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Dr. Sharon Bacharach
Associate Director of Early Childhood Education Programs
Lecturer, BA ECE & MAEd ECE
sharon.bacharach [at] aju.edu
(310) 779-9070
Education
EdD, Northcentral University, May 2024
MSW, New York University
BA Early Childhood, specialty in Child Mental Health, Cal State University, Northridge
Bio
Sharon Bacharach L.C.S.W., has worked in early childhood for 30 plus years in hospitals, special education centers, summer camps and Jewish Day Schools. She worked as a social worker for 10 years in the medical setting and then began working at Pressman Academy in 2000. She worked as a preschool, pre K and kindergarten teacher and then became the Elementary School Counselor. Since leaving Pressman in 2019, Sharon leads social skills groups for Creative Learning Place, a home schooling program for K-5th at the JCC. Sharon helped begin our early childhood program here at AJU and besides teaching in our program, she has recently become our Early Childhood Coordinator.
Publications
Dissertation: Teaching Diversity in Jewish Early Childhood Classrooms; A Collective Case Study
How Teachers and Leaders Can Inspire and Connect with Youth and Students Through Virtual Learning dr
I have been teaching for 50 years. However, the past two months did not prepare me for the intensity of virtual learning.
I have participated in many conversations about how children are doing academically with distanced learning, or how they are doing socially, since they are isolated from playing with friends as they usually do...
In the most recent Virtual Salon, we were joined by Leora Smith (MAT, ’20) to discuss the importance of bringing multiple voices into the classroom and honoring a diversity of narratives...
We all know those students who complete their work simply to earn a grade rather than investing in the learning itself...
As Jewish educators, we are constantly thinking creatively in order to help our learners access curriculum.
In last night’s virtual salon, we discussed the value of play in learning and how to make our playful experiences more educative...
This week, we launched our Virtual Salons. The goal of the salons is to bring students, alumni, and friends together and build community while also providing an opportunity for learning and growth. We are lucky to have alumni engaged in fantastic work and for them to teach us about their experiences and passions in the field...
As school leaders anticipate moving classes online, educators are forced to grapple with the reality that online learning is not simply an equal substitute for in-person all-class learning. In fact, we are looking at an entirely different pedagogical and learning experience. And yet, this is becoming the presumptive option.
