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Programs and Offerings

Prizmah programs offer valuable professional growth and learning opportunities, both in person, and online, to advance the work of school leaders and lay leaders, and help schools accomplish big goals. Through cohort-based learning opportunities, webinars, workshops, meetups, and in-person gatherings, find the right offering to help you, your school, and community thrive.

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Programs and Offerings

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Prizmah Conference 2025

Come together with more than 1,000 professional and lay leaders from the Prizmah network of more than 300 schools for three days of high-quality learning and opportunities to build connections and collaborate.

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Prizmah Conference Archive

Every other year Prizmah hosts a gathering of more than 1,000 Jewish day school and yeshiva professionals and stakeholders. Browse the archive to see highlights from these defining moments.

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Leadership

We believe in the power of leaders to transform schools. Investing in your school professional and lay leaders drives organizational success and supports visionaries with the skills and knowledge to lead vibrant centers of Jewish learning and community.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

YOU Lead

This leadership development program provides a research-informed, cohort-based, and highly personalized leadership development experience for school professionals who aspire to deepen their leadership capacity in their current role, and for roles they will hold in the future. Over nine months of synchronous and asynchronous learning with expert coaching and mentoring, you will gain the practical tools, resources, skills, and knowledge you – and your school – need to excel. Learn more.

Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI)

This premier fellowship for new and aspiring heads of Jewish day schools is a two year, cohort- based learning opportunity to hone skills and develop  strong relationships that new and aspiring heads need to continue striving forward.

Mentors provide engaging experiential learning opportunities, cutting-edge leadership development, ongoing coaching, and space to collaboratively problem-solve with a cohort of peers. Learn more.

Orthodox Women In Leadership Cohort

A highly responsive leadership development program, Orthodox Women In Leadership Cohort provides a meaningful, cohort-based experience for Orthodox women who are navigating the complexities of their professional and personal roles. Learn more.

New Heads Cohort

This multi-dimensional year-long cohort experience is tailored to support the needs of new heads of school in the Jewish day school field usually within the first or second year of headship. This uniquely designed cohort provides a supportive network and resources, equipping new heads to engage in successful onboarding processes, align with school board leadership, and feel  supported by a strong community. Learn more.

Consulting

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School Advancement

Preparing for the Jewish future means ensuring our schools have access to all possible resources to maintain and leverage positive momentum and growth. Prizmah’s offerings in school advancement expand on a broad range of priorities that all point toward stability and sustainability for the next generation.

Affordability

Affordability is a cornerstone of accessibility in Jewish day school education. It directly impacts your school’s mission, enrollment, and financial health. Through school and community-based affordability initiatives, you can address families’ immediate financial concerns while making quality Jewish education accessible to more of your community. Empowering your Jewish day school community to tackle affordability challenges head-on has never been more achievable. Learn more.

Consulting

 

Development and Fundraising

Every year, day school leaders devote significant energy to raise the funds needed for annual operations and capital needs. Participating in Prizmah’s offerings for professionals and lay leaders gives your school access to leading trends and replicable models to maximize the strategies you employ to raise funds.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

Development Professionals Reshet Communities

Reshet communities are online forums for colleagues from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to network, share resources, and collaborate. Find the Reshet that is right for you.

Development Professionals Meetups

Meetups are recurring online facilitated programs that offer school professionals the opportunity to network, engage in conversations, strategize, access valuable tools and resources with colleagues from schools across North America. Register for a meetup today.

 

Endowment

Securing your Jewish day school’s financial stability is not just a budget-balancing goal; endowments ensure the continuity of quality Jewish education in your community for the future. Join a movement of forward-thinking Jewish day schools and philanthropists committed to long-term sustainability and excellence in education. Learn more.

Consulting

Community Endowment Training Institute

This uniquely customized and collaborative approach to building robust endowments combines expert guidance with peer learning to empower your school’s leadership. Learn more.

