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Communicating Expectations
We’ve heard it all before – if we want our students to succeed, we must have high expectations of them. This is all well and good, but how do I communicate my expectations to students so that they will get…
Susan Wall
Dr. Susan Wall is a Jewish educator specializing in teacher training, pedagogy, and professional development. She served as Director of the Pardes Educators Alumni Support Program and taught pedagogy to participants in the Pardes Educators Program. Through her work with the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, she helped support and mentor Jewish day school teachers in their professional growth and classroom practice.
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Parent -Teacher Conferences
There are multiple reasons for making sure you are adequately prepared for parent-teacher conferences. Most importantly, the meeting can be a valuable opportunity for you to both learn about the child, and communicate key information to the parents – so…
Educator resources, Meaning-making, Pedagogy of facilitation
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Carousel Brainstorming
While there are different ways to do this, basically the activity consists of the following: 1. Choose a number of subheadings within any category. For example, for Chanukah, topics could include (depending on the age you teach): sources, history/the story,…
Educator resources, Meaning-making, Pedagogy of facilitation
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An “Alternative Learning Community for Teachers”
Background The Pardes Educators Program (PEP), funded by the AVI CHAI Foundation, is a two-year highly individualized graduate program in Israel which invests deeply in the training of new teachers, preparing them as Judaic studies teachers for day schools in…