JSkyway -- Online Professional Development for Educators in Jewish Schools


	Teaching Jewish Values Using BabagaNewz Marketing as a Mitzvah: Authentic Communications, Deepened Relationships Organizational Leadership: The Rabbi as Executive The Art of Teaching Hineni Moving Toward Excellence: Becoming a Strategic Teacher Course Library Archive MINds: Meeting Individual Needs Effective Classroom Strategy: From Skills to Success Israel, Democracy and Judaism: Strategies for Teaching Teaching With Technology: Enhancing and Embracing New Practices Assessment Strategies: Beyond Grades and Quizzes Developmental Issues in Adolescence Teaching Jewish Texts Teaching Hebrew Teaching Jewish Values using BabagaNewz - Lisa Micley Teaching Jewish Values using BabagaNewz This course will help you learn how to get the most educational value out of your subscription to BabagaNewz, Through this interactive course you will be able to: Learn how to effectively utilize the teacher guides and web-based resources Integrate BabagaNewz into your own curriculum Teach Jewish text with real-life application Develop Jewish values and Jewish identity Click to see a syllabus of this course Note: This course requires participants to have a subscription to BabagaNewz. To subscribe call 1-800-434-3934, ext. 18, or email subscriptions@babaganewz.com, or order online at www.babaganewz.com. Individual subscriptions are $29.95 with Teachers' Guide ($19.95 magazine only). Classroom subscriptions are $2.50/student for the rest of the school year (minimum 5 subscriptions) and include a free Teachers' Guide with magazine for the teacher. Marketing as a Mitzvah: Authentic Communications, Deepened Relationships - The whys and hows of effective synagogue marketing, and how marketing is a kind of mitzvah that enables a synagogue to fulfill its mission. Click to see a syllabus of this course Organizational Leadership: The Rabbi as Executive - STAR PEERS Organizational Leadership: The Rabbi as Executive Explores management concepts and teaches research, analysis, planning, and volunteer engagement skills that are requisite for effective nonprofit executives. Click to see a syllabus of this course The Art of Teaching Hineni - Jody Ann Rosenbloom Become an expert in using Hineni, The New Hebrew Through Prayer series from Behrman House Publishing. Study different teaching methodologies and learn how to apply these to the Hineni curriculum. Click to see a syllabus of this course Moving Toward Excellence: Becoming a Strategic Teacher - Zena Sulkes Moving Towards Excellence — Becoming a Strategic Teacher Develops Jewish teachers' classroom skills, covering teaching strategies, building lesson plans, differentiated learning, openings and endings for lessons, understanding the classroom dynamic, using higher-level thinking and questioning, implementing technology in the classroom, and classroom management through effective planning. Click to see a syllabus of this course Course Library Archive MINds: Meeting Individual Needs - Mira Halpert MINds will engage you to learn about students with a broad range of learning needs. Through this course you will gain the following strategies: Skills to identify and determine the difference between learning styles and learning disabilities The art of observation and profiling to determine student needs Modify a lesson plan to reflect various learning modalities Alternative assessments Effective Classroom Strategy: From Skills to Success (previously - Skills for Effective Teaching) - Stephanie Rotsky Effective teachers find success in their classrooms when they are able to develop skills to create a productive learning community. The areas of focus include: Classroom management techniques Designing a lesson plan Choosing appropriate assessments Understanding the needs of your students Israel, Democracy and Judaism: Strategies for Teaching - Joshua Yarden Israel, Democracy and Judaism: Strategies for Teaching This course provides an opportunity to reflect upon different theories of teaching Israel and its applications. These objectives are achieved by: Understanding constructivist pedagogy as a response to teaching challenging topics Theories on reading, reflecting and questioning Using problem based learning as a tool to understand complex issues Developing role playing and simulation games Teaching with Technology: Enhancing and Embracing New Practices (previously - New Technologies for Jewish Learning) - Scott Mandel Teachers can effectively integrate technology into Jewish educational settings to enhance student learning. Through this course, you will gain the following insight and skills: Exploring technology enhanced curricula Evaluate the use of technology in light of educational theory Creating assessments and evaluations with technology Identifying ethical issues related to technology Assessment Strategies: Beyond Grades and Quizzes (previously - Models of Assessment)- Rabbi Scott Goldberg As a teacher, you know that much learning takes place in and outside of the classroom, which cannot be assessed with a quiz or grade. This course will give you the skills to develop rubrics and portfolios to meet individual needs and progress in order to effectively communicate with students, parents and administration. Developmental Issues in Adolescence - Rabbi Scott Goldberg This course will highlight some of the issues associated with adolescents, such as: Theoretical and legal issues; Fostering the individual soul; Jewish issues and perspectives on adolescence; Adolescents, authority, and empowerment; "At-risk" children (more than one module); The role of the teacher inside and outside the classroom; Partnering with parents. Teaching Jewish Texts - Josh Levisohn This course explores different approaches to studying and teaching Jewish texts. The focus of this course is on creating models for adult learning of classical texts with the possibility of translating these models to a middle school and high school setting. Together, we examine the meaning and significance of the sources of Jewish tradition and collectively and collaboratively develop lessons for incorporating these insights into the classroom. We plan on offering this course every year, changing the different genres of texts. This year the course spotlighted Tanakh and Halakhic literature and included units on problem-based learning, teaching for understanding: generative topics, the use of alternative media, leveraging English translations, and Tanakh as literature. Teaching Hebrew - Ruth Gavish Teaching Hebrew is designed as a professional development course to enhance the teaching of Hebrew. This course, taught in Hebrew, will cover lesson planning, assessment, speaking, reading and writing of the language. A perfect course to supplement your curriculum.