Prizmah Conference 2017

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CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

SUNDAY

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10 am

Conference Registration Opens

5th Floor

11:30 am

Welcome Lunch Reception

7th Floor

1 pm

Opening Plenary

Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

2 pm

Break/Minchah

Orthodox Minyan

Halsted, 4th Floor

Egalitarian Minyan

Sheffield, 4th Floor

2:30 pm-5:30 pm

Constellation 1

5:30 pm

Super Bowl Party

Halsted, 4th Floor

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6 pm

Dinner

Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

8 pm

Ma’ariv

Addison, 4th Floor

8:30 pm

Receptions

5th Floor

6:30 am

Daf Yomi – The Daily Page of Talmud

Minnesota, 6th Floor

7:15 am

Shacharit

Orthodox Minyan

Marriott Ballroom, 4th Floor

Egalitarian Minyan

Sheffield, 4th Floor

MONDAY

Creative Tefillah 8 am

Breakfast

9:15 am-12:15 pm

Constellation 2

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Break/Minchah

Grace, 4th Floor

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Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor 24 Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor Orthodox Minyan

Halsted, 4th Floor

Egalitarian Minyan

Sheffield, 4th Floor

2 pm-6 pm 4 pm-4:30 pm 4:30 pm-6 pm

Constellation 3 Break Second City Works Workshop

32 Assigned room on back of name badge

6:30 pm

Dinner and Evening Entertainment

Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

9 pm

Ma’ariv

Halsted, 4th Floor

9:15 pm

Receptions

5th Floor

6:30 am

Daf Yomi – The Daily Page of Talmud

Minnesota, 6th Floor

7:00 am

Shacharit

Creative Tefillah

Halsted, 4th Floor

7:15 am

Shacharit

Orthodox Minyan

Marriott Ballroom, 4th Floor

7:45 am

Breakfast

Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

8:30 am

Keynote: Learning is an Epic Win.

Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

9:45 am-12:45 pm

Constellation 4

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TUESDAY

Egalitarian Minyan

1 pm

Lunch

2 pm

L’hitraot/Farewell

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Sheffield, 4th Floor 13 38 Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor

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WELCOME LETTER

Dear Friends, Welcome to the very first Prizmah Jewish Day School Conference!

This conference is a thrilling occasion for us. It is the start of something new, building on a proud legacy of past North American Jewish Day School Conferences. This dynamic is part of what inspired the Prizmah Conference theme, THE POWER OF STORY. We believe Prizmah has a great story to tell: After two years of hard work, five legacy organizations have come together to build a new organization, one that draws on past achievements as well as a diversity of ideas and practices, but is united in the common goals of strengthening day schools and the day school field to build a brilliant Jewish future.

As Jewish people, the act and art of telling stories is at the core of our identity. Over the next few days, you will be immersed in the hundreds of different ways we tell stories, as exemplified in the entirety of our oral tradition and beyond. As the passage from the Passover Haggadah teaches us, it’s not enough to be well versed in our own right; we need to continuously communicate our narrative: Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to discuss the exodus from Egypt; and everyone who discusses the exodus from Egypt at length is praiseworthy.

We all want different ways to engage, so we’ve crafted diverse ways to learn and connect over the next few days. We’ve designed opportunities to connect at the beit midrash, at dozens of sessions including remarkable keynotes, at various formal and informal networking opportunities, and even “on the playground.” We hope you come away invigorated and eager to share fresh ideas with each other, with your faculty, and with your communities back home.

We hope this conference will help each of you renew the story you tell about the achievements of your school, and the importance of Jewish education. As school leaders, lay leaders, and administrators, you are the go-to people who make things happen for your schools, your students, and your communities. We at Prizmah hope to be the go-to place where you turn to help your schools thrive and to work together to secure a strong and brilliant future for our communities and the Jewish people. This conference is a big step toward building our new narrative. Thank you for being here and being part of our new story.

Sincerely yours,

Paul Bernstein CEO

Kathy E. Manning Board Chair

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SHARED EXPERIENCES / LEARNING OVERVIEW

SHARED EXPERIENCES and CONSTELLATIONS OF LEARNING Choose your own pathway for learning

SHARED EXPERIENCES The conference begins and ends with us all together. At 1 pm Sunday, Prizmah welcomes you to the 2017 Jewish Day School Conference. With the help of Kelly Leonard and Robyn Scott of Second City Works, we launch the POWER OF STORY, this year’s conference theme. Sunday night’s smorgasbord dinner serves as a delicious opportunity to connect with friends and meet new colleagues. Join us in celebration at a special dessert reception, with several options for informal inspiring engagements around the theme of story.

Monday afternoon at 4:30 pm, we all hone our leadership and team-building capacities with the highly skilled facilitators from Second City Works. In small breakout groups (room assignment located on your name badge), we will experience the interactive

workshop they have developed just for our conference. We come together once again after a rich day of learning for a seated dinner in the Grand Ballroom. After dinner, Second City Works entertains us with custom sketches of Jewish day school life and some of their famous improv. Tuesday morning after breakfast, we hear from Jane McGonigal, world-renowned game designer and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.

We again gather together to close our conference over lunch, confident the learning, questioning, experimenting, and connecting begun here will continue— through your efforts back home, through the collaborative strength of the Jewish day school field, and through the Jewish day school resource that is Prizmah.

SESSIONS DO NOT HAVE UNIFORM START AND END TIMES. PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TIMES OF THE SESSIONS YOU WANT TO ATTEND SO YOU DON’T MISS OUT.

CONSTELLATIONS OF LEARNING In between our shared experiences, we have designed four Constellations of Learning. Within each, choose from a variety of learning opportunities to suit your interests and learning preferences.

The following pages support you in choosing your own learning adventure. Choose among the available options in each of the four Constellations. You schedule your own time within each Constellation and across all four to include as many options as you wish. Some options do require advance signup, as noted.

3-HOUR INTENSIVES These sessions run the full length of a Constellation. Intensives are an opportunity to delve deeply into one topic.

80-MINUTE SESSIONS During each Constellation, you can attend two 80-minute sessions, with a choice of 10 to 12 taking place concurrently. Among

SHARED EXPERIENCES / LEARNING OVERVIEW

Constellation learning options, these are most similar to concurrent sessions at traditional conferences, involving a mix of presentation and hands-on or small group work on a specific topic chosen by the presenter.

45-MINUTE SESSIONS These sessions offer a tighter focus on their topic, typically a presentation followed by Q and A. Some serve as a good introduction to those unfamiliar with the topic or to those wanting a quick review of some basics. Others offer a chance to go deep into one aspect of a larger topic. Additionally, you might hear an example of one particular way a challenge was addressed, a kind of case example.

SMALL SCHOOLS

LAY LEADER EXPERIENCE

The POWER OF STORY features sessions with presenters who have the needs of small schools and small communities in mind. Look for sessions with  in this bulletin. Though relevant to schools of all sizes, these sessions will have a dedicated facilitator to ensure the unique needs, opportunities and challenges of small schools and small communities are attended to within the general session. Connect with colleagues, build a network and continue the learning after the conference. We are grateful to the Jewish Federations of North America for their generous support of this program.

A school is only as vital as its leadership.

Are you a veteran lay leader? New to your role? Considering board service? This year’s Lay Leader Experience is designed to inspire you to make your school stronger.

Offering high-level, interactive sessions and programs, most in partnership with school professionals, you will stretch those leadership muscles and leave with concrete action steps. See page 12 for details.

THE BEIT MIDRASH NETWORKING

Embracing the value of Jewish learning as central to both our identity as Jews and to our Jewish day schools, we are dedicating a space at the conference for Torah study.

Our Beit Midrash, in the Minnesota room, will be open throughout the conference for both informal and structured learning. See page 37 for details.

Connect with colleagues, build powerful collaborations, engage in joint problemsolving, reduce professional isolation, find relevant resources, share expertise, join communities to discuss live challenges, and launch innovative partnerships. Do it all at this year’s Prizmah Jewish Day School Conference. See page 11 for details.

THE PLAYGROUND We know that most people learn best when they get hands-on experience. Our cuttingedge “playground” will help you observe, experience, and explore what’s next in education and technology. Open throughout the conference, you will find it on the 5th floor, Chicago Ballroom. See pages 8-9 for details.

