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TEACHING HEBREW HAS ALWAYS BEEN BOTH CHALLENGING AND REWARDING.

הוראת עברית מאז ומתמיד היתה מאתגרת ומתגמלת

THE CURRENT GLOBAL PANDEMIC ADDS TO THIS CHALLENGE – HEBREW AT THE CENTER IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS REWARDING FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE.

During this challenging period where many students around the world are needing to learn Hebrew via online platforms, teachers of Hebrew remain committed to helping their students deepen their language skills and acquisition despite these challenges. In an effort to support Hebrew teachers and leaders, Hebrew at the Center, drawing on its diverse team of advisors and coaches, is making relevant resources available to all schools during these challenging days. Central to this effort will be a number of webinars, complimentary office hours with senior Hebrew at the Center (HATC) leaders, and consulting services to share the experience it has developed over the years with its partner schools and communities:

המגיפה העולמית שפקדה אותנו בתקופה האחרונה הוסיפה אתגר נוסף להוראת העברית. עברית במרכז מחויב להמשיך ולתמוך בכל מורי העברית ולומדיהם תוך התאמת אסטרטגיות ההוראה למציאות הנוכחית.

בתקופה המאתגרת הנוכחית כשרוב לומדי העברית בכל רחבי העולם עברו ללמידה מקוונת, מורי העברית נשארו מחויבים ומסורים להמשיך לחזק ולקדם את לומדיהם. במאמץ לתמוך במורים ובמובילים אחרים בתחום הוראת העברית, עברית במרכז נרתם לשתף אתכם במקורות הידע והניסיון שלנו דרך סדרה של סדנאות מקוונות ומפגשי ייעוץ מקוונים אישיים עם בכירי היועצים שלנו.

 

Based upon concerns we continue to hear from the field, HATC has organized three December and January workshops for Hebrew teachers and leaders to better support the field as it reacts to continued challenges in our schools

The work of Hebrew educators, as for all of us, has been and continues to be greatly impacted by the virus. Through our work with the field, HATC has identified three specific areas of challenge that are being surfaced by the field: 

  • Tools for teachers to accelerate Hebrew literacy of incoming upper-elementary & middle school graders with limited Hebrew background
  • Providing conceptual and practical tools in differentiated instruction as many teachers find themselves teaching multi-level classes
  • Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of Hebrew teachers and leaders during these challenging times, reflective of the unique situation of many in this constituency

As such, HATC has created and fully-subsidized three virtual workshops open to the field, each addressing one of challenges noted above.

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

FULLY-SUBSIDIZED ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Hebrew at the Center believes excellent teachers and leaders are at the heart of excellent schools and invests heavily in supporting the professional development of Hebrew teachers and leaders in every setting. During this particularly challenging time, HATC has created some specific learning opportunities for teachers in the field, with sessions designed around specific audiences and set goals. NOTE: All sessions will be recorded and available for viewing at a later date; by registering for the live session, participants are agreeing to be recorded for these purposes.

עבודתם של מורים לעיברית, כמו של כולנו, ממשיכה להיות מושפעת מאוד מהמגפה.באמצעות עבודתנו בשטח, עברית במרכז זיהה שלושה תחומי אתגר ספציפיים
כלים למורים להוראת אוריינות בעברית של תלמידי חטיבות הביניים הנכנסים עם רקע עברי מוגבל
מתן כלים ורעיוניים מעשיים בהוראה מבדלת למורים רבים מוצאים את עצמם מלמדים כיתות רב-רמות
תמיכה בבריאותם הנפשית של מורים ומנהיגים
לעברית בזמנים מאתגרים אלה, המשקפת את מצבם הייחודי של רבים בקהילה הזאת
, עברית במרכז יצר ומסבסד באופן מלא שלוש
סדנאות וירטואליות הפתוחות לשטח, שכל אחת מהן
.מתייחסת לאחד האתגרים
 

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

קידום מקצועי מקוון ללא עלות

ארגון עברית במרכז מאמין שמורים ומובילים מיומנים מהווים מרכיב חיוני בהצלחה של בתי ספר ולכן שם לו למטרה לתמוך ולקדם למידה מקצועית בכל מוסד חינוכי שבו הם עובדים. פיתחנו עבורכם מספר אפשרויות למידה בתקופה הנוכחית שיותאמו לגילאי לומדים שונים ומטרות שונות. לתשומת לבכם: כל המפגשים יוקלטו ויהיו זמינים לצפייה במועד מאוחר יותר.  בהירשמכם למפגש הסינכרוני, אתם מביעים הסכמה גם לכך שתוקלטו לצרכים שהוזכרו. תודה מראש!.

