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.
As the semester comes to a close, I am looking forward to reviewing our students’ final projects for Reflective Practice 3. In this project, students create a professional portfolio that they can use to present themselves to potential future employers...
Over the summer, AJU renovated the third floor academic wing. This process included painting the walls and doors, which necessitated removing the mezuzot from the doorposts...
I was recently the only social worker in a sea of occupational therapists at a conference in Colorado about our eighth sense: Interoception, by Kelly Mahler. I have been working with children for 30 years, however, never heard this word before, nor did I know that we have 8 senses...
The ultimate challenge for Jewish education today is to determine for ourselves and our students, “Why do we need a Jewish education?” Or, more to the point, “Why be Jewish?”...
So what can we do in schools to make the atmosphere of the school more gender balanced and fair? The first thing we can do is start to acknowledge that atmosphere really matters, much more than we think it does...
Teaching both in the MAed and BA program has so far been an amazing experience for me. I’ve been meeting so many early childhood educators from multiple Jewish and non-Jewish ECCs. Students drive and hour or two for our classes; that is dedication...
The month of Tishrei is a marathon for Jews everywhere. For educators, it’s an iron man. We do not want to look back and count even one missed opportunity, so we take advantage of it all and do our best to create as many teachable moments as possible...
Recently, I had the privilege of sitting in on two of our classes: Dr. Bruce Powell’s class on Educational Philosophy and Bill Cohen’s Teaching Jewish Holidays. The philosophy class was discussing Buber’s seminal work I and Thou and its implications for education...
