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The new resource, titled “Field Trip Safety Considerations,” provides comprehensive guidance for Jewish schools and organizations planning off-site activities. This new resource aims to ensure Jewish school communities can...
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Student Cell Phone Use Trend Report
Prizmah conducted a pulse survey to gather insights into the prevalence of student cell phone policies and to understand what specific measures schools are implementing. As you will see, schools with student cell phone...
In effort to support school leaders, Prizmah is regularly convening Heads of School. For those that are not able to attend, below are the running notes from the weekly meetups.
Start-up day school series Daniel Weiss, head of the Bornblum Jewish Community School in Memphis, discusses running a school under COVID: adapting to changing needs and conditions of education, new opportunities that may be...
Research Encounter series Jack Wertheimer Cheryl Maayan Steven Lorch Professor Jack Wertheimer of the Jewish Theological Seminary talks with Cheryl Maayan, head of the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in St. Louis, and...
Back when the word “corona” evoked an image of an ice-cold beer, the concept of adaptive leadership was not on the front burner for most schools. Adaptive leadership enables organizations to identify changes needed to move...
A teacher pipeline issue is emerging, not only in the world at large, but in the yeshiva and Jewish day school field. School and field leaders are struggling with recruiting, training and retaining talented educators. As a...
At Prizmah’s Head of School Retreat earlier this spring, consistent with all we have heard since the pandemic, school leaders unanimously voiced their most pressing need: “More teachers,” we heard from schools across North...
Following discussions within Prizmah’s Head of School Reshet regarding the adjustments and planning processes that schools are undertaking for their annual Israel trip amidst the conflict in Israel, a brief survey was...
In light of recent events targeting Israel, Jewish organizations should ensure basic cybersecurity measures are in place, and staff should exercise additional situational awareness and precautions related to potential...