Resources & Research
The Jewish Education Project is actively tracking trends and opportunities related to educational innovation. We have also learned a great deal from our previous projects and gleaned significant insights and resources that we are sharing here. Through curated resources and original research, we help educators and Jewish communal leaders better understand – and more effectively address – how to adapt models, respond to new research, and hold onto the best of what we have already re-imagined. You can browse or sort through our resources below and you will find them spread throughout our site, labeled Related Resources.
Leadership
Noah Mencow Hichenberg’s letter to his staff at the Saul and Carole Zabar Nursery School, JCC Manhattan in NYC the day after the Presidential Election, November 9, 2016.
Educator Spotlight
How can blended learning improve student engagement? Jenna Kraft, teacher at Scheck Hillel Community School and participant in DigitalJLearning's JBlend Miami cohort, explains how she engages students in a station-rotation model. She also shares digital storytelling projects and how blended learning has helped those for whom English is a second language.
Research
UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING JEWISH TEENS TODAY. Learn where our current work with Teen professionals is taking the 14 Outcomes. Resources relating to engaging Jewish teens have been assembled here.
Site Visit Journal
Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains, NY. Garden-based learning connected to Jewish values and celebration in an early childhood setting.
Model
Includes videos describing how four providers, Storahtelling-Lab/Shul, Areyvut, Avoda Arts, and Teva-Hazon, have designed and delivered family engagement programs.
Website
Our New York Teen Initiative for Immersive Summer Experiences launches cutting-edge Jewish summer programs and helps to organize and integrate them into the Teen Summer landscape. FindYourSummer is the place to go for talented teens who want to surf the sound, add to their art portfolio or intern for a hi-tech company in Israel. There are more than 350 experiences awaiting every Jewish Teen.
Educator Spotlight
In this Educator Spotlight, Elaine Gross walks us through her technology lessons, from teaching the basics of respecting devices, to helping students understand the building blocks of coding language. She also shares how students use hands-on experimentation and role playing in "unplugged" lessons.