EXTENDED SEMINAR: “MAXIMIZING ONLINE HEBREW TEACHING AND LEARNING” (CO-SPONSORED WITH NAHET, THE WZO, AND THE COUNCIL FOR HEBREW LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN NORTH AMERICA), SUNDAY, MAY 17TH, 4:00 – 6:30 PM EDT

Leslie Grahn

Do you want to learn new strategies to maximize your online instructional time with your Hebrew students? Join your peers for this extended seminar entitled “Maximizing Online Hebrew Teaching and Learning.” Participants will leave the seminar with a fundamental understanding of online language teaching and learning as well as specific tools to enhance their work with students. Similar sessions were well received by the HATC Professional Learning Community (PLC) members; we are now offering this extended seminar to the general public.

  • Keynote address by Leslie Grahn, world language expert and consultant,
  • Breakout groups by 3 different age cohorts:
    • Early childhood (Liat Kadosh, Frieda Robins & Ariela Nehemne)
    • Elementary (Esti Kassiff & Meirav Levy)
    • Middle/High school (Mira Angrist & Hamutal Keinan)
  • Summary and Q & A session with Tal Gale, Senior Program Director

(This seminar will be conducted in Hebrew and English; breakout groups will be led solely in Hebrew.) All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

סדנה מקיפה: “מרוב יכולת הלומד בהוראה מקוונת בעברית” (בשיתוף עם ארגון המורים לשפה העברית ולתרבותה בצפון אמריקה וההסתדרות הציונית העולמית והמועצה ללשון ולתרבות העברית בצפון אמריקה)

יום ראשון, 17 למאי בשעה 4:00-6:30 (שעון החוף המיזרחי)

האם תרצו לחזק וללמוד אסטרטגיות בהוראה מקוונת
עברית במרכז שמח להזמינכם לסמינר מקוון בנושא “מרוב יכולת הלומד בהוראה מקוונת בעברית”. מפגשים דומים הוצגו בעבר והתקבלו בברכה בקרב “הקהילה הלומדת” של עברית במרכז יוצגו הפעם בפני קהל המורים הכללי.

לא נדרש ידע קודם בהוראת שפה שנייה בכדי להפיק מסדנה זאת.

המשתתפים בסדנה יחשפו לעקרונות וכלים עדכניים.

מומחית עולמית בשפות, (Leslie Grahn) הדוברת המרכזית בסדנה היה לסלי גראן

מיד לאחר שתסיים, נתחלק לשלוש קבוצות לימוד בהובלת הצוות המקצועי של עברית במרכז:

  • הגיל הרך – בהנחיית ליאת קדוש, פרידה רובינס ואריאלה נחמנה
  • בית ספר יסודי – בהנחיית אסתי כסיף ומרב לוי
  • חטיבה ותיכון – בהנחיית מירה אנגריסט וחמוטל קינן.
  • שאלות ותשובות וסיכום הסדנה על-ידי טל גייל, מנהלת תוכניות בכירהשל עברית במרכז.

הסדנה תועבר בעברית ובאנגלית. קבוצות הלימוד יהיו בעברית בלבד! המשתתפים יקבלו תעודת השתתפות.

Introduction, Key Note & Summary Session

Early Childhood Breakout

Elementary School Breakout

Middle School/High School Breakout

Workshop: “LBLD (Language-based Learning Disabilities): Approaches to Online Teaching of Hebrew” Co-Sponsored with The Shefa School, Monday, May 18, 8:00 – 9:15 PM EDT

How can you best support your students with LBLD online of Hebrew during this challenging time? This session will introduce theories, attitudes and tools to support you in teaching students with LBLD in an online environment. The opening presentation with Angelina Yucht Swenson, Hebrew Language Coordinator at The Shefa School, will be followed by an interactive session with Liat Kadosh, HATC Lead Advisor, and Hamutal Keinan and Orit Shakarghi, HATC Coaches.

סדנה: גישות להוראה מקוונת לתלמידים בעלי קשיי למידה/שלומדים אחרת בשיתוף עם בית הספר שפע

יום שני, 18 למאי בשעה 8:00-9:15 בערב (לשעון החוף המיזרחי)

כיצד למרב את ההוראה לתלמידים בעלי קשיי למידה / שלומדים אחרת בזמנים מורכבים אלה?
הסדנה תעסוק בתאוריות, גישות וכלים לתמיכת ההוראה מרחוק לתלמידים שלומדים אחרת. מרצה אורחת הגברת אנג’לינה יוכט סוונסון- מרכזת המחלקה לעברית בבית הספר שפע וסדנאות עוקבות בהנחיית ליאת קדוש יועצת בכירה, חמוטל קינן ואורית שקארגי, מנחות עברית במרכז.

