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May 18, 2012   26 Iyyar 5772
NATE Awards and Recognition


Announcing Yad b’Yad Award Categories:

Exceptional Professional Learning for Educational Staff
(To be presented during the NATE Kallah in San Antonio, March 12 – 15, 2012)

Submission Deadline Extended to Friday, February 17, 2012

 

 Yad b'Yad Award Application

 

 

CRITERIA:

Program Includes:

  • A long term plan – not a one day, one time conference or workshop
  • Evaluation for the effectiveness of the program
  • Input from educational staff
  • Short term and long term goals that mesh with the educational vision of the institution
  • Planning should involve the teachers
  • Fit into the overall goals of the educational vision of the school – short term and long term

Program may include:

  • Opportunities for teachers to increase their content knowledge
  • Opportunities for teachers to increase pedagogic knowledge, such as classroom management, active learning strategies, etc.
  • Mentoring of new teachers by more experienced teachers
  • Planning in  conjunction with a Board of Jewish Education or other agency
  • Opportunities for teachers to receive higher levels of education, such as a Masters program
  • Options and/or tracks to teacher learning

 

 

Outstanding Teen Engagement Programming
(Presented during the Education Summit at the URJ Biennial)

 

Award Recipient: Barrett Harr on behalf of the education team at Temple Shalom of Dallas, Texas.


The Recognition Committee of NATE
Ava Keeen Kurnow and Stacy Rosenthal, co-chairs
akeenen@cbisd.org and srosenthal@cbiaz.org


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