TASTE OF COACHING Working well with the board… leading the fundraising campaign… creating collaborative teams… meeting student needs… increasing enrollment… dealing with difficult staff: The challenges that school leaders face are multifaceted and numerous. Sometimes, the right support is hard to find. See page 23 for details, and to check for availability for coaching, visit the Prizmah table on the 5th floor.

EXCURSIONS During morning Constellations, you have an opportunity to go beyond the walls of the hotel to engage in experiential learning with world-class educators serving Chicago-based educational institutions with an international footprint. See page 37 for details, and visit the Prizmah table on the 5th floor to check for availability.

Thank you to our funders who have generously supported this conference and the Prizmah organization as a whole.

THE CROWN FAMILY

THE LEIFER FAMILY FUND Marcia and Alan Leifer

THE MARCUS FOUNDATION

ANONYMOUS

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SECOND CITY WORKS

SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH SECOND CITY WORKS Change the way you think about communication, creativity, and collaboration

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CONFERENCE OPENING

Sunday, 1 pm, Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor Start with a crash course in “Yes, and” thinking that is guaranteed to revolutionize the way you make things happen in your school. The Prizmah Conference’s opening plenary is based on their critically acclaimed book,Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses ‘No, But’ Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration – Lessons from The Second City.

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WORKSHOP:

Monday, 4:30-6 pm, assigned room can be found on the back of your name badge Continue the transformation by thinking before speaking in a way you’ve never done before. Ever said something and immediately wished you could rewind the moment and get a do-over? Or rehearsed your presentation over and over to ensure a perfect landing? This workshop is designed to remove the guesswork from powerful communications. With out-of-the-box presentations and fast-paced exercises that will allow you to test-drive different communication approaches, experience research-based training at its best.

THE POWER OF “YES…AND” THINKING TO ENHANCE YOUR LEADERSHIP

SECOND CITY WORKS

Imagine if all of our schools were places where…

– Leaders embrace risk and inspire courage in others.

– Colleagues have each other’s backs.

– Trusting others is prioritized over needing to be right.

– Ways to make things happen is the first line of thinking before reasons why it can’t.

– Surprising ideas are nurtured and cultivated with joy and laughter.

Expect to gain from this workshop…

– The confidence to lead by knowing just what to say and when to say it in order to empower others.

– Sharper storytelling skills to engage your audiences with messages that stick.

– An improviser’s mindset that will unlock and unleash your creativity.

– The ability to cut the noise with authenticity.

– The capacity to propel groups to new heights through collaboration.

– The tools to create a culture of support, empathy, and dialogues over monologues.

Sound too good to be true?

Call our bluff and check out how Second City Works brings the inspiration and provides tools for implementation.

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EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, 8 pm, Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor Take an evening entertainment break with Second City Works (SCW).

Kick back, relax, and take in the hilarity that SCW is best known for with improv and comedy sketches designed specifically with our audience in mind.

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PLAYGROUND

THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIENCE Where innovation, learning, and fun come together

We know everyone learns in different ways. That’s why we developed our “playground.” What are the playground opportunities? They are cutting-edge experiences that help you observe, experience, and explore what’s next in education and technology. We heard such great feedback on our playground, that we've expanded to deliver even more interactive options.

Here are some key questions you can ask yourself as you “play”: 1. What is innovation?

2. What is driving us to innovate?

3. How do we innovate with limited resources or unavoidable constraints?

4. How do the practices of reflection and sharing contribute to the spread and growth of innovation?

THINK STUDIO Put on your design hat and open up your creativity. In this unique space created by Wonder By Design, use the Design Thinking model to devise meaningful solutions to overcome challenges you may face in your schools, organizations, and classrooms.

Each challenge is addressed through a guiding question that focuses your work.

Look for the red Think Studio callout boxes.

INNOVATION ALLEY THE GOAL OF THE PLAYGROUND? Inspire wonder.

Make you ponder.

Exploration.

Engage in inventive activities with leading innovators and get inspired. They’ll share their knowledge about topics like: visual and digital storytelling, innovative use of tablets and apps, the benefits of data-driven decision making, robotics, coding, STEM, and more.

PLAYGROUND

REFLECTION POOL

REFLECTION POOL

THINK STUDIO

ESCAPE THE CLASSROOM INNOVATION ALLEY

ENTRANCE

INNOVATORS-IN-RESIDENCE: Shoshi Becker, Compedia Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz, CET iTal AM/Neta Data-Driven Decision Making through LMS Pat Henry, Boxlight STEM

SPECIAL GUEST INNOVATORS (MONDAY): Smadar Goldstein, JETS 3-D Halacha Apple Inc Everyone Can Code Eight Elements for Success

Chana Kanzen, Jewish Interactive Tablets, Edtech Toolkits and Computing Darren Kuropatwa, Hanover School Division in Manitoba, Canada Visual & Digital Storytelling Rivky Ross, Netivot Montessori Montessori Pedagogy

READY TO GET INNOVATIVE? Sign up by visiting the Prizmah table on the 5th floor.

Great learning also takes great reflection. This inviting oasis will help you reflect on your insights and share knowledge you’ve acquired.

From videos to notes, it will be transformed into a giant reflection of all of our learning. Look for the red Reflection Pool callout boxes.

ESCAPE THE CLASSROOM Ready to have fun and team-build? This interactive activity will be run by Breakout EDU. It’s similar to the popular Escape the Room, but instead centers on education. You’ll solve puzzles, learn lessons and “break out” from conventional thinking. Visit the Prizmah table or the Playground (both on the 5th floor) to sign up for your experience.

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SMALL SCHOOLS

WHAT SMALL SCHOOLS NEED MOST Sessions designed with the experience and feedback from school leaders in mind Prizmah is deeply committed to providing services and leading advocacy efforts that strengthen small schools so they can better serve their students and their local Jewish communities. Ensuring that the conference offers significant learning resources and networking activities designed for this important subset of our audience is just one expression of that commitment. We are working to help small schools and small communities respond to the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Sessions that have a dedicated small school facilitator are indicated as  in your program book.

The following sessions include a dedicated small school facilitator: Celebrating Differences: Supporting Learning Differences in Small Schools – C1 (p. 23) Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More – C1 Telling a New Story About Tuition – C1 Choose Your Words Carefully – C2 Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools – C2 PBL Intensive Workshop – C2 Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning – C3 Recapturing Your School’s Story – C3

We are grateful to our partner at Jewish Federations of North America for their generous support of small schools and small communities.

A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning – C4 Building Inclusive School Communities – C4 Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned? – C4 Re-envisioning Retention Strategies – C4 The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities – THINK STUDIO, C4 (p. 42)

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43)

NETWORKING

EXPAND YOUR OWN LEARNING COMMUNITY Opportunities to build meaningful connections and get the most out of the collective wisdom Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools is dedicated to helping you leverage the power of the network of Jewish day schools. This year’s conference is designed to foster connection within the learning constellations, throughout your meals, during receptions, and in the Playground.

Prizmah’s Affinity groups are learning networks through which like-minded schools will be able to access conversations and resources rooted in a shared ideological or denominational identity.

Unless otherwise noted, descriptions, timing, and location for each networking opportunity can be found in the bulletin pages describing the constellation of learning within which the session will be held (indicated with C# after the title).

RAVSAK Affinity Group: Finding Unique Solutions to Curious Challenges – C1

AFFINITY GROUP NETWORKING

Schechter Affinity Group: Building our Network within Prizmah – C2 Pardes Affinity Group: What Does Reform Day School Advocacy Look Like? – C3 (Think Studio in the Playground) (p. 36) Yeshiva Day School Affinity Group: Conversations Worth Having – C3

ROLE ALIKE/ PROGRAM BASED NETWORKING Admission Professionals Networking Session – C1

For meetups and conversations in the Grand Ballroom during meal times, please look for table tents on selected table to find your colleagues and connect.