Language-Based Learning Disabilities: Approaches to Online teaching of Hebrew

Workshop: “Assessing Hebrew Students Online,” Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 -9:00 PM EDT

Join us for a webinar dedicated to learning about the difference between assessing for achievement, performance and proficiency. Participants will be introduced to tools that will match these three areas of assessment.

Facilitated by Mira Angrist, HATC Lead Advisor

 סדנה: הערכת לומדי עברית בלמידה מקוונת   

יום רביעי, 20 למאי בשעה 8:00-9:00 בערב (לשעון החוף המיזרחי) 

הצטרפו לוובינר שיעסוק בהערכת הישגים, תפקוד, ואוריינות שפתית-תרבותית של לומדים ואיך ניתן להעריך כל אחד מתחומי ההערכה במסגרת למידה מקוונת עם מירה אנגריסט, יועצת בכירה, עברית במרכז.

Assessing Hebrew Students Online

Special Workshop for Hebrew Department Leaders: “Hebrew Leaders: Effective Practices and Resources”, Tuesday, May 26, 8:00 – 9:30 PM EDT

How are you carrying out the core functions of a Hebrew leader under these extraordinary circumstances? Join us for an interactive session geared towards creative approaches to: virtual professional development & staff meetings, faculty supervision, interviewing & hiring for next year, collaborating with school leadership, and communication with parents and students. Leaders will leave the session with concrete tools to utilize in their work prior to the end of this academic year.

Leaders who register for this session will also have the opportunity to share current effective practices, tools and resources.  Due to limited time, it is possible not all submissions will be presented during the session; however, all participants will receive a summary of all submitted suggestions. Facilitated by: Tal Gale, HATC Senior Program Director, Liat Kadosh, Lead Advisor, & Esti Kassiff, Advisor.

סדנה ייחודית למובילי צוותי עברית ומרכזי מחלקות לעברית: התנהלות מושכלת, עקרונות הנחיית צוותים.

יום שלישי, 26 למאי בשעה 8:00-9:30 בערב (לשעון החוף המזרחי)

בנסיבות הקיימות, ההתלבטות רבה ומגוונת. כיצד אתם מובילים את צוות ההוראה שלכם? הצטרפו אלינו לסדנה התכלול: גישות מגוונות למפגשי צוות מקוונים, מתן משוב שוטף לצוות, ראיון מועמדים להוראה לשנה הבאה, עבודה שיתופית עם הנהלת בית הספר, תיקשורת עם הורים ותלמידים.

משתתפי הסדנה יחלקו מנסיונם, ויציעו מאגרי ידע וכלים בהם הם משתמשים. גם אם לא ניתן זמן לכל המשתתפים להציג את הכלים, תקבלו את כל ההצעות והרעיונות שעמיתיכם שיתפו בכתב.

הסדנה תונחה על ידי: טל גייל, מנהלת תוכניות בכירה, עברית במרכז, ליאת קדוש יועצת בכירה ואסתי כסיף, יועצת.

Hebrew Leaders: Effective Practices and Resources

COMPLIMENTARY OFFICE HOURS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED PROBLEM SOLVING:

HATC has always been responsive to individual needs. During this period of changes and challenges, we remain available to provide support through virtual consultation.

We are offering 25-minute windows at no charge on a first come first serve basis for those of you who would like individualized support.

Sessions are available from 8:00 – 8:25 PM or 8:30 – 8:55 PM Eastern on the following dates:

  • Monday, May 11
  • Wednesday, May 13
  • Tuesday, May 19
  • Thursday, May 21
  • Wednesday, May 27
  • Monday, June 1
  • Tuesday, June 2
  • Thursday, June 4

To sign up, please use this link to complete a brief registration form

If you believe that your challenge will require more than a twenty-five minute session, please consider our services described below.

מפגשי התייעצות מקוונים ללא עלות

בימים מאתגרים אלה, אנחנו כאן תמיד בשבילכם. ארגון עברית במרכז ממשיך לתמוך בקהילת המורים ובעבודתם. עברית במרכז מציע מפגשי התייעצות והכוונה אישיים בני 25 דקות לכל המעוניין, כל הקודם זוכה.

