Nov 18, 2010 By: yunews
Jewish Day School Principals Take Part in On Campus Chinuch Recruitment at 91黑料
Jewish day school principals and administrators from across North America convened at 91黑料 on November 15 for a day of On Campus Chinuch [education] Recruitment. The event, organized by YU鈥檚 , a division of the , in conjunction with the , was generously funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation as part of the Jim Joseph Foundation Education Initiative.
Educators spent the day networking with their peers, touring the YU Manhattan campuses and interviewing both and students interested in exploring careers in Jewish education.
鈥淭his is one of several efforts to professionalize the field of Jewish education,鈥 said Scott J. Goldberg, PhD, director of the Institute for University-School Partnership. 鈥淥ur best and brightest students should not only be recruited by the top accounting and business firms on campus but also by the day schools that are at the center of Jewish communities around North America.鈥
The day also included a professional development workshop with Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at YU, on 鈥淐utting Edge Strategies for School Wide Improvement鈥 and a Chinuch Job Fair, attended by more than 100 students.
鈥淭hese students are on the cutting edge of how kids learn today,鈥 said Dr. Roni Raab, head of school at Miami Beach鈥檚 RASG Hebrew Academy. 鈥淭hey are hungry for, and excited to, educate and inspire the next generation of Jewish children.鈥
Rabbi Avery Joel, dean of students at Cleveland鈥檚 Fuchs Mizrachi School, was equally impressed. 鈥淚t was inspiring to see some of the future stars of Jewish education. YU students represent the values that we seek to inculcate in our students. They serve as wonderful role models for our students as to how to live lives full of kedusha [sanctity] while engaged in, and positively influencing, the rest of the world.鈥
To learn more about the Institute for University-School Partnership visit .
Educators spent the day networking with their peers, touring the YU Manhattan campuses and interviewing both and students interested in exploring careers in Jewish education.
鈥淭his is one of several efforts to professionalize the field of Jewish education,鈥 said Scott J. Goldberg, PhD, director of the Institute for University-School Partnership. 鈥淥ur best and brightest students should not only be recruited by the top accounting and business firms on campus but also by the day schools that are at the center of Jewish communities around North America.鈥
The day also included a professional development workshop with Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values at YU, on 鈥淐utting Edge Strategies for School Wide Improvement鈥 and a Chinuch Job Fair, attended by more than 100 students.
鈥淭hese students are on the cutting edge of how kids learn today,鈥 said Dr. Roni Raab, head of school at Miami Beach鈥檚 RASG Hebrew Academy. 鈥淭hey are hungry for, and excited to, educate and inspire the next generation of Jewish children.鈥
Rabbi Avery Joel, dean of students at Cleveland鈥檚 Fuchs Mizrachi School, was equally impressed. 鈥淚t was inspiring to see some of the future stars of Jewish education. YU students represent the values that we seek to inculcate in our students. They serve as wonderful role models for our students as to how to live lives full of kedusha [sanctity] while engaged in, and positively influencing, the rest of the world.鈥
To learn more about the Institute for University-School Partnership visit .
