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What’s NEXT?The Professional Learning Program for
Supplementary School Teachers
New Excellent Teacher Training
Welcome to our fall series of courses!
We are pleased to present this
semester’s high-quality, intensive
learning opportunities for
Supplementary School teachers.
All our courses are online and
asynchronous – meaning that
teachers log in and participate
in the class for ANY two hours
a week that you choose, night
or day.
Auerbach Family Foundation
FALL 2017 COURSESBeginning the week of October 23, 2017:
• Middot: Teaching Jewish Values and Virtues (1st – 7th grades)
• Teaching the Holocaust through Children’s Literature
(3rd – 12th grades)
• Supporting Teens as Digital Citizens (6th – 12th grades)
• Reimagine Teaching: Creating a Positive Classroom Culture
(all grades)
• Adding Technology to Your Jewish Classroom (3rd – 7th grades)
• Teaching Israel” Assembling a Toolbox for Teaching the
Complexities of Modern Israel (7th – 12th grades)
• Jewish Education through Musical Play (pre-K – 2nd grades)
• Hebrew Through Movement (kindergarten +)
• Jewish Essentials (for teachers of all grades)
• Bootcamp for New Teachers (for teachers of all grades with
minimal experience)
Registration and more information can be found atwww.gratz.edu/NEXT or [email protected] or (215) 635-7300 ext. 135.
Through the generosity of the Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman
Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches, all
NEXT programs are subsidized for Jewish educators in the
Greater Palm Beaches. More information on the last page.
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Laurie Fisher, MAJEd;
MAJS; Religious School Educator
and Former Director of Education at
Mizpah Congregation; Doctoral
Student, Gratz College
Middot (Jewish values or virtues) bring
Torah to life. They lie at the very heart
of our tradition, challenging us to live
more intentionally and meaningfully.
In this course we will explore four
different Middot: Emet (truthfulness),
Hachnasat Orchhim (hospitality),
Lo Levayesh (not embarrassing), and
Derekh Eretz (common decency),
with an emphasis on discovering
their relevance for us and for our
students today.
We will explore ways of teaching these
middot using project-based learning
(PBL). PBL engages students as
active, collaborative learners, both in
terms of working with their peers and
in terms of becoming more responsible
for their own learning. This course will
teach you new ways of facilitating
inquiry and critical thinking in your
students as they become more
comfortable questioning assumptions
and thinking in new ways. All of this
and more while we delve into our
system of Jewish values!
Middot:Teaching Jewish Values
and Virtues
(1st – 7th grades)
Teaching the Holocaustthrough
Children’s Literature
(3rd – 12th grades)
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Boaz Avraham-Katz,
MAJS; Hebrew Instructor, Elon
University; Doctoral Student,
Gratz College
Although students might have been
exposed to the Holocaust in their
secular school environment, we have
the opportunity to enhance the Jewish
viewpoint and focus on it in more
detail. In this course, you will learn
how to utilize literature in your quest to
introduce the Holocaust in meaningful
and appropriate ways.
There is an extraordinary array of
Holocaust literature that is appropriate
for children in a myriad of contexts,
including the short amounts of time
allotted in most supplementary
schools. Considering specific short
stories and books, we will explore the
guiding concepts, genres and tools
that you need in order to select
appropriate and compelling
Holocaust literature to share with
your students. Together we will
identify appropriate language and
themes for different age groups that
will ultimately serve as criteria for
selecting the best books for your class.
This course is appropriate for anyoneteaching the Holocaust to children.
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Mindy Gold, MAT,
Certificate in Jewish Education;
Founder and Lead Consultant at
EdtechMMG, LLC
This course will explore our role as
Jewish educators in teens’
relationships with social media.
We will define the qualities of being
a responsible digital citizen through
a Jewish lens and learn about how
teens are currently using social
media. We will spend time considering
the affordances and challenges of
social media use by our teens and
how this impacts their ability to act as
responsible digital citizens. Through
collaborative work and focus group
interviews, we will explore how we
can help our teens as they connect
Jewish values to their social
media/online presence. You will
complete the course with a greater
understanding of Jewish digital
citizenship as well as techniques for
engaging with and supporting teens
regarding social media use.