Celebrating Differences: Supporting Learning Differences in Small Schools – C1 (Reflection Pool in the Playground) (p. 23) Head of School Reception – Sunday 9:30 pm (Scottsdale) (p. 14) Lay Leader, Foundation, and Federation Breakfast: Hosted by Kathy Manning, Prizmah Board Chair and Paul Bernstein, Prizmah CEO Monday 8 am-10:30 am Program begins at 8:30 am (Grand Ballroom) (p. 12) Head of School Professional Excellence Program: What should Jewish day school leadership look like? (HOSPEP participants

only) – C2 (Think Studio in the Playground) (p. 30) Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools – C2 Leadership - An Inner Workout (YOU LEAD participants only) – C2 Musical Chairs for Development Pros: Discover Your Colleagues’ Success Stories – C2 Judaic Administrator Unconference Lunch: Addressing the Major Challenges in Our Work - Monday lunch (Halsted) Early Childhood Educators Debrief: Where Do We Go from Here? – C3 (Reflection Pool in the Playground) (p. 36) Senior Development Professionals Networking – C3 HaYidion Roundtable: Share ideas for Prizmah’s journal with the editor – Monday Dinner (Grand Ballroom) Middle School Meetup – Tuesday Breakfast (Grand Ballroom) High School Principals Meetup – Tuesday Breakfast (Grand Ballroom) Governance & Fundraising Academy (GFA): The Alumni Dilemma: How do I find them?

How do we engage them? How did we lose them in the first place? – GFA current participants and alumni only – C4 (Think Studio in the Playground) (p. 42) Heads of Large Schools Meetup – C4 The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities – C4 Breakout EDU Generations Gathering –

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LAY LEADER EXPERIENCE

BOARD IMPACT. AMPLIFIED. Lay leaders bring unparalleled experience and expertise to the table. Learn from and with your peers from around the country.

We are thrilled you are here! The Lay Leader Experience offers you high-level, interactive sessions and programs to allow you to stretch your leadership muscles and leave the conference with concrete action steps. You have unique and unparalleled access to experts, Prizmah Board leaders, lay leaders, and professionals from across North America, all engaged deeply in the day school enterprise.

At every constellation, you will find numerous sessions on telling your story, strengthening your recruitment and retention, governance, school mission, fund development, ambassadorship, and leadership development.

These sessions, all designed with input from lay leaders across the field, are listed here.

Take this unique opportunity to connect, problem-solve, and brainstorm with lay leaders, Prizmah board members, and foundation and federation leaders from across North America. Participants will work in small groups to tackle common challenges. Gain insights and develop solutions while building lasting relationships with others in similar roles who share your hopes for the greater day school field.

Lay Leader, Foundation, and Federation Breakfast Hosts: Kathy Manning, Prizmah Board Chair, and Paul Bernstein, Prizmah CEO Monday 8:00 am – 10:30 am Program begins at 8:30 am Grand Ballroom, Salon 1, 7th Floor

A Case Study in Empowered Jewish Giving – C1 How to Motivate and Inspire – C1 Managing Your Board for Success – C1 Tell a Story That Sticks – C1 Telling a New Story About Tuition – C1 The Role of the Board as Ambassadors – C1 Top 10 Ways to Succeed in Your Leadership Partnership – C1 Choose Your Words Carefully – C2 Listening For Gifts. No! Listening Because You Actually Care – C2 Maximizing Your Board’s Capacity – C2 Building a Highly Effective Board – C3 I Want to Serve on Your Board…But No Fundraising! – C3 Support and Evaluation for Heads of School – C3 Asking Powerful Questions: Moving a Board to Generative Leadership – C4 Grow Your School By Thinking Like a Startup – C4 Learning from Parent Voices – C4 New Legislation, New Services, New Money! – C4

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43)

All Lay Leader sessions are appropriate for schools of all sizes.

Prizmah’s founding Board members bring an enormous range of skills and expertise to advancing Prizmah’s mission and maximizing its impact for Jewish day schools across North America.

We are grateful for their time, creativity, energy, and support.

Thank you!

Kathy E. Manning Board Chair, Greensboro, NC Candy A. Berman Atlanta, GA Michael Bohnen Newton, MA Lisa Popik Coll Newton, MA Paula Gottesman Morristown, NJ Jodi Hessel Miami, FL Bradford R. Klatt Livingston, NJ Jocelyn B. Krifcher Washington, DC Nathan J. Lindenbaum Teaneck, NJ Yehuda Neuberger Baltimore, MD Ann Baidack Pava West Hartford, CT Yossi Prager New York, NY Lynn Sachse Schrayer Chicago, IL Joel Segal Montreal, QC Joseph Steiner Toronto, ON Dara Yanowitz Beachwood, OH

KEYNOTE

KEYNOTE: LEARNING IS AN EPIC WIN. WHY GAMING IS THE FUTURE OF LEARNING. JANE MCGONIGAL

Jane McGonigal world-renowned game designer, Inventor of SuperBetter. author of the New York Times bestsellers, SuperBetter and Reality Is Broken.

We can use the same strengths we display playing games to overcome business and individual challenges. Jane McGonigal is today’s leading speaker on the engagement economy and the application of gamedesign to the real world. Referencing lessons learned through her work creating games for organizations such as the World Bank, the Olympic Games, the American Heart Association, the New York Public Library, and many more.

Jane is notable for bringing gaming to the healthcare space. Her best-known project is SuperBetter, a mobile app and web-based game that helps individuals challenge personal health challenges (depression, anxiety, chronic pain, stress reduction), and get support from their “allies” — real-life friends and family. With more than 400,000 players, it is currently under study at OSU Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania. Jane’s other healthcare

Tuesday, 8:30 am, Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor Why don’t our learning platforms work more like a game? In the best-designed games, our engagement is perfectly optimized: We have important work to do, we’re surrounded by potential collaborators, and we learn quickly and in a low-risk environment. When we’re playing a good online game, we get constant useful feedback, we turbo-charge the neurochemistry that makes challenge fun, and we feel an insatiable curiosity about the world around us. None of this is by accident. In fact, game developers have spent the past three decades figuring out how to make us more optimistic and more likely to collaborate, how to make problem-solving more fun and social, and how to satisfy our hunger for meaning and success. And all of these game-world insights can be applied directly to amplify and augment the way we teach, learn, and do research in the real world. You'll learn how the neuroscience behind Pokemon Go can be adapted for the classroom to create super-empowered, hopeful students. And find out how the New York Public Library turned writing into a massively multiplayer game, suggesting a new model for collaborative, awe-inspiring learning.

Her book, SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient (debuted at #7 on the New York Times Advice best seller list), reveals a decade’s worth of scientific research into the ways all games change how we respond to stress, challenge, and pain. She shares stories and data from players who have followed the SuperBetter rules to get stronger, happier, and braver in the face of depression, anxiety, illness, and injury.

Jane herself is a specialist in this field, a designer of alternate reality games, where a real-life activity is re-framed as a game.

Players of Jane’s games face challenges as serious as surviving peak oil or establishing local sustainable businesses. And they face them with courage and creativity, inspired by their gameful state of mind. Persistence, energy, collaborative creativity, a sense of purpose in hard work — games unlock all of these powerful attitudes. And, most importantly of all, it restores to contemporary life the kind of heroism and communal striving that most of us struggle so hard to find.

Her previous book, Reality Is Broken: How Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change The World, is a New York Times best seller. In this engaging, forward-thinking book, Jane makes the case that the gamer spirit — an attitude of fun, dedicated, collective problem-solving — is our greatest asset as we face the social, economic, and environmental problems of the 21st century.

She serves as the Director of Game Research & Development with the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, where she served for four years as the Director of Game Research and Development.

Her recent projects include a Games for Healthcare initiative with IFTF and the White House as well as Paths Out Of Poverty, a crowdsourcing game by IFTF for the Rockefeller Foundation.

games include collaborations with the American Heart Association and the Myelin Repair Foundation.

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RECEPTIONS

SWEET! Gastronomic and intellectual indulgence at its best SUNDAY RECEPTIONS 8:30 pm, 5th Floor

CREATE

REFLECT

PLAY

Jewish Joy: The Magic Touch of the Arts.

How can Jewish ideas, texts, and values be given fresh, creative, delightful, innovative expression? Join David Moss for a whirlwind tasting tour of some amazing examples.

Books, objects, prints, buildings, programs, and education are all transformed by the magic touch of the arts. You may be, too.

Los Angeles

Writing only six words is a simple, creative way to get to the essence of any story.

Funny. Poignant. Simple. Thoughtful.

Personal. Join Alison Lebovitz, author, television host, speaker, and nonprofit executive, to craft the narrative of what we do, what we care about, and why we do it.

Chicago A/B

Breakout EDU is a game that will have you working with a team to beat the clock and complete a series of academic challenges, reveal clues, and unlock mysteries. Join James Sanders and colleagues from the Breakout EDU team, and get in on the action!

