Beste Center For Schools podcasts (2024)

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Research Encounter: Playing in the Classroom, Not Just on the Playground 53:53

5d ago53:53

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What would happen if schools thought of play as not just some fun release that takes place outside of the "serious" work, but as integral to the task of education? Learn what play is and why it's so important, and explore the different ways that our schools incorporate play into different aspects of the student day. The conversation is inspired by …

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Prizmah Podcast Live: How AI Can Help Jewish Education 53:35

18d ago53:35

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AI may be the greatest thing to happen to Jewish education since unicode. And it may even be bigger than that. AI is still in its infancy, and it's already allowing teachers to do so much. Join this podcast to dive into how AI can help with note-taking, studying, essay writing, and more – and why that's a good thing. We talk about how it can help t…

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Research Encounter: Teaching Israel 55:28

2M ago55:28

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This podcast, based on the volume Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field, edited by Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, focuses on Israel teachers in the classroom. Who teaches our students about Israel, and in what contexts? How do Israel educators think about their role--as an "explorer" or "exemplar"? What happens when a "micromoment" ar…

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Community Collaboration: Raising All Boats 52:45

3M ago52:45

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Often, Jewish schools operate in isolation; "teamwork" may mean partnership among the team of administrators, or the head of school with the board. A new initiative in Boston, Stronger Together, aims to foster a culture of collaboration among the city's 14 day schools and yeshivas to explore opportunities for shared success. Explore how the project…

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Prizmah Podcast Live | Addressing the Pipeline Problem: Maimonides Fellows Program 59:53

6M ago59:53

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ADDRESSING THE PIPELINE PROBLEM: MAIMONIDES FELLOWS PROGRAM Explore an initiative that aims to address the national issue of fewer and fewer talented and inspiring adults choosing to become teachers or stay in the field of education. This podcast dives into how the Maimonides School, a Modern Orthodox school in Brookline, Massachusetts, decided to …

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Research Encounter: Educating About Israel Since October 7 49:41

8M ago49:41

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How have our educators been impacted by, and adapted to, the horrific attacks against Israel that took place on October 7 and the ensuing war in Gaza? The starting point for this conversation is the study "Responding to This Historical Moment: Jewish Educators, Clergy, Engagement Professionals and the War in Israel." Hear about the emotional challe…

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Prizmah Podcast Live: Building Schools From Scratch | Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons Learned 58:32

8M ago58:32

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What does it take to build a school from scratch? Especially a school as sophisticated as a Jewish day school. In this podcast, we sit down with Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl, who throughout his career has taken three schools from concept to reality. Most recently, in August 2023, he helped open the Jewish Leadership Academy in Miami, Florida. The Jewish Lead…

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Bearing Witness 46:54

10M ago46:54

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Four heads of school from the Bay Area talk about a mission they took together to Israel during the current war. They depict what it's like in their schools during this time, with heightened antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment in the region. Their schools are serving as places of refuge, as centers of Jewish pride where people organize oppositio…

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Prizmah Podcast Live - The Milken Way 56:09

11M ago56:09

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Learn about the The Milken Way, a unique set of ideas and values that guides how Milken Community School, one of the largest Jewish day schools in North America, operates and thinks about customer service. As Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” …

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Prizmah Podcast Live: The Tikkun Project - Living Out Our Mission 56:50

1y ago56:50

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School mission statements articulate a hope that through our educational programs, help students gain the knowledge, skills and inclinations needed to make positive change. By putting Tikkun Olam at the core of K-8 programs, Leo Baeck Day School in Toronto has learned how to help students learn to connect their actions to Jewish values. Learn how a…

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Research Encounter _ Power Tools, Paper Weaving, Tightrope Walking: Purposes and Methods of Jewish Arts Education 1:02:40

1+ y ago1:02:40

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Listen to a far-ranging podcast and expand your understanding of what Jewish arts education is and can be. Explore how one teacher sets up an artists beit midrash, and how students go about creating art from tefillah. Hear how students at another school pass through a collaborative, multilayered iterative process from study to the creation of objec…

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Research Encounter: Foundation for Life-Excellence in Jewish Early Childhood Education 56:31

