This article explores issues of the connection between religious level and affiliation in regards to ethical dilemmas. This resource is in Hebrew. To read the article, click here.
Evaluating Your Teaching - 018 – How do you assess your effectiveness as a teacher? There are some obvious, tell-tale signs around you, but there are some other things you can do to get a more accurate and thorough assessment. 18 minutes About Mark Smilowitz Rabbi...
This article explains assessment instruments to measure the professional development of the Pre-service and In-service Jewish teacher. The article discusses several instruments to assess the professional development of the mentee (i.e. pre-service, novice, beginning,...
This article explores the ideal mission statement for Modern Orthodox-Religious Zionist schools. To read the article, click here.
This article employs various models to compare different analyses of "The Four Sons". The learning models are analyzed and compared with respect to the attributes of consistency, utility, and learning style inventories. To read the article, click here.
In July 2004, the particular theme of the Lookstein Center Principals Program summer seminar was The Leadership Challenge: Navigating the Two Worlds of the Jewish Day School. The keynote speaker was Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Greenberg, one of the seminal Jewish thinkers of...
The large attrition rate among new teachers led over thirty states in America to mandate the implementation of mentoring programs for beginning teachers. This method traditionally provides a new teacher with support from an experienced veteran as part of an induction...
A few months back an interesting and to my mind potentially important debate on the question of pluralism in schools opened up in these pages. Many of us weighed in debating the pros and cons of pluralistic Jewish education, trying to define what that phrase meant...
This article explores the variety of issues and differences between Jewish Day Schools and Non-Jews. To read the article, click here.
I. What is a Jewish ethical discussion? Ethical discussions are designed to challenge participants to clarify or their thoughts. The process of clarification often involves listen to different opinions, rethinking and reevaluating one's own preconceptions, or...