Playground

WATCH

ENGAGE

ACT

Watch I am Here, Hear Me Bark: Comedy, Disability and the Inclusive Synogogue, Pamela Schuller’s popular ELI Talk in which she shares her inspiring story and examines the pitfalls and successes she’s encountered in the Jewish community’s attempts at inclusion. Then, together with Prizmah’s Shira Lowenstein, let’s outline what the future of inclusion could look like for the Jewish community.

Chicago C

Harness the power of "Yes, And" thinking and build on the possibilities explored in the opening plenary. You're invited to chat about Second City’s (Leonard and Yorton's) fascinating read Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses ‘No, But’ Thinking and Improves Creativity. Enjoy a conversation about how this book’s message can impact your own life and work. Conversation hosted by Prizmah’s Andrea Hernandez.

Playground

Devising Theater with The In[heir]itance Project: Join actor/playwright Jon Adam Ross to play with techniques of adapting sacred text through the lens of personal narrative to create theater. There will be games and journaling and lots of fun! (And you don’t have to perform to participate!)

Denver

DISCUSS Whether or not you’ve read Dr. Lisa Miller’s New York Times best seller The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving, keep the inspiration flowing from Miller’s conference session as you relax and recharge with a book club conversation led by Dr. Susan Kardos of The AVI CHAI Foundation.

Playground

HEAR Hear an inspiring account of how a team of passionate people created a vision for a whole new world of Jewish day school education, and then brought it to life as the Kohelet Yeshiva Lab School. This story is ongoing, and, if successful, will continue to be told forever. Come learn about how you, too, can bring your visions to life. Told by Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl and Becky Troodler.

Kansas City

Head of School Reception 9:30 pm Scottsdale All heads of school are invited to a reception with Prizmah's Founding CEO, Paul Bernstein. Meet your peers, establish new connections, and ask them about how they do it.

Ask Paul your questions about the field, and tell us how Prizmah can support you in your leadership.

Sunday, 5:30 pm, Halsted Watch the big game and nosh on tasty treats or grab a dinner plate from the 7th floor and bring it down.

RECEPTIONS

MONDAY RECEPTIONS 9:15 pm, 5th Floor DSLTI and Friends of the Davidson School Reception DSLTI welcomes alumni, members of incoming Cohort 10, and DSLTI and Davidson School friends and alumni for informal conversation.

Kansas City Pardes Center for Jewish Educators Reception in honor of the retirement of Dr. Susan Wall Susan has made significant contributions to the day school field through her vision and tireless work in preparing and supporting day school teachers. A seasoned teacher, administrator, and leader, Susan is a model of exemplary pedagogy and passion for the potential impact of educators on Jewish learning and practice.

Los Angeles Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, New Jersey, Meetup We invite all administrators, teachers, lay leaders, and other professionals from Greater MetroWest to join us for a special opportunity to meet, share our learning, and celebrate our collaboration.

Scottsdale

Meet Giving Tree Giving Tree Associates welcomes its day school friends to Chicago! Come say hello to the GTA team and enjoy a wine and dessert reception. Current and past clients are encouraged to attend, as well as those interested in learning more about our services. Giving Tree Associates partners with day school development, marketing, and executive teams to build fundraising capacity, recruit and train leadership, develop campaign strategies, and support professional/ board talent via coaching and collaboration.

Indiana Talmud Israeli Join Talmud Israeli-Daf Yomi for US to learn about our educational project that provides meaningful connections to Jewish values, history, and Israel while uniting students with Daf Yomi learners around the world. Already used in dozens of day schools across North America, our program is easy to use and designed for students of all ages. We offer schools a unique opportunity for classroom learning that will engage students and parents alike.

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Opportunities for Growing Jewish Day Schools and Jewish Educators Reception for colleagues in the field hosted by the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Yeshiva University Join us to discover ways to advance faculty expertise, learn what day school educators identify as their needs for continued education and advancement, and engage in focused discussions with AGS faculty and colleagues around issues confronting Modern Orthodox day schools.

Network with colleagues and help us tailor degree and other programs at YU to best meet your educators’ needs and those of the field at large. Dr. Rona Novick will frame the conversation.

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Canadian Schools Reception Canadian school and community leaders from across the country are invited to network, shmooze, and discuss pressing issues impacting day schools north of the 49th.

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2:30 pm Crafting Israel Education Standards – Aliza Goodman, Dvora Goodman, Dr. Lesley Litman - 2:30 pm-5:30 pm - Belmont Moving From Pockets of Innovation to a Culture of Innovation – A.J. Juliani - 2:30 pm-5:30 pm - Addison Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation – Kim Marshall - 2:30 pm-5:30 pm - Chicago A/B Telling a New Story About Tuition – Dr. Harry Bloom, Dr. Daniel Held, Evan Mazin, Dan Perla - 2:30 pm-5:30 pm - Lincolnshire PLAYGROUND – 2:30 pm-5:30 pm – Explore. Engage. Discover. Chicago Ballroom Coaching: A Tool for Strong Leaders – Jane Taubenfeld Cohen - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Michigan

Making Textual Connections in the Age of Snapchat – Rachel Buckman, Russel Neiss, Sara Wolkenfeld - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Denver

Managing Your Board for Success – Nanette Fridman - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Armitage

Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More – Galli Aizenman, John Englander, Chana German, Rabbi Joe Hirsch, Lisa Micley, Rabbi Jeremy Spierer - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Northwestern Preparing Day School Students for a Lifetime of Disability Awareness – Gary Alpert, Sharon Goldstein - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Kansas City

Tell a Story That Sticks – Pearl Lerner Kane - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Chicago C

Using Shared Stories to Change Institutions and Foster School Improvement: Part 1 – Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Indiana Using Data for Strategic Enrollment Management Decisions – Geordie Mitchell - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Los Angeles

Disrupt Your Class with Breakout Games – James Sanders - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm – Chicago Ballroom

Science of Spirituality in Childhood – Dr. Lisa Miller - 2:30 pm-3:50 pm - Great America

Learning to Change – Shira Loewenstein, Rabbi Yehuda Potok 2:30 pm-3:15 pm – Scottsdale

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About the Jews Who Don’t Participate Dan Libenson - 2:30 pm-3:15 pm - Illinois

Who is Moses? Three Ways to Tell the Story of His Life Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman, Dr. Jane Shapiro - 2:30 pm-3:15 pm Minnesota

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Flattening Time: Destressing the Classroom – Mollie Andron, Jon Adam Ross - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Sheffield

How to Motivate and Inspire – Dr. Erica Brown - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Armitage

Keeping Teens Sober: 3 Science-based Tools – Rabbi Emily Feigenson - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Kansas City

Literacy for Life: Building Blocks for Torah and Tefillah – Dr. Scott Goldberg - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Northwestern

Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice – Dr. Ray Levi, Dr. Yael Kidron, Shira Loewenstein, Dr. Alex Pomson, Dr. Bill Robinson, Jane Taubenfeld Cohen - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Purdue Top 10 Ways to Succeed in Your Leadership Partnership – Marcy Balogh - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Chicago C

We Learn Through Stories – Darren Kuropatwa - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Denver

Science of Spirituality in Adolescence – Dr. Lisa Miller - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Great America

Using Shared Stories to Foster School Change and Improvement: Part 2 – Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Indiana Admission Professionals Networking Session – Rebecca Egolf - 4:10 pm-5:30 pm - Clark

A Case Study in Empowered Jewish Giving – Joelle Asaro Berman, Judy Schoenberg - 3:50 pm-4:35 am - Scottsdale

The Role of the Board as Ambassadors – Geordie Mitchell 4:45 pm-5:30 pm - Los Angeles

RAVSAK Affinity Group: Finding Unique Solutions to Curious Challenges – Amy Wasser - 3:50 pm-4:35 pm - Illinois

The Riches and Risks of Deep Collaboration – Rabbi Dr. Tali Zelkowicz 4:45 pm-5:30 pm - Minnesota

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SESSIONS IN ALPHA ORDER A Case Study in Empowered Jewish Giving Joelle Asaro Berman, Judy Schoenberg 3:50 pm-4:35 pm Scottsdale Many of us have been in book clubs, running clubs, and dinner clubs. But what about a parent club or “circle” focused on giving?