1+ y ago56:31

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Learn about the vital, sophisticated work of Reggio-inspired Jewish early childhood educators from two day school administrators and a field leader who is also the author of a recent dissertation. The conversation ranges from the ways that educators understand the minds of young students to the development of Jewish identity and creativity, with a …

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Prizmah Podcast Live: Jewish History -The Core Element of a Jewish Day School Education ( Whether You Realize It or Not) 56:40

1+ y ago56:40

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Where does Jewish history live in your curriculum, culture, and approach to education at your school? Jewish history is central to Jewish education, and can be a locus of meaning, authority, and knowledge for all Jewish day school students. Listen to this interesting discussion with Rachel Bergstein, Director of the Center for Excellence and Engage…

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Podcast Live: Organizational Structure as a Driver for Institutional Alignment and Change 50:02

2y ago50:02

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Learn from Rebecca Lurie and Dr. Jonah Hassenfeld how a leadership team structure that is aligned with institutional values has the capacity to effect impactful and sustained change within a school environment. Explore the process by which the organizational structure of Schechter Boston was transformed into a distributed leadership model. This Pod…

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Prizmah Podcast Live: Teaching Towards an Ethical Democracy 50:23

2y ago50:23

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How can Jewish schools ensure that their graduates go on to be stewards of democracy? And how can Jewish educators teach students to connect Jewish ethics to the practices of citizenship? The Brandeis School of San Francisco has been wrestling with these questions since the 2016 election cycle. Hear from head of school Dr. Dan Glass about how Brand…

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Research Encounter: Embracing the Joys and the ”Muckiness” of Israel Education 1:04:27

2+ y ago1:04:27

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Debby Artz-Mor, director of Jewish learning at the Brandeis School in San Francisco, and Rabbi David Stein, Judaics studies principal at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles, join Sivan Zakai to discuss her new longitudinal study of Israel education , My Second Favorite Country. They consider understandings of "age-appropriate" learning that can im…

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Research Encounter: How Gender Impacts Education 48:25

2+ y ago48:25

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How do students internalize and act out gender narratives in their relationships to their school, to different subjects, to their teachers and other students? How do teachers sometimes reinforce gender roles in the classroom, in ways that can harm students' confidence and limit their expression? Heads of school Jason Feld (Northwest Yeshiva High Sc…

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Research Encounter: Educating Jewish Producers 47:49

2+ y ago47:49

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What are we trying to achieve in Jewish education? What do martial arts have to teach us about pedagogy for Jewish learning? How do we think about community and autonomy, tradition and innovation, in day schools? Brandeis education professor Jon Levisohn is joined by heads of school Stephanie Ives at Beit Rabban in Manhattan and Rafi Cashman at Net…

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Podcast Live: Making Diversity A Strength In A Polarized Age 56:28

2+ y ago56:28

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At the center of the mission of Luria Academy is diversity as a core value. But what happens when you’ve achieved your goal and you have created a uniquely diverse community? What does it mean to be in relationship with people whose religious practice is different from yours? How do our students learn to approach one another from a place of curiosi…

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Prizmah Podcast Live: Creating a Culture of Storytellers 58:09

2+ y ago58:09

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We are the story we tell ourselves. In 2019, parents and school leaders at Brandeis Marin, a K-8 Jewish day school located in San Rafael, CA, began exploring ways to create a storytelling and story-capturing culture to enable deep, authentic and consistent connection within the school community. When the pandemic hit, the Brandeis Marin school comm…

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Research Corner: What We Learned from Online Learning 43:05

2+ y ago43:05

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Now that Covid is waning and classrooms feel close to the old normal, what have we learned from two years of online and hybrid pedagogy? Despite the challenges and drawbacks, are there things that remote learning enabled that we might preserve as we move forward? Hear a university researcher and two day school educators reflect on what was achieved…

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Research Encounter: Behind the Gates. Looking Inside Day Schools. 44:30

3y ago44:30

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Alex Pomson and Jack Wertheimer, authors of the recent book Inside Jewish Day Schools: Leadership, Learning and Community, speak with two school leaders featured in the book, Erica Rothblum and Ami Neuman, about the stories that their schools tell as well as larger stories of the field. They reflect upon how to tell our stories, what stories have e…

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An Innovative Model for Teacher Training - The School As A Teaching Hospital 58:16

