Rabbi Jeffrey Schrager is a middle school Judaic studies teacher at the Akiba Academy of Dallas, Texas. In this Dallas school, a 21st century educational thinker is paired with an early 20th century mussar master to create a transformational vision of professional...
Rabbi Wendy Grinberg (grinbergconsulting@gmail.com) is the founder and director of the Jewish Education Lab and clinical faculty at HUCJIR’s New York School of Education. Wendy Grinberg describes how Carol Dweck’s theory of growth mindset impacted on a congregational...
Levi Cooper teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and is a rabbi in Tzur Hadassah. He is currently a post doctoral fellow in Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law. Rabbi Dr. Cooper is a contributing editor to Jewish Educational Leadership. In this edition...
Rabbi Eric Grossman is Head of School at Frankel Jewish Academy in West Bloomfield, Michigan. All learning is predicated upon an openness and willingness to change. To learn is to change our knowledge and perspective, then perhaps our outlook and practice. This is why...
Sarah Birkeland (sbirkeland@gmail.com) is Co-Director of the Teacher Learning Project at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard, and has...
Rabbi Marc Baker is Head of School at the Gann Academy in Waltham, Mass, and is a member of the editorial board of Jewish Educational Leadership. Marc Baker demonstrates how the Head of School can create a tone for the entire institution and its members by the way...
Jacob Pinnolis is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Gann Academy, overseeing the supervision, evaluation, and professional development of the faculty. He also teaches Biblical Literature and Philosophy. Jacob has served as the Head of Education at Camp Ramah in...
David Abush-Magder is the Head of the Middle School of Brandeis Hillel Day School in San Francisco. A lifelong learner, he has a passion for empowering and enabling both student and teacher learning. After earning his PhD in Physics from MIT, his passion for Jewish...
Sarah Birkeland (sbirkeland@gmail.com) is Co-Director of the Teacher Learning Project at the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University. She holds a doctorate in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard, and has...
Susan Wall is the director of the Pardes Educators Alumni Support Project and currently oversees the North American initiatives of the new Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. Dr. Wall has served as a teacher, mentor, administrator and researcher. Before making aliyah...