 

Enrollment

In today’s competitive educational landscape, a strategic and dynamic enrollment process is crucial for the growth and sustainability of your Jewish day school. By investing in your enrollment strategy, you are not just filling seats, but cultivating a thriving, diverse community that aligns with your school’s mission and ensures its long-term success in providing quality Jewish education. Learn more.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

Engage: Growing School and Community Partnerships

Engage is a cohort-based program that offers grant funding for Jewish day schools and their local PJ Library partners to create community engagements designed to attract families to schools and increase Jewish day school enrollment. Learn more.

Pillars: Building Strategic Admission Practice

This cohort-based ten month leadership development experience is uniquely tailored to serve the needs of both seasoned and new admission professionals aspiring to deepen skills and leadership capacity both in their current and future roles. Through peer-to-peer work and expertly led online modules, participants will find tune skills to strategically increase enrollment and retention in schools. Learn more.

Admission Professionals Reshet Communities

Reshet communities are online forums for colleagues from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to network, share resources, and collaborate. Find the Reshet that is right for you.

Admission Professionals Meetups

Meetups are recurring online facilitated programs that offer school professionals the opportunity to network, engage in conversations, strategize, access valuable tools and resources with colleagues from schools across North America. Register for a meetup today.

Consulting

Admission Coaching

Create a customized coaching plan to meet your school’s unique enrollment needs. This engagement includes a comprehensive review of feedback and recommendations for your school’s admission process, a deep dive into struction and communication channels, and specific, actionable recommendations to streamline and improve your admission procedures. Learn more.

Data Collections, Reporting, and Analytics

Transform your admission data into a strategic asset to drive informed decisions for your school. After reviewing your current data collection and systems, our consulting team will evaluate efficiency and effectiveness and offer tailored recommendations to enhance your reporting to support your school’s admission goals and make the most strategic data-driven decisions. Learn more.

Strategic Enrollment Planning

Our team of experts will partner with you to develop SMART enrollment goals that meet your school’s unique needs and vision. Together, we will create an implementation calendar that seamlessly integrates admission, marketing, and development activities, and we will craft data driven retention strategies to maximize student continuity and community engagement. Learn more.

 

Governance and Lay Leadership

Strong school governance ensures a thriving Jewish day school by cultivating and growing effective leadership and strategic decision-making. By investing in governance training, your school empowers its leaders and lays the foundation for long-term success and sustainability. Learn more.

Consulting

 

Marketing and Communications

How do you share your day school’s story within and beyond the walls of your campus? Showcasing the value of your school to prospective parents, donors, and supporters requires deep awareness of your audience and the ability to customize your messaging. More than just brochures, websites, and newsletters, good day school marketing and communication starts with understanding how to cultivate meaningful relationships with all your school’s stakeholders.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

Marketing and Communications Reshet Community

Reshet communities are online forums for colleagues from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to network, share resources, and collaborate. Find the Reshet that is right for you.

Marketing and Communications Meetup

Meetups are recurring online facilitated programs that offer school professionals the opportunity to network, engage in conversations, strategize, access valuable tools and resources with colleagues from schools across North America. Register for a meetup today.

 

Strategic Planning

In an ever-evolving educational landscape, a well-crafted strategy must take into account opportunities and strengths and enable you to meet your school’s goals. By engaging in this journey towards strategic decision-making, you're not just planning for tomorrow–you are actively shaping the future of your school. Learn more.

Consulting

Strategic Planning

Create a strategic plan that articulates your school’s vision and aligns with your resources and priorities to create a roadmap for sustainable growth and educational excellence. Learn more.

Strategic Assessments

Work with Prizmah consultants to equip you with the data you need to make thoughtful and impactful decisions for the future of your school. Our expert team will work with your school’s leadership to determine areas of focus, ask hard questions, and align your priorities. Learn more.

Educational Excellence

At the core of the work of Jewish day schools are the students and your deep commitment to providing them with the highest quality educational experience. Investing in educational excellence results in positive outcomes for all stakeholders and brings your school closer to actualizing the ultimate goal of success for all learners.