  • יום שני, 11 למאי
  • יום רביעי, 13 למאי
  • יום שלישי, 19 למאי
  • יום חמישי, 21 למאי
  • יום רביעי, 27 למאי
  • יום שני, 1 ביוני
  • יום שלישי, 2 ביוני
  • יום חמישי, 4 ביוני

לחצו על הקישור הבא כדי להרשם אם 25 דקות לא יהוו מענה הולם לשאלתכם, אנ מציעים שרותי ייעוץ והנחייה נוספים – ראו למטה

OFFSITE COACHING AND CONSULTING:

Are you or your Hebrew team experiencing a particular challenge and looking for support and assistance individualized to your unique school and approach to Hebrew. Our senior staff are available for coaching and consulting to help move your Hebrew efforts forward, ensuring that your students receive the best Hebrew education possible in these extraordinary times. From May 1 – August 31, 2020, Hebrew at the Center will be providing its membership schools a 30% discount and the balance of the field a 20% discount on distance coaching and consulting. For more information, contact Tal Gale, Senior Program Director

ייעוץ והנחייה מקוונים:

לאור המעבר להוראה מקוונת, נוצר צורך להתאים אסטרטגיות הוראה ללומדי השפה. באם הינכם או מורים לעברית בבית ספריכם מעוניינים להיוועץ, היועצים הבכירים של ״עברית במרכז״ ישמחו לעמוד לרשותכם כדי לוודא שלומדיכם ממשיכים להתקדם ברכישת השפה ותרבותה.

החל מה-1 במאי ועד ה31 באוגוסט, ״עברית במרכז״ מציע שירותי ייעוץ והנחייה מקוונים לחברים בארגון בהנחה של 30% ולאלו שאינם חברים בהנחה של 20%

למידע נוסף ושאלות, פנו בבקשה לטל גייל מנהלת תכניות בכירה, עברית במרכז.

Join Hebrew teachers, Hebrew leaders, and other school leaders for an intensive, virtual conference November 16-17, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT. 

Click here for more information and to register

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Adina Kanefield
Director

Adina Kanefield is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Israel, leading efforts to build support through strategic partnerships, dynamic programming, and community outreach across North America.

Previously, Adina founded a consulting practice focused on strategic growth and resource development, serving as a lead consultant for Hebrew at the Center. She has held leadership roles at the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center, the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School, and the Center for Israel Studies at American University, and earlier practiced regulatory and employment law.

A graduate of The George Washington University School of Law, she also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, summa cum laude, from Emory University. Adina lives in Washington, D.C., and serves on Hebrew at the Center’s Board Development Task Force.

Adina lives in Washington, D.C., and is active in Jewish communal life. She serves on the Board Development Task Force for Hebrew at the Center and is a frequent presenter on the intersection of Jewish heritage, cultural preservation, and the mission of the National Library of Israel.

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Sanford “Sandy” Cardin

Director

Sanford “Sandy” Cardin is the founder of Global Jewry. A graduate of Harvard University, Sandy is a member of the bar of DC, Florida, Maryland, and the United States Supreme Court, as well
as the Senior Consultant for Philanthropy and Impact at Cresset Capital.
After a short stint practicing law, Sandy shifted into the NGO world. He started as the Mid-Atlantic Director of the Jerusalem Foundation before moving to Tulsa, OK in 1994 to become the first executive director, then first president, of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family
Foundation.
Sandy spent 25 years guiding the CLSFF before leaving to become the CEO of Our Common Destiny, a global effort to
bridge the widening gap between the Jews in Israel and those living elsewhere.
Sandy has served on many Jewish boards (including as chair of the board or Leading Edge) and is currently involved in the JCC Association of North America. He has also held leadership posts at the Council on Foundations and National Center for Family Philanthropy.
Sandy lives with his wife, Melody, in Queenstown, MD.

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Walter A. Winshall

Director

Walter A. Winshall is a founding member of the board of Hebrew at the Center. He is a Principal in Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in the commercialization of early-stage technology. He is also a director at a number of early-stage companies. In addition to HATC, he is a board member of the National Yiddish Book Center and MIT Hillel. He was a founding board member of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School and the Institute for the Advancement of Hebrew.
He graduated from MIT in electrical engineering and from Harvard Law School. Walt lives in Weston, Massachusetts with his wife, Arnee, chair of the Hebrew at the Center Board.
Walt serves on the Finance Committee and the Advocacy & Strategic Task Force Committee.