Learn about the Lower School Giving Circle at the Hannah Senesh Community Day School. Come to understand how to establish a parent-driven giving circle; derive key insights about the benefits of a collaborative giving model; and identify resources needed to be successful in implementation and sustainability. School leadership, development, marketing and communications staff, and lay leaders will benefit from this session.

Admission Professionals Networking Session Rebecca Egolf 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Clark Directors of admission and others involved in recruitment are invited to come meet new colleagues and re-connect with old friends.

Come prepared to share the biggest successes from your recruitment/retention efforts and to take home lots of good ideas from peers in similar schools. Get re-energized to finish out this year and begin plans for the next recruitment season.

Coaching: A Tool for Strong Leaders Jane Taubenfeld Cohen 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Michigan What is leadership coaching, and would it work for me? Join in a conversation with Jane Taubenfeld Cohen, VP of School Services at Prizmah and a sought-after leadership coach, and heads of school at various stages of their careers and in different kinds of schools. Discuss what coaching is and what it can be.

Crafting Israel Education Standards Aliza Goodman, Dvora Goodman, Dr. Lesley Litman 2:30 pm-5:30 pm Belmont

Keeping Teens Sober: 3 Science-based Tools Rabbi Emily Feigenson 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Kansas City

Using materials gleaned from the iCenter’s work with day schools across North America, explore a range of prospective standards for Israel education that might be used in a day school (or in any educational setting).

This workshop brings together day school educators and others who are seeking to articulate Israel education standards for their schools and to create a “pool” of standards from which any school can draw.

Are your assumptions about teen substance use true? Are they helpful? Learn to support teen sobriety by raising teens’ perception of risk, decreasing the availability of substances, and clarifying that sobriety is the social norm. Receive a school’s robust Substance Ed program and tools, including a school self-assessment survey and parenteducation materials. Helpful for middle school and high school administrators, along with parents in their schools. Come change the story line about teen substance use.

Disrupt Your Class with Breakout Games James Sanders 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Chicago Ballroom Experience a Breakout EDU game, and dive into the process of designing your own games for the classroom. Breakouts are perfect for classrooms, staff trainings, and at home with the family. At the end of a Breakout, your players will be eager for the next. Develop sly problem-solving strategies within a real world or collaborative context.

Flattening Time: Destressing the Classroom Mollie Andron, Jon Adam Ross 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Sheffield Time is often experienced as a pressure point in education. Learn about a unique approach that flattens the timeline of artistic process so that no single event (see: performance) takes on greater value than any other event (see: research, script drafting, rehearsal, etc.). This methodology levels the stakes throughout the experience, thereby removing any sense of a dreaded “deadline” for participants and assessors.

Explore applications of this approach in your classrooms.

How to Motivate and Inspire Dr. Erica Brown 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Armitage Study traditional Jewish texts and popular leadership literature as a platform for thinking about what inspires us in the nonprofit work that we do. Then explore how to use the personal stories connected to our organization into sources of inspiration to reenergize ourselves, our volunteers, and our professional staff.

Learning to Change Shira Loewenstein, Rabbi Yehuda Potok 2:30 pm-3:15 pm Scottsdale Come see what school change can look like.

Using Striar Hebrew Academy as a case study, participants explore the steps necessary for school change. Walk away with a vision of successful school change and some concrete tools that you can use in your schools to make your changes a reality.

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Literacy for Life: Building Blocks for Torah and Tefillah Dr. Scott Goldberg 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Northwestern Focus on research-based practices and systems in schools to teach Hebrew literacy, monitor student progress, and support success in Torah learning and Tefillah.

Relevant for early childhood through high school.

Making Textual Connections in the Age of Snapchat Rachel Buckman, Russel Neiss, Sara Wolkenfeld 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Denver How do we help our students discover the stories in Jewish texts? As educators, we want to help our students move between sources, follow and create connections, and weave threads together. Discover how to customize learning for schools and classrooms, and empower students to chart their own course through traditional texts. Explore how middle and high school teachers and students can use Sefaria, a new interface for Jewish texts, to learn narrative and legal texts.

Managing Your Board for Success Nanette Fridman 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Armitage Are you managing your board effectively?

Professional and lay leaders must work together to set up your board for success.

Learn best practices and some tricks of the trade about onboarding new members, assigning and energizing committees, holding dynamic and efficient meetings, managing difficult personalities and conflicts, and working in partnership. If you are a board chair, incoming board leader or head of school, acquire the fundamentals of board management to maximize engagement and accountability. Relevant for schools of all sizes.

Moving From Pockets of Innovation to a Culture of Innovation A.J. Juliani 2:30 pm-5:30 pm Addison Explore in detail how to build a studentcentered classroom that promotes authentic learning experiences for all students. Learn how student-choice fuels engagement; how

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to use technology with a learning purpose; what innovative teaching practices impact a diverse set of learners; and why studentcentered classrooms promote equity and ownership of learning. Innovation in education starts with our students. It strengthens relationships and deepens learning experiences. Student choice and technology allow teachers to build true engagement with all students, regardless of their background.

Gateways’ version of Understanding Our Differences (UOD), an award-winning disability-awareness curriculum. Learn a condensed version of the Deafness unit, which includes an introductory presentation, Jewish text study, and simulation activities. Hear a speaker share his story. Exploring the benefits of this disability awareness curriculum, consider how you can bring it back to your school as part of an overall inclusion initiative.

Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice Dr. Ray Levi, Shira Loewenstein Dr. Yael Kidron, Dr. Alex Pomson, Dr. Bill Robinson, Jane Taubenfeld Cohen 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Purdue

RAVSAK Affinity Group: Finding Unique Solutions to Curious Challenges Amy Wasser 3:50 pm-4:35 pm Illinois

Day school lay and professional leaders are invited to explore the findings and possible implications of the recently released report “Leadership In Context: The Conditions for Success of Jewish Day School Leaders.” Key findings with potentially high impact will serve as the springboard for facilitated small group discussions focusing on the potential of using the findings to improve leadership practice through focused reflection and targeted action.

Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More Galli Aizenman, John Englander, Chana German, Rabbi Joe Hirsch, Lisa Micley, Rabbi Jeremy Spierer 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Northwestern 

Community day schools face challenges that may not exist in schools that obtain guidance from a particular denomination.

Join Prizmah’s RAVSAK School Advocate Amy Wasser to study three genuine case studies concerning 1) inclusion of nonJewish students in our schools; 2) meeting the needs of our community in our middle school Judaics curriculum; and 3) proclaiming our excellent secular academic program without downplaying the role of the Hebrew and Judaic component.

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation Kim Marshall 2:30 pm-5:30 pm Chicago A/B

Come hear about schools that have chosen to add online Jewish studies courses to their offerings and why their students are richer for the experience. Learn how your school can better meet the needs of individualized students and how you can access subject matter expertise beyond your own school. It’s like adding two teachers, three rabbis, and a Jewish artist-in-residence to your faculty. Connect your students to other Jewish students around North America and become part of this exciting venture.

Research shows that the traditional teacherevaluation model has little impact on teaching and learning. Recent alternatives are seriously flawed. Discover a different approach: short, frequent, unannounced classroom visits followed by coaching conversations and brief narrative write-ups, with a year-end summative rubric. This allows principals to praise effective practices and address ineffective ones, and provides time to pull the other levers that make a school effective: teacher teamwork around curriculum planning, use of student results, building relational trust, and nurturing a positive professional and student culture.

Preparing Day School Students for a Lifetime of Disability Awareness Gary Alpert, Sharon Goldstein 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Kansas City

The Riches and Risks of Deep Collaboration Rabbi Dr. Tali Zelkowicz 4:45 pm-5:30 pm Minnesota

Experience what Boston-area day school students in grades 3-5 are learning using

We talk a whole lot about “chevruta” in Jewish day school education. Variously

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translated as “pair study” or even simply “collegiality,” students are “sent” into chevruta, teachers are expected to work together (somehow), and best practices highly recommend that day school leaders also work together. Chevruta comes from the Hebrew root to “connect or link.” A playful but also ominous story from the Talmud raises the questions of what it looks like when these connections work well, and what happens when they don’t.

Together with moments of illumination and connection, adolescents also can experience existential emptiness and struggle—the feeling of a “half-empty glass” of spirituality that is a developmental depression. Adults can support this process with knowledge of clinical and developmental science.

Learn about the impact of spiritual growth on adolescents, and gain an understanding of the role that you can play in fostering spirituality in the educational environment.

