For more information, please call Dr. Deborah Miller (212) 678-8031.

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Building on the momentum begun in January 2010 at the first North American Jewish Day School Conference, the “quartet” of PARDeS, Solomon Schechter Day School Association, the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, and RAVSAK will again convene Jewish day school leaders from across North America and across the spectrum of Jewish life for an extraordinary 3-day conference on education and school leadership.

This convening promises to be a professional development opportunity like no other, with intensive focus on the unique value proposition of day schools: ensuring a vibrant Jewish future through Jewish literacy, commitments, and values.

Hotel information and a timeline for registration will be available at the end of the summer. For more information and regular updates, please go to: www.jewishdayschoolconference.org

Also, see the Save-the-Date Flyer.

For more information, contact education@uscj.org

For more information, contact education@uscj.org

If you are interested:

• Download the Seminar Schedule
• Download the registration form – for SSDSA schools
• Download the registration form – for RAVSAK schools
• Write to education@uscj.org

We are using the Crowne Plaza Hotel at
4010 City Avenue in Philadelphia, PA.
215-477-0200

The Association is paying for one hotel room per school for Monday night, August 9th.  If you wish to come earlier or stay longer, please call the hotel and tell them you are part of our group, and book the extra night(s) yourself.

The Solomon Schechter Day School Association received a Planning Grant from the Covenant Foundation to spearhead an inter-disciplinary curricular initiative on the theme of Judaism and the Environment. At the June Retreat which took place at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County the educator teams chose a global overall theme focused on water and its meaning through a series of highly engaging exercises facilitated by the consultants from Global Kids, which will link the five pilot schools with each other. The teams agreed that there would also be an individual and site-specific component for each school-based on its local geographic and environmental circumstances and needs. The schools also agreed to incorporate an Israeli environmental project relating to water into the school’s program, in preparation for the 8th grade Israel trip (in four of the five schools), and to program at least one day of active, experiential learning while the students are in Israel . The educators requested a sourcebook that will serve teachers in their preparation of integrated curricular units and for student use, and we committed to having one developed and prepared. By the start of the new school year. It will provide Biblical, Rabbinic and contemporary Jewish texts in English and Hebrew.

Eventually, we expect that these materials will serve as a resource for all Schechter schools and the wider field.

Through a series of facilitated and guided exercises, they agreed on an over-arching theme of water (Mekor Hayim), with a particular focus on issues relating to the region where their school resides. The primary issues that the schools have selected are:

• SSDS of Bergen County — Flooding and water conservation
• SSDS of Essex & Union — Water contamination and waste seepage in the Newark area
• The Epstein School — Drought and regional sharing of water resources
• Community Day — Steel mill and industrial pollution
• Gross Schechter — Lake Erie problems and invasive organisms

There’s a natural and evident thematic connection to learning about water issues in Israel and the schools’ Israel educator will be brought into the collaborative curricular initiative at the start of the new school year. After exploring a number of digital media, the teams agreed to begin engaging their students in learning how to use mapping in their projects via Google Maps and Google Earth, incorporating videos, photos, podcasts, voice-over commentaries, and other media tools.

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Date: April 14,2010
Time: 8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Location:
The Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am
1055 South La CienegaBlvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch). Dietary Laws observed

Topics will include:

• Addressing the needs of all learners in a Jewish School
• How to support of emotional and social growth of the Schechter student
• Supporting Students in the Schechter School beyond the Classroom

Please contact Michelle Porjes, Coordinator of Student Services at the Pressman Academy at mporjes@tbala.orgor 310/652-7354 x280 to RSVP or for additional information.

A joint venture of PARDeS, the Solomon Schechter Day School Association, the Institute for University-School Partnership/Yeshiva University, and RAVSAK.
Generous stipends available.

Visit the Conference Website »

Contact info@jewishdayschoolconference.org

Post-Event Information »

The South Area Solomon Schechter Day School
One Commerce Way
Norwood, MA 02067

Topics include:
SmartBoard Hebrew
Technology and Science
Online Classrooms
Creating Your Own Classroom website, and more.
See this flyer for details:21st Century Skills Seminar

Please use the documents below to register and to find out about hotels:
Registration Form
Hotel Information