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Notes from Small School leaders discussions April 29, 2020 Prizmah Staff: Amy Wasser, Rachel Dratch and Traci Stafford Yom Ha’atzmaut cute ideas they did this morning: Virtual tours of Israel with hands on activities Cooking...
Notes from the small school weekly check in on April 1, 2020 What is on your minds? Assessments, report cards and progress reports Focus is on parents and children still liking each other after this, focus less on rigor and...
We often hear school leaders talk about the challenges they face implementing change in their schools. Here is a curated list of HaYidion articles that deal with managing school change. A Model to Support Faculty and Build...
Visionary programs of inclusion can be found in all kinds of Jewish schools. HaYidion asked the developer of one such program at the Beth Jacob Institute of Jerusalem, among the “Ivy League” schools of the chareidi world, to...
A quest for new models that address the evolving needs and priorities among Jews, especially millennials, is a challenge for established institutions like day schools. The Lippman School, a K-8 Jewish day school in Akron...
We Jews are a people committed to listening, as evidenced by our public declaration at Mount Sinai of Na’aseh Venishma, We will do and we will listen, our shared commitment to God. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks further...
When I submitted my candidacy to become Schechter’s head of school, I was what some refer to as a “non-traditional” candidate. I had never worked in an educational setting, and while I am a parent of three kids, I did not...
If you, like me, are a child of the ’80s, it’s likely that you will remember the many public service announcements that were aired over and over, especially during Sunday morning cartoons. We kids were exhorted not to take...
Tell us about the origins of this book. BSD: The book was an elaboration and expansion of Zippy’s doctoral dissertation. Zippy and I had met through our service as school representatives on the RAVSAK board of directors and...
Principal evaluation template developed by Berman Hebrew Academy staff. This template can be used and edited as needed to help guide how you evaluate members of your leadership team.