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Science of Spirituality in Childhood Dr. Lisa Miller 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Great America

The Stories We Tell Ourselves About the Jews Who Don’t Participate Dan Libenson 2:30 pm-3:15 pm Illinois

Telling a New Story About Tuition Dr. Harry Bloom, Dr. Daniel Held Evan Mazin, Dan Perla 2:30 pm-5:30 pm Lincolnshire 

The first decade of life is a time of great awe, enthusiasm, and love of family and friends, teachers, and classmates. Much of this emanates from a child’s innate spirituality, which is now mirrored by a body of science. Learn about the importance of helping students develop their innate sense of the spiritual, in the same way that education develops the capability to learn a language, and to read and think.

Obtain guidance on how to create an environment where spirituality is developed and nurtured.

Science of Spirituality in Adolescence Dr. Lisa Miller 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Great America

The Pew Study found that the vast majority of organizationally unaffiliated Jews are proud to be Jewish and that a sizeable majority feel that Jewishness is important in their lives. What can day schools offer such Jews? Can we reconcile the stories we tell ourselves about who these unaffiliated Jews are with the stories we tell ourselves about the purposes of our day schools? Explore how we might free ourselves from the constraints of these stories to find creative ways to serve one another.

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In the path of spiritual development, adolescence is a time of spiritual individuation.

IN THE THINK STUDIO Playground, Chicago Ballroom 2:30 pm-3:50 pm – A Taste of Design Thinking (open to all) Andrea Hernandez & Dr. Jon Mitzmacher 4:10 pm-5:30 pm – How can school leaders transform school culture to lift morale, decrease attrition, and elevate excellence?

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Use the power of your organizational narrative to build resources and relationships.

Learn to write your school’s story, case, and impact statement to build awareness, affinity, and long-lasting connections.

Acquire concepts, trade stories, and come away having written an awesome “lead” to your case for giving.

Hear day school tuition experts discuss alternative tuition programs and models and assess the impact they have on existing and prospective families. Then, in small groups, determine the right model(s) for your school in light of your funding capabilities and program objectives. Open to all heads of school, board members, admissions directors, and others. Schools in small communities will work with a dedicated facilitator who understands their unique constraints.

The Role of the Board as Ambassadors Geordie Mitchell 4:45 pm-5:30 pm Los Angeles Your board members have the capability and influence to be among your best recruiters.

They know a great deal about the school, care a great deal about the school, and have given valuable time and resources to assist in ensuring a school’s financial sustainability. Learn how to train these key stakeholders into lead ambassadors for your day school.

Top 10 Ways to Succeed in Your Leadership Partnership Marcy Balogh 4:10 pm-5:30 pm

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Chicago C Board chair-head of school partnerships are hard. Even the best require time and effort to work well. Wouldn’t it be great if you could minimize the learning curve?

Come along with your leadership partner (or you are welcome alone) and explore proven techniques to make your partnership soar. Let’s grow your capacity to lead together to create greater impact for your school today and in the future.

Using Data for Strategic Enrollment Management Decisions Geordie Mitchell 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Los Angeles The old saying “What gets measured gets managed” is absolutely the case in the world of day school recruitment and retention. Learn to identify the key metrics that matter and must be tracked in a recruitment and retention dashboard, describe how to accurately populate them, and delineate how to interpret results and define appropriate actions in light of their messages.

Using Shared Stories to Change Institutions and Foster School Improvement: Part 1 Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell 2:30 pm-3:50 pm Indiana In schools, many beliefs, practices, and structures are institutionalized, meaning they are long-held, value-laden, and taken for granted as appropriate even when they might be ineffective. Change in institutions is difficult partly because of the stories people tell about how work is supposed to be done. In this two-part session, Part 1 helps school leaders better understand the forces that maintain institutions.

Attendance at both sessions recommended but not required.

Using Shared Stories to Foster School Change and Improvement: Part 2 Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Indiana In schools, many beliefs, practices, and

A TASTE OF COACHING Working well with the board… leading the fundraising campaign… creating collaborative teams… meeting student needs… increasing enrollment… dealing with difficult staff: The challenges that school leaders face are multifaceted and numerous. Sometimes, the right support is hard to find.

For these reasons and more, Prizmah is delighted to offer you A Taste of Coaching—a chance to meet one-on-one with an expert who can listen to your questions, pose many back in return, and help you clarify issues, deepen your thinking, and explore new possibilities.

Sound intriguing? Sign up for a complimentary 40-minute session with one of Prizmah’s outstanding coaches and consultants as part of your Prizmah Conference experience. Visit the Prizmah table on the 5th floor to sign up.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot as soon as possible.

structures are institutionalized, meaning they are long-held, value-laden, and taken for granted as appropriate even when they might be ineffective. Change in institutions is difficult partly because of the stories people tell about how work is supposed to be done. In this two-part session, Part 2 shows leaders how to shape the stories people tell in order to foster school improvement. Attendance at both sessions recommended but not required.

powerful storytelling frameworks that tap into people’s emotions? How do we involve all students in productive reflection by creating digital residues of thought that doesn’t also create hours of content for teachers to assess? Discover digital storytelling your faculty can use to document student learning and foster reflective practice. Come to play and then discuss how to adapt these ideas and make them your own.

We Learn Through Stories Darren Kuropatwa 4:10 pm-5:30 pm Denver

Who is Moses? Three Ways to Tell the Story of His Life Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman, Dr. Jane Shapiro

How can we make learning sticky using

IN THE REFLECTION POOL Playground, Chicago Ballroom 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Do you work to support learning differences in small schools?  You are invited to join Beth Crastnopol and Amy Wasser to connect and reflect with others on this work. Let's talk about how celebrating differences can help support all students in small schools!

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9:15 am EXCURSION Cutting-edge 21st Century Schooling, Academy for Global Citizenship – 9 am-12 pm EXCURSION How to Read a Building, Chicago Architecture Foundation – 9 am-12 pm EXCURSION The Promise of Hebrew Immersion, Gan Gani Preschool – 9 am-12 pm PLAYGROUND – 9:15 am-12:15 pm – Explore. Engage. Discover. Chicago Ballroom A Taste of Soulful Education – Rabbi Aryeh Ben David - 9:15 am-12:15 pm - Clark Creating an Emotional Culture That Supports Students and Staff – Dr. John D’Auria - 9:15 am-12:15 pm - Chicago A Leadership: An Inner Workout (YOU LEAD participants only) – Dr. Erica Brown - 9:15 am-12:15 pm - Indiana PBL Intensive Workshop – Rabbi Michael Bitton, Dr. Eliezer Jones, Tikvah Wiener - 9:15 am-12:15 pm - Belmont Reimagining Change to Reach More Students – Julie Gordon, Tamar Shames - 9:15 am-12:15 pm - Armitage Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools – Lynn Raviv, Amy Wasser, Dr. Melanie Waynik - 9:15 am-10:35 am - Purdue Falling Behind? The Threat of an Outdated Israel Curriculum – Dina Rabhan, Rabbi Michael Unterberg - 9:15 am-10:35 am - Los Angeles Jewish Gen Z: What We Know about Jewish Teenagers – Dr. David Bryfman - 9:15 am-10:35 am - Denver Teacher Leadership in Jewish Day Schools: Opportunities, Benefits, and Challenges – Dr. Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Dr. Miriam Heller Stern 9:15 am-10:35 am - Lincolnshire Tell Me Your Torah: Reading Sacred Texts with Multiple Lenses – Charlotte Abramson, Rabbi Sheryl Katzman 9:15 am-10:35 am - Addison The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing – Chuck English, Dr. Steve Freedman, Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, Sharon Pollin 9:15 am-10:35 am - Northwestern The Unfolding Story of Digital Citizenship – Temima Feldman, Dr. Eli Shapiro - 9:15 am-10:35 am - Chicago B Use an Ambassador Program to Change Your School’s Story – Shayna Friedman, Janice Prazoff, Elana Stein 9:15 am-10:35 am - Michigan Musical Chairs for Development Professionals: Discover Your Colleagues’ Success Stories – Samantha Steinberg, Amy Vogel 9:15 am-10:35 am - Scottsdale School Change for Serving Diverse Learners – Beth Crastnopol, Dr. David Farbman, Dr. Alan Oliff - 9:15 am-10:35 am – Chicago C To See and Be Seen: Diversity in Jewish Schools – Rabbi Joshua Ladon - 9:15 am-10:25 am - Minnesota Changing Culture: Redesigning Classroom Spaces Using a Flexible Approach Rabbi Zach Swigard, Ilana Zadok - 9:15 am-10 am – Illinois Grokking Jewish Ed-Tech – Chana Kanzen 9:15 am-10 am - Kansas City