3y ago58:16

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Finding great teachers today seems harder than ever. According to a recent survey, 75% of first year teachers report that they were insufficiently prepared to meet the needs of students. At the same time, recruitment and retention challenges are leading to severe teacher shortages in schools across the country. We believe the solution for recruitin…

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Research Encounter: Teacher Learning and Growth 50:16

3y ago50:16

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What are Jewish schools doing to ensure that professional development is excellent and a top school priority? This conversation featuring Tammy Anagnostis, dean of Golda Och Academy's lower school, Rabbi Maccabee Avishur, academic dean and general studies principal at Heichal Hatorah, Dr. Arielle Levites, managing director of CASJE, Suzanne Mishkin…

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Start Up Day School: What is Institutional Advancement? 25:26

3y ago25:26

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Two directors of institutional advancement, Mandi Miller of Beth Tfiloh Dahan in Baltimore and Stephanie Bash-Soudry of Golda Och Academy in West Orange, New Jersey, delve into the nature of their role. They talk about the kinds of teamwork they perform with the administrative team and the faculty, and they discuss their work in ensuring that their…

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Prizmah Podcasts Live: The School as a Thinking Instituion 50:31

3y ago50:31

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The Jewish school is positioned at the nexus of the individual, the family and the community, bringing to light the opportunities and challenges of being a committed Jew in the modern world. The school can become a center for teacher learning and research. This can give teachers a public intellectual voice and ensure a vibrant, dynamic, entrepreneu…

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JEIC God Interviews Series: Who is God and What is Belief? 38:22

3+ y ago38:22

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Rabbi Shmuel Feld interviews Rabbi David Aaron, Dean and Rosh Yeshiva of Orayta in Jerusalem on how to approach conversations about God with Jewish day school students. He asserts that belief should give people’s lives greater vitality and meaning rather than disempowering them. Produced by the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC).…

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JEIC God Interviews Series: Believing That and Believing In - Dynamic Faith in God 33:45

3+ y ago33:45

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Rabbi Shmuel Feld interviews Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, Dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education at Hebrew College Boston, on how to approach conversations about God with Jewish day school students. Rabbi Dr. Shire distinguishes between teaching about the essence of God and the experience of God. Produced by the Jewish Education Innov…

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JEIC God Interviews: Sharing Our Vulnerability and Authentic Selves When Talking about God 44:24

3+ y ago44:24

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Rabbi Shmuel Feld interviews Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky, Director of SHIVITI in Jerusalem, on how to approach conversations about God with Jewish day school students. She suggests that discussing belief is not necessarily about certainty in God; belief is about helping students find meaning in living in a Jewish way. Produced by the Jewish Educat…

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Research Encounter: Envisioning Jewish Education 40:44

3+ y ago40:44

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Ben Jacobs and Barry Chazan of George Washington University are joined by Rebecca Schorsch (Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, Chicago) and Hillel Broder (HALB, Long Island) to discuss "18 x 18," a blueprint for Jewish education that proposes areas of knowledge and experience that Jews should obtain by the age of 18.…

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Start-Up Day School: Leadership Coaching 37:26

3+ y ago37:26

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Heads of school C. B. Neugroschl (Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls) and Rabbi Menachem Linzer (Hillel Torah) along with leadership coach Jane Taubenfeld Cohen join Josh Gold in a discussion of leadership coaching: what it is, how it works, why school leaders need it.Door Prizmah:CJDS

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Start Up Day School: Positive Psychology in Jewish Schools 27:55

3+ y ago27:55

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Two psychologists, Dr. Yali Werzberger, director of guidance and pupil personnel services at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR), and Dr. Mordechai Schiffman, assistant professor at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, join Josh Gold in a timely discussion of the principles of positive psychology, …

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Research Encounter: Gender, Class and Young Jewish Women 30:49

3+ y ago30:49

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How do we support girls in the transition from middle school to high school? Joni Fishman, middle school dean of students at the Rashi School in Dedham, Massachusetts, speaks with researcher Cheryl Weiner about Rosh Chodesh groups, SEL, and ways that girls think of themselves and their overlapping identities as they enter the cusp of adulthood.…

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Start-Up Day School: Torah, Forest Baths, and Environmental Education 23:54

