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Herzog-United Academy aims to introduce meaningful and relevant teaching and learning practices to the Jewish education curriculum. Our mission is to provide opportunities and inspiration for Jewish educators to promote active and relevant Jewish identity building in the classroom; to facilitate social and emotional growth and to foster a sense of belonging to Jewish and global communities.Our educational foundation is based on active learning: sustaining engagement and motivation, collaborative, social and emotional learning, meaningful interdisciplinary content, formative assessment and innovative learning platforms. Through peer discussion and reflection, Herzog-United Academy provides teachers with ready-to-use practical tools and content for the classroom. As part of the Herzog-United Academy, we offer a variety of learning paths, to connect needs with solutions from the field. We experiment with techniques and tools that you can use in the classroom (as early as tomorrow morning...). Our training courses are designed to meet Jewish educators' cultural and linguistic needs, as well as provide opportunities to learn from experience, peer learning, and reflection.

Engaged motivated learning

How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? | How do I sustain active engagement in the classroom? |

Practices in Self Orientation in Learning

Basic introduction to learning methods that enable personal choice and streamlining in learning. We will get to know practices - learning menus, thinking maps. Portfolio.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 5-12

Routine Thinking - Making thinking visible

The purpose of the thinking routines is to provide students with complex and varied thinking processes. In this meeting we will experience the routine of a “circle of perspectives.” This is a learning activity that seeks to obtain profound understanding of the actions of different characters, to understand the complexity and the various considerations. To observe the same situation (story, decision, dispute, encounter) from different directions. Observing from diverse points of view broadens the mind and compels the students to read the texts accurately, to sharpen their understanding and attention to detail, while at the same time referring to the personal place as well. In this workshop we will experience the use of these techniques in the Hebrew and Bible/Judaism class.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 1-12

Principles in Active Learning

The change from passive learning to active learning - why? A webinar dealing with the pedagogic and emotional rationale underlying active learning. Together we will connect content to its method of teaching and create an active process of learning.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 1-12

-spark up your lesson

In this workshop we will learn about “small tools that make a big change - using short and focused teaching techniques to empower students and increase their involvement in learning in a variety of courses in the current curriculum.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 5-10

Invitation to learning - motivation to push vs. pull

In this webinar we will learn about the principles guiding us to nurture and preserve motivation in learning processes and apply them through practical examples from Bible, Hebrew and Judaism studies

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 1-12. * Optional - personal streamlining to study program or age group.

Collaborative learning

How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? | How do I encourage meaningful contributionand collaborative learning? |

Principles for cooperative learning

This is a webinar that deals with characteristics of optimal shared learning, which will offer tools for applying shared learning that encourages streamlined student involvement.

Synchronous

Jewish studies teachers in grades 1-12.

Beit Midrash for Elementary Classes

Practical workshop in creating a study sheet: the webinar will provide practical tools to choose, plan and create a Beit Midrash learning process. Also, we will learn principles in guiding learning in hevrutas at different ages.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 5-12

Social emotional learning

How do I engage students in value based classroom conversations?How do I connect to students' social and emotional worlds through jewish education? | How do I engage students in value based classroom conversations?How do I connect to students' social and emotional worlds through jewish education? | How do I engage students in value based classroom conversations?How do I connect to students' social and emotional worlds through jewish education? | How do I engage students in value based classroom conversations?How do I connect to students' social and emotional worlds through jewish education? |

Dilemma in five-year lessons - Dilemma discussion management

Dilemma is a clash between values that demand to be resolved. Many dilemmas that we will meet in Bible and Judaism studies are part of our daily routines, such as: truth vs. peace, truth vs. loyalty, family vs. friendship/love, faith/adherence to one’s goals vs. personal gain, and more. In this workshop we will think of ways to stimulate dilemmas in Bible and Judaism lessons, and even teach using these practices.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 9-12

SEL skills in teaching Jewish content

In this session we will practice working with SEL skills: Decision making, interpersonal relationships, ability and strengths. We will connect the skills to topics in Bible studies, the cycle of the Jewish calendar and Jewish identity.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Jewish studies teachers in elementary classes | Jewish studies teachers in junior high grades

Content and formative assesment

How do I choose relevant content for my classroom?How do I evaluate learning processes? | How do I choose relevant content for my classroom?How do I evaluate learning processes? | How do I choose relevant content for my classroom?How do I evaluate learning processes? | How do I choose relevant content for my classroom?How do I evaluate learning processes? | How do I choose relevant content for my classroom?How do I evaluate learning processes? |

Evaluation and Product in Bible and Judaism Lessons

In this workshop we will find different methods to evaluate learning, in a way that will allow the student to express the new knowledge he has acquired, as well as to bring to light different stages in the learning process. We will experiment with work examples on evaluation methods, and discuss principles in formative evaluation.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 7-12

Roots, Words and Ideas in a Hebrew Lesson

In the workshop we will learn about a Hebrew teaching method that uses a pivotal idea around which language teaching can be woven.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Hebrew teachers in elementary classes

Pedagogy on the Cycle of the Jewish Year

In the workshop we will consider compatibility between teaching practices and the contents of the curriculum around the cycle of the Jewish Year. We will demonstrate lessons using diverse practices.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Hebrew teachers in elementary classes | Jewish studies teachers in grades 7-12

From an Inspiring Idea to a Classroom Lesson

Frequently, we use online lessons, articles or interesting information as a source of inspiration for preparing a lesson. In this workshop, we will think about how we can turn inspiration into a structured learning process.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Jewish studies teachers in junior high grades

Judaism and what more? Thinking about Interdisciplinary Teaching

Interdisciplinary learning is increasingly being integrated into learning processes. This type of learning introduces learners to a phenomenon or topic as it is expressed in diverse disciplines. This learning enables exposure and deepening of the context and diversity of the phenomena. In the workshop we will think about how interdisciplinary learning makes Bible and Judaism lessons meaningful and relevant.

Synchronous 2 hours

Jewish studies teachers in junior high grades

A Great Idea in Teaching

A “big idea in teaching” is a central theme around which we build the Bible, Hebrew or Judaism classes, and it will directly influence our judgments regarding the materials we choose to discuss, questions we want to ask, and words we choose to translate or learn. In the workshop we will get to know the principle of a “big idea in teaching,” and we will experience building a lesson in light of a big idea. Two sessions on this topic. In the session we will understand the meaning of the title and in the second session we will consider its practical application in Jewish education.

Synchronous 1.5 hours

Jewish studies teachers in grades 7-12.

Innovative and technological pedagogy

How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? | How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? | How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? | How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? | How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? | How to bring digital learning tools to my jewish education curriculum? |

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