Examples of vision statements, model descriptions, and case studies
Experiment in Congregational Education
These documents gives a short explanation of why Jewish education needs to work within a meaning-making framework, and describes the various influences on the learner that need to […]
Express Innovation
This exercise helps a congregation identify its priority learning goal(s), the “North Star” that will guide the design of their learning plan. Participants will be asked to reflect […]
Express Innovation
This resource sheet explains how an education team that has identified its priority goal(s) for learning can begin to design learning experiences using the “whole person learning” or […]
Cyd B. Weissman
Weissman discusses how some congregational educational programs are shifting their priorities, and with them, the direction of their education programs. Instead of attempting to achieve unrealistic goals, Jewish […]
Michael Fullan
In this article, Michael Fullan, dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, argues that local school development and quality of surrounding infrastructure are […]