Supporting Teens as Jewish
Digital Citizens
(6th – 12th grades)
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“Learning online is fantastic! You
work at your own pace. The faculty
was very helpful and extremely
knowledgeable in their field. The
content is definitely geared towards
the educator of the 21st century. The
other students really added a lot to
the course. The Forum where we
share ideas, concerns, and questions
is invaluable!”
– Eva Feuerstein
Beth Achim/Adat Shalom
Farmington Hills, MI
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Dr. Gloria Becker,
Adjunct Instructor, Gratz College
Are you tired of your students
spending more time on their devices
than paying attention in class? Do you
have limited access to computers or
the internet in your school? This
four-week course will explore how to
use the technology your students
already have – their smartphones –
to raise their interest and
participation. If you have more
computers and tablets, you will also
get a lot out of this class.
Please note that this course will not
address Hebrew learning, which is anentire subject unto itself.
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Jodi Gross, MAJEd,
MAJCS; Director of Adult Learning
and Youth Engagement. Adat
Shalom Synagogue, Farmington
Hills, MI
In this course, you will learn practical
strategies that will help you create
a positive teaching and learning
environment. The class will focus on
how to set clear expectations; how
to create and implement a positive
behavior reinforcement plan; how
to respond to student misbehavior;
and how to handle challenging
situations.
This course is appropriate for both experienced teachers who need a littlebrush-up on their skills as well asnovice teachers.
Adding Technology to Your
Jewish Classroom
(3rd – 7th grades)
Reimagine Teaching: Creating a Positive ClassroomCulture and Other Strategiesfor Effective Classroom
Management
(all grades)
Teaching Israel: Assembling a Tool Box for Teaching the
Complexity of Modern Israel
(7th – 12th grades)
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Steve Kerbel, J.D., M.Ed;
Project Director for the Center for
Israel Education at Emory University
Do you find it difficult to teach Modern
Israel to older students? Using
objective, primary sources – without an
advocacy or political agenda – we will
explore the themes of Peoplehood,
State Building and State Keeping,
Culture and Society and the Arab-Israel
Conflict. In so doing, we will learn
how to present a historical and
balanced understanding of the
Modern State of Israel and its
relationships with its neighbors.
Starting with Biblical sources, historical
accounts and contemporaneous
writing, we will examine the early history
of the Jews and their connection to the
land, the connection maintained in exile
and dispersion, and the modern
religious, nationalistic and pragmatic
return of a major Jewish presence in
the land of Israel.
At the end of the course, you will have
a knowledge of primary sources, how
to access them and use them with your
students, and a balanced picture of
how Israel has reached its current
state of development among the family
of nations.
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Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Emily Aronoff Teck, MEd;
Founding Director,
JewishLearningMatters.com;
Doctoral Candidate, Gratz College
In this course, you will learn ways to
engage your students in joyful Jewish
learning through musical play. Like
them, you will explore songs and
sound, consider content, and engage
in self-expression through listening,
singing, moving, playing instruments,
creating, and talking about musical
experiences. You will learn how
musical play looks different at
each stage of development with
improvisation, reflection, conversation,
imagination, and imitation as part of
the mix. You will emerge from this
course with teaching methods that
incorporate art, writing, movement,
technology, and more with music.
You will learn how music can be
used throughout your curriculum;
increase your song repertoire and
knowledge of learning theories that
support the effectiveness of musical
play as a learning platform.
The strategies presented support
different learning styles and personal
preferences so that you can engage in
learning in the way that you choose.
We will explore music that represents a
variety of styles and topics including
holidays, Torah, prayer, and values, as
well as more specific topics selected
by participants.
No musical talent or training is
necessary to succeed in utilizing music
as a teaching tool.
Jewish EducationThrough
Musical Play
(pre-K – 2nd grades)
Jewish Essentials for Teachers
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Peter Eckstein, MAJS,
MAJEd. Director of Education
Technology, Gratz Advance, and
Technology Integration Educator,
Friedman Commission for Jewish
Education
Are you looking to fill in gaps in your
Jewish learning? Do you want to
review what you may have forgotten
about Jewish life, traditions and
heritage? Are you looking for a quick
refresher on key concepts in Jewish
religion and culture that will help you
share Judaism with your students in
more creative ways?
