ACAJE/JOP Programs & Services

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS

FOR EDUCATION DIRECTORS *

Developing skills that support and strengthen the education directors’ roles as educational and congregational leaders

RESHET RABBINIC

ENRICHMENT INITIATIVE *

Providing professional enrichment for congregational rabbis, blending intensive workshops with individual coaching, enabling rabbis to identify and work towards goals that will strengthen their abilities as institutional leaders

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/

NER TAMID *

Offering workshops, conferences, consultation, coaching and mentoring to individuals and institutions, with particular emphasis on professional development, curriculum and program development in the areas of:

~ Early Childhood Education

~ Elementary Education

~ Adolescent Education

~ Special Needs Education

~ Israel Education

~ Parent & Family Engagement

Encouraging synagogues to make ongoing professional development a core component for their educational staff through the Ner Tamid program

LASKO FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Providing master teachers and school directors with the foundation to serve as special needs trainers and resources in their home institutions

SEIDMAN EDUCATIONAL

RESOURCE CENTER

Supporting local and national educators, lay and professional leaders, and parents with innovative Jewish educational resources

NURTURING EXCELLENCE

IN SYNAGOGUE SCHOOLS (NESS) *

Transforming and strengthening synagogue schools through a comprehensive program that focuses on the systemic integration of six critical aspects of excellence: Assessment, Teacher Training, Educational Leadership, Organizational Development, Curriculum Development, and Parent and Family Engagement

NATIONAL REPLICATION OF NESS

Replicating the NESS Initiative in the San Francisco Bay Area Providing training in the JSASIP, the NESS assessment component, in four additional communities

DESIGNATED SCHOOL PROGRAM *

Restructuring and strengthening elementary congregational education through an intensive, multi-year process

RESHET: NETWORK

FOR SYNAGOGUE STRENGTH *

Providing educational workshops, consultation, and facilitation services that enable synagogue leaders to build their capacities to effect strategic change

HAROLD AND RENEE BERGER SYNAGOGUE NETWORK

FOR YOUNG FAMILIES

Creating and implementing initiatives to reach and engage families with young children in five pilot synagogues

NATIONAL RESHET NETWORK

Training Reshet Facilitators and providing curricular resources in five communities outside of the Greater Philadelphia area

SYNAPLEX PHILADELPHIA *

Increasing member participation and engagement on Shabbat in Philadelphia area synagogues

SYNAGOGUE MENTORSHIP

Customizing consultation and mentoring services to meet specific needs of congregations and their leaders

CENTER FOR EVALUATION

Offering Jewish institutions contracted independent program evaluation services and/or consultation to create evaluation protocol

THE PJ LIBRARY *

Engaging Jewish families with young children in Jewish life through Jewish books, resources and programming

MAKING CONNECTIONS *

Study Guides providing Jewish adult and family educational materials designed for independent learning

ONE BOOK, ONE JEWISH COMMUNITY *

Enhancing adult Jewish learning by supporting literature based programs and conversations stimulated by a featured Jewish book and its related themes

CONSORTIUM OF

SPECIAL NEEDS AGENCIES

Convening representatives from agencies that provide services to those with special needs to share ideas toward expanding and improving those services

TEEN ASSISTANT PROGRAM

Training committed Jewish teens to assist children with special needs and those experiencing difficulty in Jewish classrooms

TEACHERLINK *

Recruiting individuals interested in professional employment in the field of Jewish Education and assisting with school placement

PROFESSIONAL COUNCILS *

Supporting affinity groups of professionals as they meet to discuss current topics, grapple with relevant issues, share ideas, and brainstorm for future programming

PHILADELPHIA ISRAEL

EDUCATION PROJECT *

Providing intensive, ongoing professional training for educators working with teens, in order to establish a deep-rooted connection to Israel during a critical period of adolescent development

* Program made possible in whole or in part through a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

Strengthening Individuals

Strengthening Institutions

Strengthening Community