Mental Health: Student and Faculty Support

In a Jewish day school, education is not limited to the curriculum or classroom. Teachers and school professionals all play a role in fostering intellectual and spiritual growth alongside physical and emotional well-being. In recent years Prizmah has devoted significant resources to emerging needs in mental health education, supporting faculty as they model, promote, and teach healthy minds.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

Mental Health Summit

Each spring, Prizmah hosts The Mental Health Summit, an online gathering of hundreds of mental health professionals, learning specialists, and school leaders to engage in high-level learning and collaboration around mental health challenges and opportunities in Jewish day schools and yeshivas. Learn more.

School Counselor Cohort

During nine months of online cohort-based learning and network building, school counselors and mental health professionals from day schools across North America gain the practical tools, research, and knowledge needed to thrive as they support students, faculty, and families. Learn more.

Consulting

Supporting Mental Health In Jewish Day Schools Workshop Series

This community based program engages with a local partner to bring a series of workshops to school counselors and other school affiliated mental health providers from area day schools. It is an opportunity to provide meaningful professional learning for school counselors that is tailored to the unique and multifaceted role they play in supporting the social-emotional development and mental health of students. We will collaborate to select a topic that is relevant to the participants and elevates the vital work they do across the community’s schools. Learn more.

Designing Classrooms that Support All Learners

Prizmah experts will guide your team through a process of understanding how to design teaching and learning that incorporates research-based best practices. Together we will identify their schools strengths and needs, and collaboratively design an individualized plan for how to facilitate teacher growth in supporting all learners. Learn more.

Growth Plan for Educational Support Services

We partner with school leaders and educational support staff to identify multiple sources of data that will inform the process, including survey, interview, focus groups, classroom observation, and student assessment results. Our team collects, analyzes and interprets the data, and produces a comprehensive report with recommendations for moving forward. Learn more.

 

Jewish Life and Learning

Jewish life and culture is at the heart of our Jewish day schools. The seamless integration and infusion of Judaism is unique to day schools as it creates a fully immersive environment where students are surrounded by deep rooted traditions, values, and texts alongside their general studies curricula, fostering a strong sense of identity and knowledge.

Cohort-Based Programs and Offerings

Jewish Climate Leadership Collaborative

The Collaborative is a part of the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, a network of Jewish community organizations. Organizations develop Climate Action Plans outlining the strategic priorities of their climate work by setting goals for both reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mobilizing broader networks around climate action in the coming year. When organizations join the Coalition, their chief executive or rabbi signs the Coalition Founding Statement and designates a staff liaison to coordinate their organization’s climate action work. Learn more.

Reshet Communities

Reshet communities are online forums for colleagues from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to network, share resources, and collaborate. Find the Reshet that is right for you.

  • Judaic studies administrators
  • Learning specialists
  • EdTech professionals
  • Israel education

Meetups

Meetups are recurring online facilitated programs that offer school professionals the opportunity to network, engage in conversations, strategize, access valuable tools and resources with colleagues from schools across North America. Register for a meetup today.

  • Judaic studies administrators
  • Learning specialists
  • EdTech professionals
Consulting

Judaic Studies Curriculum Mapping

Define measurable learning outcomes for your Judaic studies curriculum, and identify where these goals are taught and assessed within and across subject areas and grade levels. Learn more.

Jewish Life and Learning Mapping

Work with Prizmah experts to articulate goals around facilitating student development as engaged and committed Jews. Examine both curricular and cocurricular activities that support these goals, as well as identify any gaps or misalignment. Learn more.

Network

A strong network is crucial to the strength of the North American Jewish day school field. Through facilitated engagement and connection, schools and Prizmah are able to respond rapidly to needs, gain support and wisdom from experts and peers, and collaborate effectively on field-wide efforts. The Prizmah Network is built on the belief that peer-to-peer learning and strong relationships strengthen our schools and communities for many years to come. Learn more.

Offerings

Join a Reshet Community

Reshet communities are online forums for colleagues from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to network, share resources, and collaborate. Find the Reshet that is right for you.

Networking Opportunities and Meetups

Meetups are recurring online facilitated programs that offer school professionals the opportunity to network, engage in conversations, strategize, access valuable tools and resources with colleagues from schools across North America. Register for a meetup today.

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