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Communication Practices for a Collaborative School Culture – Allison Cook, Dr. Orit Kent - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Chicago C 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools – Michal Braker, Sharon Freundel, Tal Gale, Dr. Barbara Gereboff, Jill Linder, Sheva Locke, Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, Tamar Raff, Naomi Reem, Zvi Weiss, Arnee Winshall - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Northwestern Choose Your Words Carefully – Alison Lebovitz - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Purdue How Jewish Mindfulness Can Support Wise Day School Leadership – Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, Rabbi Sam Feinsmith 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Michigan Listening For Gifts. No! Listening Because You Actually Care – Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Addison Mapping Your Personal Path of Engagement – David Moss - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Lincolnshire Maximizing Your Board’s Capacity – Jill Goldenberg - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Los Angeles Using Research and Communal Branding to Grow Enrollment – Dr. Harry Bloom - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Chicago B Narrative to Transform Professional Capital – Jacob Pinnolis, Lily Rabinoff-Goldman - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Denver Approaching Talmud Study: For Beginners and Scholars – Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Scottsdale Storybird: The Power of Collaborative Storytelling Live and Online – Dr. Rona Novick - 10:55 am-12:15 pm - Great America Leveraging the Common Core to Share the Wisdom of Jewish Pedagogy Tania Schweig - 10:35 am-11:20 am – Kansas City

The Tachlis of Inclusion: Making your School More LGBTQ Inclusive Joanna Ware - 11:30 am-12:15 pm - Kansas City

Why Jewish Fluency Matters – Lisa Exler 10:35 am-11:20 am - Illinois

Schechter Affinity Group: Building our Network within Prizmah Chaya Friedmann - 11:30 am-12:15 pm - Illinois

Character Traits for a Complex World: Gittin 56A-B Rabbi Harry Pell - 10:35 am-11:20 am - Minnesota

Jewish Textual Responses to Healing – Dr. Laurence Kutler 11:30 am-12:15 pm - Minnesota

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SESSIONS IN ALPHA ORDER 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools Michal Braker, Sharon Freundel, Tal Gale, Dr. Barbara Gereboff, Jill Linder, Sheva Locke, Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, Tamar Raff, Naomi Reem, Zvi Weiss, Arnee Winshall 10:55 am-12:15 pm Northwestern A panel of day school leaders share their schools’ stories to provide guidance and insights as to how to undertake a transformation of a school’s Hebrew program.

Following the panel presentations, school leaders receive guidance in articulating a vision for Hebrew in their schools and explore key factors related to the change process involved in successfully realizing their expressed visions.

Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools Lynn Raviv, Amy Wasser, Dr. Melanie Waynik 9:15 am-10:35 am Purdue  About one-third of all day schools in North America are “small schools” with enrollment under 150, many located in small Jewish communities. These schools have devoted lay and professional leadership working together and often innovating by design to sustain their schools and strengthen their community. Join together with your peers to capture inspirational ideas, initiatives, and structures currently in use or being envisioned in small schools.

Together let's identify ways to maximize our impact. Leave with new ideas, creative solutions and opportunities for future collaboration.

A Taste of Soulful Education Rabbi Aryeh Ben David 9:15 am-12:15 pm Clark Soulful education involves transforming the heart of the teacher and evoking the souls of our students. The most important educational moment for teachers occurs before they walk into class; for students— after the class is over. Based on the wisdom of Rav Kook and the Kabbalah (and Ayeka’s experience working with day school staffs), learn and experience two practical pedagogic skills for reaching the soul of the teacher and the student.

Approaching Talmud Study: For Beginners and Scholars Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb 10:55 am-12:15 pm Scottsdale Talmud learning presents a challenge in the modern classroom. The ancient text, while eternal, can be difficult for students to access and navigate. Acquire strategies for differentiation and deeper learning using the Koren Talmud Bavli as a tool.

Changing Culture: Redesigning Classroom Spaces Using a Flexible Approach Rabbi Zach Swigard, Ilana Zadok 9:15 am-10 am Illinois Redesigning classroom spaces to support student choice and learning needs is crucial to 21st century learning. Learn the process of developing learning spaces and a school culture that reshapes the way education looks and feels from the initial research phase, educating the board, enlisting the right donors, and educating staff.

Character Traits for a Complex World: Gittin 56A-B Rabbi Harry Pell 10:35 am-11:20 am Minnesota Study an extended narrative from Masechet Gittin about the actions of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai during the siege of Jerusalem in 69 CE. This episode is moving in its own right, and also can serve as a blueprint for the character traits that Yochanan ben Zakai employed at this difficult time. These traits can help us in our work as Jewish educational leaders and are the very traits we may seek to inculcate in our students as they emerge into an increasingly complex world.

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Choose Your Words Carefully Alison Lebovitz 10:55 am-12:15 pm Purdue  Ira Glass once said, “Great stories happen to those who can tell them.” Discover how persuasive storytelling can help you effectively connect the work you do with the people you want to reach. Learn how to create a concise and compelling narrative that will engage and inspire your donors, supporters, and stakeholders. Practice your peer coaching skills and take home the tools necessary to help others in your organization master this craft. Everyone has a great story. What’s yours?

Communication Practices for a Collaborative School Culture Allison Cook, Dr. Orit Kent 10:35 am-12:15 pm Chicago C A school culture marked by ethics and excellence does not arise magically; it is built through patterns of daily communication, from the boardroom to the playground and every classroom in between. The twinned practices of listening/articulating, wondering/ focusing, and challenging/supporting, when honed and held in balance by all members of a school community, can fundamentally shape the quality of our relationships and our learning. Through everyday school stories and experiences, explore and practice these skills. Leave with some take-home tools.

Creating an Emotional Culture That Supports Students and Staff Dr. John D’Auria 9:15 am-12:15 pm Chicago A Gain pragmatic strategies to shape your own practice and the work you do with you staff. When a leader establishes a culture that models learning from mistakes, valuing the importance of emotions as a source of data, and transforming disagreement into perspective-taking, adult learning prospers and the staff is better able to meet the social-emotional needs of their students.

Sample methods and resources that will make your conversations and meetings a powerful means of professional development.

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EXCURSION Cutting-edge 21st Century Schooling, Academy for Global Citizenship 9 am-12 pm Meets promptly at Michigan Avenue entrance

How Jewish Mindfulness Can Support Wise Day School Leadership Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell, Rabbi Sam Feinsmith 10:55 am-12:15 pm Michigan

Explore a renowned Chicago charter school created to be an “incubator of innovation.”

Its innovative and holistic approach to education aims to foster systemic change and inspire the way society educates future generations. The school curriculum is inquiry-based and has International Baccalaureate authorization. It places an emphasis on the total growth of the developing child by addressing social, physical, linguistic, emotional, and cultural needs in addition to academic development. How can day schools innovate new forms of Jewish learning? Reflection led by Andrea Hernandez. Limit: 15 participants

A key component of Jewish mindfulness is developing our capacity to bear witness to and lovingly investigate the truth of the mental stories we tell ourselves. Using Jewish mindfulness techniques, chevruta study, discussion, pair-share, and a variety of experiential exercises, learn how to bring nonjudgmental curiosity to the inner stories that drive reactive emotional habits in the service of cultivating interpersonal mindfulness skills in a Jewish framework. Explore applications of Jewish mindfulness practice to governance, policy, discipline, and administration as well.

Falling Behind? The Threat of an Outdated Israel Curriculum Dina Rabhan, Rabbi Michael Unterberg 9:15 am-10:35 am Los Angeles What messages, ideas, and facts are you sending your students about Israel? Times have changed. Our students are skeptical.

They want to understand what they see and hear about Israel in an open and honest way.

Teaching toward the “crisis” on campus is a mistake; we need to reexamine our Israel education. Learn to lead with a thoughtful, big-picture approach to Zionism. Plan to change the role that day schools can play in building a strong future for Israel and the Jewish people.