4y ago23:54

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Yosef Gillers and Sara Just-Michaels, co-directors of Grow Torah, join Josh Gold to discuss their work leading a team of environmental educators employed in many day schools and camps. They explore their philosophy and pedagogy and the benefits of this learning for students.Door Prizmah:CJDS

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Research Encounter: Preparations for Success During Covid 40:19

4y ago40:19

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Professor Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary talks with Cheryl Maayan, head of the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in St. Louis, and Steven Lorch, head of Kadimah Day School in Los Angeles, about how Jewish day schools have fared during the pandemic. Wertheimer proposes trends that have set up many day schools for success in t…

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"Driving the Car": Project-Based Learning in Jewish Education 26:34

4y ago26:34

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Tikvah Wiener, founding head of The Idea School in Tenafly, New Jersey, joins Josh Gold to discuss the goals and impact of project-based learning, the educational philosophy upon which her school is based. They talk about student agency, self-actualization and reaching deeper levels of knowledge.Door Prizmah:CJDS

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Start-Up Day School: Collaborating with Students 25:00

4y ago25:00

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Dr. Eliana Lipsky, middle school principal at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland, discusses ways that her team works with students to help strengthen their sense of agency, through collaborative problem-solving and the study and practice of leadership.Door Prizmah:CJDS

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Reflecting on and Learning from Jewish Day School Boards 45:33

4y ago45:33

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Daniella Pressner and Moshe Werthan, head of school and board member at the Akiva School in Nashville, Tennessee, discuss their experiences of working with board members, the challenges and successes that their board has seen, and the culture that they try to cultivate on the board. They are joined by Alex Pomson, principal and managing director of…

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Research Encounter: What Do Students Really Think of High School Talmud? 42:45

4+ y ago42:45

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Dr. Arielle Levites, managing director of CASJE, Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, and Rabbi Jethro Berkman, dean of Jewish education at Gann Academy in Waltham, Massachusetts, reflect upon the findings of a study into student responses to their Talmud education. They consider the possible shortcomings of Talmud curriculum and ped…

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Turning Challenge into Opportunity under COVID 24:35

4+ y ago24:35

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Daniel Weiss, head of the Bornblum Jewish Community School in Memphis, discusses running a school under COVID: adapting to changing needs and conditions of education, new opportunities that may be arising now that will reap benefits later, and holding on to a school's vision and strategic plan.Door Prizmah:CJDS

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Research Encounter: Teaching the Students, Not Jewish Identity 31:50

4+ y ago31:50

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Dr. Tali Zelkowicz, Director of Curriculum and Research at the Wexner Foundation, and Dr. Sarah Shulkind, head of Milken Community Schools in Los Angeles, examine the perils of teaching for Jewish identity. They consider how a focus on identity outcomes can overburden the Jewish studies classroom with unrealistic expectations that go against what w…

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Research Encounter: Strengthening Jewish Studies with Insights from Cognitive Science 30:30

4+ y ago30:30

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Dr. Moshe Krakowski, Director of the Graduate Program at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University, and Rabbi Daniel Alter, head of The Moriah School in Englewood, New Jersey, discuss findings from the Science of Learning (cognitive science) and how they can inform Jewish Studies. They look at techniqu…

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Hearing the song beneath the words: Active listening strategies for school leaders 27:52

4+ y ago27:52

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Bracha Rutner, assistant principal at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls ("Central"), participates in a discussion on active listening and empathy. She and Josh explore the changing paradigm of good teaching, which requires teachers to be good listeners more than good speakers and to foster authentic dialogue between students. They also p…

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Start-Up Day School: Want to Effect Positive Behavior Changes in Students? Be their Coach. 29:36

4+ y ago29:36

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Rabbi Yaakov Sadigh, the head of school at HANC, the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, joins Josh for a conversation about student behavior and support. They focus on shifting the ways that teachers and administrators work with students, especially regarding behavioral and social-emotional issues, from a punitive approach to one of guidance rooted i…

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Research Encounter: Putting Creativity at the Heart of Jewish Schooling 34:39

4+ y ago34:39

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Dr. Miriam Heller Stern, National Director of the HUC-JIR School of Education in Los Angeles, and Susie Tanchel, head of school at JCDS Boston, talk about creativity as a vital component of a school’s mission and vision. They explore how the school's conception of creativity can be guided by Jewish values, and ways that it can inform school culture…

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