Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education at Hebrew College Brochure

Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education

Welcome to the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education I am delighted to welcome you to the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education. We are a dedicated faculty and administration with wide experience in Jewish education, including special expertise in spiritual pedagogy, early childhood and special needs education, as well as congregational, day school and experiential education.

Our students are both Boston-based and spread throughout the United States and abroad, as we reach beyond our walls with online technology for teaching and learning. We welcome all those interested in a flexible, yet rigorous, program of professional and intellectual development and hope that you will find the program you seek among the variety that you will find in the following pages.

It is my great pleasure and privilege to see the growth of the field of Jewish education through our work in the Shoolman Graduate School, and I hope that you will become part of this great adventure for our students and alumni alike.

Please be in touch with me if I can facilitate your Jewish professional journey in any way and I look forward to being with you in person or online in the near future.

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire Chief Academic Officer Dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education and Jewish Studies Program

Learning

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The Shoolman School’s programs and courses are accessible to students throughout the United States and around the world.

My time as an Education Fellow had directed me to my calling – a Masters in Jewish Education – and I was ready to hit the ground running. I wanted this. I needed to be able to stay in Mississippi and pursue my Jewish education, and technology is what would make that possible.

Online Learning

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Alachua Nazarenko, MJEd Candidate Director of Programming, Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life

Hebrew College has established itself as a leader in online Jewish learning, having offered programs online for over a decade. Shoolman School students learn in supportive online communities with an eager cohort of peers ready to take their classroom learning to work with them every day. Our students study online asynchronously and use the latest technology to engage with faculty and work in groups. Additionally, certain programs have a one-week summer residential seminar component, allowing students to collaborate, share and learn together on campus.

Advising, Field Experience and Mentoring Each student has a personal academic advisor who supports and guides their learning throughout the program. Many programs involve field experience with a local mentor or supervisor. Our Director of Field Experience supports students wherever they are located, and the mentoring relationship continues throughout the student’s career.

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I have students from all over — Argentina, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong, Germany — who bring a global frame of reference. Some are just out of college; others are starting on their second careers. This diversity adds a dimension to the classes that would be lacking in an exclusively brick-and-mortar program.

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Nina Price | Faculty Leader, Jewish Special Education

Leadership & Faculty Our leadership and faculty has a broad range of experience to help prepare educators across all Jewish educational settings.

President

• Recruits, advises and teaches graduate students • Works with faculty and administration to hone and enhance the Jewish Education and Jewish Studies programs • Guides students through graduate thesis research

Chief Academic Officer, Hebrew College Dean, Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education and Jewish Studies Program Professor of Jewish Education

Areas of Scholarship

• Jewish American history education • Gender, philanthropy and organizational change in American Jewish life

Deborah Skolnick Einhorn, PhD

Associate Dean for Academic Development Assistant Professor of Jewish Education

Keren McGinity, PhD

Director, Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement

Rachel Raz

Director, Early Childhood Institute

Linna Ettinger

Assistant Director, Early Childhood Institute

Susan Morrell

Director of Field Experience

Nina Price

Faculty Lead, Jewish Special Education

Ariel Margolis

Additional Faculty Lauren Applebaum, PhD Rabbi Jethro Berkman Efrat Furst, PhD Marla Frankel Sandy Gold Rabbi Neil James Caren Levine Arielle Levites, PhD Jared Matas, PhD Ora Minder-Levin Ina Regosin Jeffrey Schein, PhD

Director, Online Learning

Susie Rodenstein

Faculty Liaison, iFellows Program

Allison Cook

Director, Clinical Mentor Faculty

Associate Dean for Academic Development Roles

Rabbi Michael Shire, PhD

Director, Congregational Education Initiative

Deborah Skolnick Einhorn, PhD PhD: Brandeis University

Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann

Marion Gribetz

Faculty Profile

For our most comprehensive and current faculty list, visit us online at hebrewcollege.edu/shoolman

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Here at Hebrew College, our emphasis is on mentoring and understanding every student as an individual learner. When we form these one-on-one relationships with students, we are able to stretch and challenge, support, and help them create a program that suits their professional ambitions as well as their personal style, schedule and interests. In this way, we also seek to model our vision for how Jewish education should look – individualized, compelling, cohesive and meaningful. What a great job I have! What could be better than teaching, supporting and nurturing the professionals who, in turn, teach Jewish students all over the world?

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Dr. Skolnick Einhorn’s students comment on... ...learning in an online community: “Deborah posted and commented on each and every student. She knew who to challenge and who needed the extra support. She was a wonderful mentor and guided us through the course.”

Michal Bessler MJEd`17

...distance learning: “Even though we are hundreds of miles away, I always feel like I can reach out to Deborah and for that I am truly grateful. I have had such an excellent experience at Hebrew College.”

Emily JK Holtzman MJEd`17

...academic advisement: “Deborah encouraged, supported and pushed me – always – to never give up and to seek excellence in everything I do.”