Look no further! Jewish Essentials is
the course for you.
Together we’ll explore key Jewish
concepts related to texts and literacy,
time, prayer and spirituality. We’ll also
delve into some Jewish ethics and
values. This course will provide you
with the foundation to explore both
ancient and new understandings of
Judaism.
Course begins October 23, 2017 and
will be four weeks long. All sessions
will be asynchronous. Plan to spend
two hours a week on the course,
although you may choose any two
hours that suit you.
Instructor: Dina Maiben, MAJS,
Acting Director of Gratz Advance;
Doctoral Student and Adjunct
Instructor, Gratz College
Every new teacher wakes up in the
middle of the night worrying about
up a classroom, planning for the first
day, organizing lessons, and keeping
everything engaging. This course will
help you jump into Supplementary
School teaching without feeling
overwhelmed and offers you a solid
introduction to many core aspects
of teaching in a part-time Jewish
educational program. Topics include:
Kehillah (community building),
classroom management, learning
styles and multiple intelligences,
special needs, child development,
as well as syllabus, unit and lesson
planning, instructional strategies,
engaging students by asking the right
questions.
Boot Camp for New Teachers
(and those with minimalformal training)
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“Thank you for providing me with the
opportunity to review a subject on
my own time within a professional
environment. The instructor was
wonderful and the materials
presented were quality. I enjoyed
reading the commentary and opinions
from teachers all over the world at just
the touch of a mouse. What joy to
invite your mind into the room at any
time of the day!"
– Susan Levey
Beth David Reform Congregation
Gladwyne, PA
“I had never taken an online class
before, and with the [NEXT] class I
was interested and engaged each
week. I loved the flexibility of doing
the readings and assignments at
times that I chose. It was very easy
to navigate the website and keep
track what I needed to do. The
class content presented many new
concepts that are beneficial for
learning. In addition, I especially
enjoyed the forum, and I hopped on
the site often to see what the other
teachers had posted."
– Susan Ringel
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple,
Beachwood, OH
REGISTRATION AND FEES
Tuition is $100 for a four week course.
Through the generosity of the Lorraine & Jack N. FriedmanCommission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches, allNEXT classes are subsidized for Jewish educators in theGreater Palm Beaches.
When you complete a course, you or your institution is eligibleto receive 100% reimbursement for the course. Friedman CJEsubsidy and reimbursement for courses is limited to 10 per semester so register early!
To learn more, contact Robyn Hurvitz, Director of ProfessionalDevelopment, [email protected], (561) 209-2621 or LynneLieberman, Senior Director, [email protected], (561) 209-2606.
Registration and
more information
can be found at
www.gratz.edu/NEXT
or [email protected] or
(215) 635-7300 ext. 135
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Online course with rolling admission.
Ten one hour modules. The modules
can be completed at any pace.
Hebrew Through Movement, which
is both a curriculum and a technique,
is widely recognized as one of the
single best tools available to
Supplementary School teachers
who want their students to effectively
and enthusiastically learn Hebrew.
When you learn how to use Hebrew
Through Movement, you will be able
to create a more positive and joyful
Hebrew learning experience for
your students in just 15 minutes
per session.
Additionally, your students will build
enough vocabulary to comprehend
core segments of common prayers or
rituals. The curriculum is fun for both
students and teachers. Students are
engaged and enjoy learning Hebrew!
Hebrew Through Movement is an
online course offered by the Jewish
Education Center of Cleveland. By
special arrangement, NEXT is making
this innovative course available to
Philadelphia Supplementary School
teachers.
For more information about
Hebrew Through Movement visit
www.Hebrewthroughmovement.org
Hebrew ThroughMovement
(kindergarten +)
Offered in collaborationwith the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
Auerbach Family Foundation
Through the generosity of the Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches, allNEXT programs are subsidized for Jewisheducators in the Greater Palm Beaches.