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2004-2005 Schedule
Our Holidays as Messengers of Social and Emotional Development (3 sessions) Designed for newcomers as well as for those who have already participated in Caring Learning Environment Seminars and web conferences, this series will focus on Jewish holidays as messengers of the values and principals of social and emotional development. It will begin by exploring self-awareness as the necessary first-step in the process of teshuva, repentance, the theme of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, providing educators with valuable tools with which to analyze prayer and with which to help create the spirit of change, respect, and caring within their classrooms. Other sessions will include an exploration of the core principals of social and emotional development as well as analyses of other holidays as messengers of such. Yehoshua:
The Man, The Book and The Conquest
(3 sessions) This series will explore key issues in the book of Yehoshua, including the personal challenges he faced and the theological questions the book addresses. In addition, we will use geographical knowledge of the Land of Israel to gain a deeper understanding of its conquest and will examine thematic elements of the division of the Land to the twelve tribes. Channeling Web Resources for Effective Limudei Kodesh Instruction
(2 sessions)
This two-session presentation will provide educators with tested
strategies and resources to help better integrate web resources into
the classroom. Teachers will also learn the key elements necessary to create
Webquests and other Internet-based educational lessons. Different is as Different Does: Introduction to Differentiated Instruction
(4 sessions) Participants will be exposed to this “best practice” approach for supporting the individual learning, social, and emotional needs of all children in schools. This four-part series will include a session on the philosophical underpinnings of differentiated instruction and sessions that will introduce participants to the methods by which content, process, environment, and product may be differentiated. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Jewish Prayer But were Afraid to Ask (1 session) This session will explore the fundamental questions about prayer that are usually not addressed in Yeshivot and Day Schools, such as:Why do we pray? What's so important about praying in Hebrew, praying at specific times, praying in a minyan? These archaic words do not speak to me! Can I compose my own prayers, and pray when the feeling moves me? Early Intervention: An ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
(1 session) In this workshop we will examine the critical foundational academic skills that enable students to be successful in school. We will then discuss various strategies to support children who are "at risk" for academic challenges. Assessing our Hebrew Learners: How Do we Know What they Know? (2 sessions) The first session will explore ways of assessing our learners' knowledge about the Hebrew language, as well as their abilities to function within the framework of their knowledge. The second session will explore ways of reflecting upon our teaching practices in the classroom and beyond. Teaching the Hagaddah (1 session) Much can be done to make the Seder more relevant to contemporary needs and simultaneously truer to the spirit of the Rabbis as educators. Noam Zion will present the Hagaddah as an educational dialogue between parent and child, leader and participant. He will offer stories and readings as well as commentaries and activities that can fuel a dynamic evening of storytelling and discussion, dramatics and singing. He will be concentrating on the Ma Nishtana and the Four sons. Models of Assessment for Jewish Studies (2 sessions) These sessions will examine a number of models for assessment in Jewish Studies, including assessment rubrics in Chumash and standardized tests that have been written for North American schools in Chumash and Mishna. In addition, the sessions will focus on the educational theory that lies behind these forms of assessments and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Teaching Megillat Ruth (2 sessions) Through a close reading of the text, Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman will demonstrate how teachers can turn the Book of Ruth into the basis of a discussion of family dynamics and the manifold difficulties that are routinely faced by new students from a different culture, as they try to integrate into the new host culture. To read more about the Internet conferencing project, click here. To learn more about how Internet conferencing works, and the fees involved, please click here. To learn about our free grassroots project, click here. For more information, or to sign up for a conference, write to conference@lookstein.org. |