Miriam Berkowitz Blue MJEd`16

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Hebrew College gave me the skills and tools I've needed in order to grow and hone my own teaching practice, as well as learn more about our history and tradition than I thought possible.

Hebrew College showed me that Judaism is more deep and diverse than I could imagine and that Judaism and Jewish education are both accessible in myriad ways throughout one's life.

Ben Einsidler

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MJEd/MAJS`15, Eser`13 Judaics Teacher at JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School Prozdor Instructor

Program Offerings

The Shoolman School’s curricula cross all boundaries, offering professional certificates and educational degrees at the Masters and Doctoral levels.

Master of Jewish Education Certificate Programs & Specializations Interfaith Family Jewish Engagement Early Childhood Jewish Education Jewish Experiential Education Jewish Special Education Day School Jewish Studies (in collaboration with the Pardes Institute) NETA-CET Hebrew Language Program

Dual Degree: Master of Jewish Education and Master of Jewish Studies PhD in Educational Studies with Specialization in Jewish Educational Leadership in collaboration with Lesley University Early Childhood Institute Masters Degree and Certificate Program Professional Development Conferences and Seminars Jewish Special Education

Congregational Education Initiative Philosophical Inquiry in Jewish Education Clinical Mentor Faculty Program Project-Based Learning Torah Godly Play

Students at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College and the School of Jewish Music can enrich their professional training with a Master’s degree in Jewish Education within their ordination programs.

Master’s Degree Programs

The Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education offers two master’s degree programs which can be combined with certificate programs and specializations to expand the student’s learning.

Master of Jewish Education Geared toward teachers and educators working in Jewish educational settings who want to transform their educational practice, the MJEd offers additional specialization options including • • • • •

Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement (IFJE) Early Childhood Jewish Education Jewish Experiential Education Jewish Special Education Jewish Day-School Educators Program

The dual degree program provides the foundation for teachers and educators working in Jewish educational settings not only to transform their educational practice, but also to enhance their knowledge of Jewish studies.

I want to expand my abilities so I can enhance the life of all ages, demographics and backgrounds...and the goal of providing leadership in a pluralistic world touches the core of our need.

Julie Zorn MJEd`17 Director of Education and Life-Long Learning, Chadash, Canton, OH

Shoolman offers a variety of certificate programs and specializations, most of which offer credits toward master’s degree programs at Hebrew College. These are ideal for educators who are looking to refine their expertise, advance their careers, gain knowledge in a specific area, or to simply get started with graduatelevel studies without making a commitment to a degree program.

Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement (IFJE) IFJE seeks to develop the knowledge, skills and expertise of educators, clergy, heads of school and community directors who wish acquire the education and practical skills needed to provide support for the growing population of interfaith families.

Early Childhood Jewish Education

Dual Degree: Master of Jewish Education/Master of Arts in Jewish Studies

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Certificate Programs & Specializations

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Educators gain the knowledge and skills to integrate the study of Jewish values, traditions, culture and Hebrew language with developmentally appropriate methods for teaching young children and their families, making Jewish learning an exciting adventure inspiring a lifelong love of Judaism.

Jewish Experiential Education Ideal for youth directors, program directors, camp leaders, campus professionals, Israel program and trip leaders, this program focuses on the tools and methodologies needed to maximize teachable moments, building Jewish identity and an understanding of Jewish living.

Jewish Special Education The Jewish Special Education program meets the critical need for developing a cadre of both general practitioners as well as experts in Jewish special education program design and implementation, providing them with a broad repetoire of inclusive classroom teaching approaches that ensure that students with all learning needs have access to effective Jewish education.

Day School Educators Program Combine a Master of Jewish Education (MJEd) from Hebrew College with traditional text study at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem to prepare for a career in Jewish day school education. The two-year program leads to an MJEd and Certificate in Jewish Day School Education from Hebrew College as well as a Certificate of Advanced Jewish Studies from the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

PhD in Educational Studies with Specialization in Jewish Educational Leadership Program in Conjunction with Lesley University

The PhD in Educational Studies with Specialization in Jewish Educational Leadership is a joint program of Hebrew College and Lesley University, one of the country’s largest providers of educators’ graduate programs.

Designed for working professionals, the program is geared to Jewish educators seeking greater leadership responsibility in educational institutions and communal organizations.

Candidates apply through Lesley and matriculate as a cohort through both Lesley University and Hebrew College. Graduates receive a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Lesley University and Doctoral Certificate in Jewish Educational Leadership from Hebrew College.

The program, which can be completed in four years, comprises online course work, three 11-day summer residencies in Boston, and a dissertation. Each student has a senior advisor from Lesley and a faculty advisor from the Shoolman Graduate School for the duration of the program.

Early Childhood Institute The Early Childhood Institute is a professional learning hub for all educators, specialists and clergy working in Jewish Early Childhood educational settings. The Institute offers professional development conferences and seminars, educational materials and publications, symposia in Israel aligned with the Boston Haifa partnership and serves as the convener of the Jewish Early Engagement Forum (JEEF): a national advocacy forum for Jewish Early Childhood.

