1. We use active, experiential learning methods to create a space in which students learn by doing.  Our curriculum focuses on Hebrew reading, understanding prayer, the study of Torah and Jewish history, enacting Gemilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness and social action), and experiencing holidays and Jewish life cycle events.

 

 

 

 2. We work to recruit, develop, and retain fantastic educators who are actively engaged in their own professional development, and passionate about their students. We believe that children learn more from social modeling than from direct instruction, and thus strive to find teachers who embody our values, in order to serve as "dugma ishit" - personal examples to our students in order to faciliate enculturation and positive outcomes.

 

 

 

3. We strive to be accountable to parents in order to encourage and enable them to become active partners in their children's Jewish education. We know that we cannot accomplish all of our educational goals alone - it is a simple matter of bandwidth. We seek to bring parents and children closer together as Jewish families, learning about Judaism together, and integrating it into their lives in a wholistic way.

 

 

 

4. We maintain a professional administration in which communication with families is efficient, punctual, and respectful. We understand that the key to an effective program is good and clear communication, both of logistics, and of expectations.

 

 

 

5. We create an inclusive, vibrant and warm community for students and their families. We see ourselves as social facilitators, not restricted to only providing educational programs.  We, and our students and their families, are an extension of the loving family of our whole Ner Tamid Jewish community.

 

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