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Daniel Serfaty

Director

Daniel Serfaty is currently Chair of Aptima. As Aptima’s Founder and CEO, Daniel Serfaty has led Aptima to become the premier Human Performance Engineering business in the world. His work optimizes the integration of humans with intelligent technologies in defense, healthcare, aerospace, and education. His keynote addresses around the world are encouraging his audiences to imagine a future in which human and artificial intelligences work together in the service of humankind.
Daniel’s interdisciplinary background includes degrees in mathematics, psychology, aerospace engineering, and international business from the Université de Paris, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and University of Connecticut. His doctoral work has pioneered the study of distributed command teams. He is the recipient of the UConn Distinguished Service Award and has been inducted in its Engineering Hall of Fame.
Daniel is the co-Chair of the New England Israeli American Council (IAC), the board of the Friends of the Academy of Hebrew Language and, in addition, serves on the boards of several business and philanthropic organizations in both the United States and Israel, with an eye towards building bridges between these communities. Daniel serves on Hebrew at the Center’s Yom Iyyun Task Force and is co-chair of the Board Development Task Force.
Daniel lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife Irene.

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Todd Sukol

Director

Todd Sukol has worked in and around the nonprofit and philanthropic sector most of his career. At the Mayberg Foundation where he is Executive Director, he oversees the foundation’s strategic philanthropy, grant-making and development of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) and the Incubator for Emerging Jewish Initiatives (IEJI). In addition, Todd is a founding board member of The Witness Institute. Previously, Todd was president of Do More Mission, a firm that increases nonprofit impact through philanthropic advisory services to high net worth individuals and foundations and management services to small and mid-sized charitable organizations.

Todd received his formal training in Journalism and Public Relations from Pennsylvania State University. He studied
at the University of Manchester in England and completed a two-year Yeshiva program at Machon Shlomo: Alexander and Eva Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. Sukol graduated from the Executive Master’s program
at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University where he is currently enrolled in a doctoral program. Todd and his wife Amy (an active Hebrew at the Center volunteer) live in Silver Springs, Maryland. Todd was a member of the Strategic Reset Group, chaired the Strategic Transition and Planning Work Group, and is the current co-chair of the Governance Committee/Committee on Trustees and Board Development Task Force.

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Neil Kuttner

Treasurer

Neil Kuttner is the Chief Operations Officer of Cross Shore Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor. He has worked in the financial services industry for forty years, previously at Sanford Bernstein & Co. where he was the CFO. Neil is a CPA and has also taught tax planning at Lehman College. Neil has BA in economics from City College of New York and a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School.
Neil lives in Manhattan and has two grown sons, Sam and Matthew, both of whom are involved Jewishly. Neil has long been active in the Jewish community has previously served as treasurer of Camp Ramah in New England, treasurer of the Foundation for Jewish Camp, board chair of the Academy for Jewish Religion, and synagogue president of Park Slope Jewish Center.
Neil views fluency in Hebrew as one of the important building blocks in positive Jewish identity, though his Hebrew language skills do need brushing up. He chairs Hebrew at the Center’s Finance Committee and is looking forward to continuing to contribute both his time and expertise.

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Joanne Blauer

Clerk

Joanne Blauer was formerly the Associate Dean, Secretary and Executive Vice Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City.
Joanne has a BA in Philosophy and Religion from Scripps College and a JD from the University of Washington School of Law. She spent her junior year of college at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She is the past COO of Hebrew at the Center and a founding board member of the Institute for the Advancement of Hebrew. In addition, Joanne has previously served on the board of Scripps College, the National Association of College and University Attorneys and is an inactive member of the Washington State Bar Association. She lives in New York City and Richmond Shores, Massachusetts. Joanne co- chairs the Governance Committee/Committee on Trustees and serves on the CEO Support and Evaluation Committee (CSEC).

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Arnee Winshall

President

co-founded Hebrew at the Center with Dr. Vardit Ringvald and
Sharona Givol. She is Founding Chair of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School and sits on the boards of Jewish Interactive and Incubator for Emerging Jewish Initiatives (IEJI).
In addition, Arnee is a member of the JEIC advisory and co-founder of DEEP (a PLC of Developing Embedded Expertise Programs). In the past, she served chair of the RAVSAK board, on the Board of Overseers of Hebrew College, on the Executive Committee of JESNA, as the lay co-chair of the Lippman Kanfer Institute, and on the boards of The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the JCC’s of Greater Boston, the Foundation for Jewish Camp, JECEI, and the Yiddish Book Center.

Arnee received her undergraduate degree in contrastive linguistics from Boston University and, after serving in the Peace Corps in Thailand, pursued graduate studies in developmental psycholinguistics at the University of Chicago.
Arnee has two adult children and lives in Weston, Massachusetts with her husband, Walt.