Jewish Education Momentum
An educational journey planned by Momentum and the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge in collaboration with The Pincus Fund for Jewish Education
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Experience Israel with an 8-day transformative journey with over 400 Momentum participants from around the world and an additional two-day deep dive into the pedagogy.
Create a global collaborative educational network with schools all over the world featuring listserv conversations and webinars with master educators.
Select a pedagogical focus* and engage your students in a project to be shared internationally.
Focus Options
Soulful Education: Educating Toward Spirituality (Grades 7 to 11); Project-Based Learning (Grades 3 to 7) and Tefilah: Connecting Deeply to Prayer (Grades 3 to 11)
Deepen methods to help students live your school’s core Jewish values.
JULY 13-22, 2020
Information
Criteria
– Women educators teaching in grades 3-11 with fluency in English – oral and written
– Demonstrated capacity to be a school influencer/change agent; strong and effective
communicator with colleagues and parents
– Motivated to study and adopt a new pedagogy and implement it in the classroom
– Motivated to set goals, work to meet them, and adjust course based on data-progress indicators along the way
– Motivated to actively participate in a global professional community of educators, to learn
from and teach colleagues
– Has downloaded Slack and is ready to use the platform for the professional community of educators
– Well-developed collaboration skills and an interest in undertaking a collaborative project
with educators in other regions
– Preference for educators who are parenting Jewish children with one or more children
under age 18
Commitment to take part in a total of 7 webinars and one end-of-program online celebration:
Pre-Trip
– Three webinars pre-trip to connect with the group and prepare for the journey
Thursday, April 23, 2020, 1:00 PM EST
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 9:00 AM EST
June TBD
Post-Trip
– 1 full group webinar post-trip [TBD]
– 3 webinars post-trip on implementing the pedagogy they selected
– 1 post-one-year online celebration marking the end of the program – Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
Timeline
MARCH 1ST, 2020
Educators confirmed
MARCH 31ST, 2020
Registration Closes
APRIL – JUNE 2020
Educators participate in three online pre-trip sessions, goalsetting a session with the head of school, selection of pedagogical focus, and benchmark surveys
JULY 13-20, 2020
Israel experience: Momentum Journey
JULY 21-22, 2020
Israel experience continues: Educational Workshops
Hotels: Apolonia Park and Gogia PD center
August 2020
Head of School and Educator surveys
SEPTEMBER 2020
Parent and student surveys
DECEMBER 2020
Head of School and Educator surveys
SEPTEMBER 2020- MAY 2021
Monthly webinars and online global professional community with pedagogical support
SPRING 2021
Host a local Momentum group or a joint community event
MAY 2021
Complete final program surveys: parents, students, Head of School, and educators
Goals
– Educators learn a new pedagogy and put it into practice in their classrooms.
They engage students with pedagogy in ways that show a measurable impact on students.
– Educators set and meet goals to serve as school change agents.
– Educators strengthen home and school connections by collaborating with parents to underscore similar Jewish values.
– Educators demonstrate personal growth in an area of Jewish spirituality of their choosing (e.g., Torah learning, acts of chesed for students and parents, spiritual practice)
– Educators take part regularly in a global learning network of professional peers – sharing student work and giving and receiving input.
– Educators help organize and host a local community gathering together with local Momentum participants if the city has a Momentum partner.