable template developed by BoardSource. The annual board calendar is the core of your board's work...
June 21, 2019
General Studies, Pedagogical Approaches, JDS Research
2012 and 2015 research by the AVI CHAI Foundation on the online/blended learning practices of Jewish day schools.
June 14, 2019
The word “talent” derived from a Greek term meaning balance or weight, and in Latin a talent came...
June 14, 2019
In 1997, McKinsey & Co. published a groundbreaking study of corporations that led to the 2001...
