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The Principals’ Program 2008 – 2009

The Summer Seminar
July 7-17, 2008
Ramat Gan and Jerusalem, Israel

The Mid-Winter Seminar
Projected date: February 22-24, 2009
Miami, Florida

  

The Principals’ Program is a professional development program designed for educational leaders of Jewish day schools in the Diaspora. Center for Jewish School Leadership programs focus on the specific needs of Jewish day school leaders and are committed to the integration of theoretical study and practical application, to heterogeneous collegial learning and networking, and to ongoing professional development.

 

These elements find expression in the structure, curriculum, and staffing of the Principals’ Program. The Principals’ Program includes:

 

  • A pre-seminar preparatory program
  • The 10-day summer seminar in Israel
  • Completion of a post-seminar individual action research project in consultation with a Lookstein
      Center     mentor
  • Participation in an ongoing web-based discussion group
  • Mid-Winter follow-up seminar in North America

 

School heads, principals and assistant principals from North American day schools are eligible for this program.

 

The admission process includes the submission of this application, the required essay, and two letters of reference no later than March 31, 2008. Interviews will be conducted at the discretion of the Lookstein Center.

 

 


The Principals’ Program is sponsored
through a grant from the AVI CHAI Foundation

Please fill out the application below:

Personal information
Name:
  Last First Middle
Home address:
Home telephone: fax: Cellular:
Home email:
Office email
(if different):
Passport# (required):
 
School information
Name of School:
School address:
School telephone: fax:
Email:    Title/Position:
Type of school: Elementary  
  Middle  
  High  
 
Number of students Number of teachers
 
Work experience
Institution Location Position Years
 
Education Background
Institution Course of study Degree Years

 

Languages (e=excellent, vg=very good, g=good, p=poor)
  Reading Writing Conversation
English e vg g p e vg g p e vg g p
Hebrew e vg g p e vg g p e vg g p
Other (please specify)
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Current Professional Responsibilities

Do you have responsibility for supervision of Instruction ? Yes No

If so, how many teachers do you supervise ?

In what subject areas?

Do you have responsibility for curriculum review and/or development ? Yes No

Describe:

Do you have teaching responsibilities ? Yes No

If so, how many hours per week ?

Do you interface with the board of directors or education committee ? Yes No

Describe:

In what way does your role most influence the education that takes place in your school ?


Additional Professional Information

Professional Affiliations

Please list the three most significant professional development programs in which you have participated:

Written submissions

Please answer the following questions in a separate e-mail (no more than one page) and send to prinsem@lookstein.org:

1. Describe a change that you have implemented or attempted to implement in your school, including: how you decided on the particular change, your plan of action, resistance that you may have encountered, the success of the change process, and things that you would have done differently in retrospect.

2. An important component of the Principals' Program is an individual action research project that each participant implements in his/her school. Consider your school and list three potential areas of improvement that you might wish to address in a follow-up project. (It might be worthwhile to consult with your colleagues and/or lay leadership in preparing this answer.)

References

Two letters of reference are required. Please have your referees forward the letters directly to the Center. At least one letter should be written by a colleague.


Submission instructions

Please send letters of reference and written submissions:

The Principals’ Program
The Lookstein Center
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
52900

Alternatively, written submissions can be sent by e-mail to prinsem@lookstein.org.

Last date to submit applications - April 7, 2008.

I understand that my participation in the Principals’ Program is subsidized and includes a commitment to participate in all of the components of the program as described on the cover page of the application.

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For further information or any questions concerning this application,
please write prinsem@lookstein.org.