Annual Early Childhood Jewish Education Conference Educators, clergy and professionals working with children and families (infant through grade two) in day schools, congregational schools, preschools or family education settings, convene to learn and share in a series of engaging professional development workshops designed to increase Judaic and pedagogic knowledge and practice.

Made possible with support from Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP).

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Boston-Haifa Early Childhood Educators Connection

The online program, which delivers several benefits, is demanding, but flexible, designed for someone with a fulltime job. Those enrolled with me have different perspectives, adding to the depth of our learning and the cultural mosaic of the program.

Barbara Merson

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PhD`17 Executive Director, Maine Jewish Film Festival

The Boston Haifa Early Childhood Educators Connection builds meaningful and long lasting bridges between educators, students and their families in Haifa and the Greater Boston area.

Congregational Education Initiative The Congregational Education Initiative is a professional development program that works with teachers and transforms education into a participatory, creative and innovative endeavor at all levels. Working in partnership with Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ (CJP) Jewish Learning Connections, it has four programs: Philosophical Inquiry in Jewish Education Philosophical Inquiry in Jewish Education helps instructors use the Bible and other Jewish subjects to engage students in ‘philosophizing’ on important questions such as: What is goodness? What kind of life is worth living? Dr. Jen Glaser, Director of Engaging Texts Network, who developed this approach with a Covenant grant, leads the sessions that ultimately help children develop a world view. Participants who apply the approach in their classrooms also have the opportunity to be part of a national Community of Practice.

Clinical Mentor Faculty Program This group of supplementary school leaders strengthens the vision and skill for teacher development in their programs and is part of a cohort of Clinical Mentor Faculty at Hebrew College. This professional learning community comes together to learn and practice core skills of mentoring teachers, to share their experiences, and to identify and discuss key challenges and opportunities in the field of Jewish supplementary education. They, in turn, have the opportunity to mentor MJEd students from the Shoolman School of Jewish Education in their practical field experience.

Project-Based Learning Project-Based Learning is a dynamic approach to learning in which participants acquire knowledge and skills by actively exploring a complex question and working on an authentic community need.

CEI offers training for educational directors and teachers coupled with a coaching process to introduce project-based learning into their schools.

Torah Godly Play Godly Play, developed by Christian theologian and educator Jerome Berryman, focuses on the nonverbal, relational communication system that is the foundation of spirituality, and with which we all start as children. It provides the context for children, from a very early age, to experience the spiritual call within sacred stories. They find divine meaning, identity and God through storytelling and listening.

Torah Godly Play is a complex approach to religious education, inviting participants as a community into an encounter with sacred time and space.

Hebrew College runs a community of practice, provides training, curriculum development, and resources and consultation for synagogues and schools looking to establish classrooms.

Is the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education Right for You? The Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education prepares educators to lead, transform and elevate Jewish learning for a pluralistic world. Our programs combine academic rigor, field experience and a network of contacts to help you deepen your practice and grow your career.

Making it work for YOU...

As a student in the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow, share and network with others who are active in the field of Jewish education – professionals who are seeking to grow their practice and elevate their careers. And you can fit it into an already busy schedule.

On average, our students report spending 6% of their week on classwork and studies. They are supported by an engaged faculty, attentive academic advisors, and one another.

A typical week in the life of Shoolman School students: 6% classwork and studies 29% sleep 65% everything else

Financial Aid Hebrew College is committed to making education affordable for our students.

Financial aid may be available for our degree programs and we offer generous fellowships and scholarships for up to 65% of tuition including: Mid-Career Fellowship (MJEd) Crown Fellowship (IFJE) Nancy Lurie Marks Scholarship (Special Education) Regosin Fellowship (MJEd) iCenter Fellowship (MJEd)

Leading the Way in Jewish Education for the 21st Century The Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, with a full set of academic degrees and professional certificates in Jewish Education at MJEd and PhD levels, develops leaders and educators for the 21st century across diverse venues and global settings through residential and distance learning. The nurturing of Jewish educators has been a core component of Hebrew College’s mission since its inception. The Shoolman School reflects the ethos of the College in valuing the diversity of all learners with individual learning needs and is committed to the teaching of inclusion in Jewish Education.

Hebrew College: A National Leader in Pluralistic Jewish Education Founded in 1921 to train Jewish educators and leaders, Hebrew College has evolved into a national institution dedicated to pluralistic Jewish learning and leadership within an environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor, personal engagement, and spiritual creativity.

Our pioneering approach prepares educators to serve in the complex and exciting landscape of Jewish education today.

Hebrew College also includes courses of study in rabbinics, cantorial education, Jewish music, Jewish studies and Hebrew language, as well as community programs in youth and adult education.

Through all of our efforts, we empower and inspire individuals to contribute their voices and vision to the Jewish community and to bring Jewish values to bear on the critical issues of our time.

Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education 160 Herrick Road Newton Centre, Massachusetts 02459 617-559-8624 shoolman@hebrewcollege.edu hebrewcollege.edu/shoolman

Hebrew College admits qualified students without regard to age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, color, or nationality.