Grokking Jewish Ed-Tech Chana Kanzen 9:15 am-10 am Kansas City Discover some of the ways that Jewish ed-tech firms are creating solutions that are revolutionizing the way Jewish content is being learnt and shared. Learn the three key principles that underpin the philosophy of Jewish Interactive, and hear some great stories about how Ji and other companies are grokking the Jewish and global ed-tech landscape. Gain insights on successful and balanced technology implementation models from leading mainstream ed-tech providers and examples from schools around the world.

EXCURSION How to Read a Building, Chicago Architecture Foundation 9 am-12 pm Sheffield Learn how to “read” a building by looking at it carefully and asking some critical questions. Learning about a building requires more than knowing its name, date, height, or architect. Research cannot replace what you will learn by experiencing the building in person. After one hour of workshop exercises, take your new knowledge onto the streets and practice your skills reading historic skyscrapers near the hotel. Build a deeper appreciation for all forms of architecture; what stories do your school buildings tell? Reflection led by Dr. Elliott Rabin. Limit: 50 participants Jewish Gen Z: What We Know about Jewish Teenagers Dr. David Bryfman 9:15 am-10:35 am Denver Today’s learners are different from previous generations, and day schools must adapt or risk becoming irrelevant to many Jewish teens and their families. Gain greater understanding of Jewish Generation Z, the tweens and teens who attend our day schools.

Discover data about their attitudes toward Jewish learning, rituals, history, and Israel.

The research pushes us to ask, What are the ways in which we need to adapt to meet our learners’ needs?

Jewish Textual Responses to Healing Dr. Laurence Kutler 11:30 am-12:15 pm Minnesota Study the tensions surrounding the ideas of healing in the Jewish textual tradition.

Through the use of texts from the Torah, Jewish commentators, and the Talmud, we wrestle with God as the source of all healing and the role of human beings in the healing process. Explore the roles of doctors and patients, and the very notion of the healing process in Jewish texts.

Leveraging the Common Core to Share the Wisdom of Jewish Pedagogy Tania Schweig 10:35 am-11:20 am Kansas City Despite mixed reviews, the Common Core can serve as a guiding light for the successful integration of Judaic and general studies, helping to clarify shared goals and highlight the unique strengths of a Jewish education. Participants surface misconceptions, examine shared Judaic and general learning objectives, explore examples for engaging both sides of the faculty in addressing the Common Core, and develop a new narrative about the wisdom of Jewish pedagogy.

Listening For Gifts. No! Listening Because You Actually Care Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip 10:55 am-12:15 pm Addison No gifts when you talk more than listen.

Alienated donors when you don't know their story before asking. Stop it! No more pitches and speeches. No more kudos for your school and teachers and kids. Focus on the art of listening and reflecting back.

Use questions that generate conversation and build understanding. Story listening comes first. Then storytelling. Are you in or out?

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Mapping Your Personal Path of Engagement David Moss 10:55 am-12:15 pm Lincolnshire Use mapping as a metaphor for clarifying and communicating your own experience.

Create a powerful mind map to explore your personal story of engagement, leadership, mission. Inspired by a compelling Jewish artwork and innovative methodology, deepen insights into your own story and portray its nuances for others using visual and written language. Whether your audience is yourself, students, faculty, parents, lay leaders, donors, or community members, creating a visual narrative will increase the power of your call to action.

Maximizing Your Board’s Capacity Jill Goldenberg 10:55 am-12:15 pm Los Angeles What are the four Ts? Time, talent, treasure, and tentacles. Do your board members use only one or two of these? Are only a handful of your board members involved with development? Do you have trouble getting other board members to fulfill this critical responsibility? Both board and professional leaders will learn a proven five-step action plan to increase your board members’ capacity to secure your school’s future.

Musical Chairs for Development Professionals: Discover Your Colleagues’ Success Stories Samantha Steinberg, Amy Vogel 9:15 am-12:15 pm Scottsdale Get to know your fellow development professionals through effective and meaningful information sharing. Build relationships with like-minded professionals and learn from their most impactful fundraising initiatives. Be prepared to share your success stories in the areas of donor cultivation, alumni engagement, building a culture of philanthropy, donor recognition, and relationship-building.

Leave with fresh ideas and new perspectives to bring back to your school.

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Narrative to Transform Professional Capital Jacob Pinnolis Lily Rabinoff-Goldman 10:55-12:15 pm Denver Narrative is a powerful lever for anyone who wants to help teachers grow, improve supervision, or develop new school leadership. Learn and practice techniques of narrative construction, case studies, role playing, and visioning exercises you can use immediately to grow professional capital in your school. Begin creating the narrative of the school culture you want so that the techniques you learn can serve to make that happen. Primarily for supervisors of teachers or nascent school leaders, come prepared for active learning and sharing.

PBL Intensive Workshop Rabbi Michael Bitton, Dr. Eliezer Jones, Tikvah Wiener 9:15 am-12:15 pm Belmont  Join the I.D.E.A. Schools Network for an intensive experience of Project-Based Learning (PBL). Gain an introduction to the components of PBL, and then craft driving questions, connect projects to the real world, and discover the norms and structures needed for a successful PBL classroom.

Immerse yourself in the kinds of hands-on, active learning that you can bring to your students.

EXCURSION The Promise of Hebrew Immersion Gan Gani Preschool 9 am-12 pm Meets promptly at Michigan Avenue entrance Is true Hebrew immersion possible in a day school? Discover a preschool primarily for non-Israelis conducted entirely in Hebrew. Education at Gan Gani is based on constructivist principles; through pretend play, songs, art projects, and many other activities, students are immersed in both Hebrew language and Jewish culture.

Dare to dream: What might be the next level of Hebrew learning at your school?

Reflection led by Melanie Eisen. Limit: 40 participants

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Reimagining Change to Reach More Students Julie Gordon, Tamar Shames 9:15 am-12:15 pm Armitage Discuss case studies from the REACH program to understand how to build capacity for a more diverse student body.

Learn about pitfalls that schools often face, and explore the cultural shifts that are occurring in the education of neurodiverse students. Acquire data collection tools for use in your schools. Walk away with a rich understanding of the neurodiversity model as well as meaningful data and ideas to implement school change.

Schechter Affinity Group: Building our Network within Prizmah Chaya Friedmann 11:30 am-12:15 pm Illinois Schechter professional and lay leaders come together to explore issues identified

by Schechter school leaders as central to their leadership. Using case studies, join Prizmah’s Schechter School Advocate Chaya Friedmann to discuss these common challenges and share insights toward possible resolutions.

School Change for Serving Diverse Learners Beth Crastnopol, Dr. David Farbman, Dr. Alan Oliff 9:15 am-10:35 am Chicago C Learn about B’Yadenu, a multiyear project in which Boston-area day schools leveraged professional development to strengthen instructional and organizational practices in order to better serve diverse learners.

Explore lessons learned from the Boston experience and consider how your school can adopt the B’Yadenu model. Test drive the comprehensive toolkit that leads educators through the complex process of implementing whole-school change.

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Storybird: The Power of Collaborative Storytelling Live and Online Dr. Rona Novick 10:55 am-12:15 pm Great America A picture sparks a thousand words and inspires stories. Using the free, educatorfriendly Storybird platform to author rich and visually beautiful narratives, consider how stories and authorship enhance learning.

Explore stories as vehicles for teaching and learning challenging concepts such as inclusion and acceptance of difference.

Discuss how leaders can use share these tools with the educators in their settings.

All educators are welcome to explore the engaging process of building community— whether in person, or virtually, through collaborative storytelling.

Teacher Leadership in Jewish Day Schools: Opportunities, Benefits, and Challenges Dr. Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Dr. Miriam Heller Stern 9:15 am-10:35 am Lincolnshire How can Jewish day schools become part of the teacher leader movement? Discuss the benefits of teacher leadership in a variety of day schools and the roles that heads, principals, and coaches play in supporting successful teacher leaders.

Investigate the conditions that make teacher leadership more or less effective and strategies for using it to enrich school life.

Tell Me Your Torah: Reading Sacred Texts with Multiple Lenses Charlotte Abramson, Rabbi Sheryl Katzman 9:15 am-10:35 am Addison Through a close reading of a rabbinic narrative, guided by an active listening protocol, discover multiple meanings of the text through the lenses of the developing Rabbinics Standards for Jewish day schools. Experience the power of the Standards to shape our understandings and help schools create a shared vision while honoring individual voices. Explore the practice of intentional listening and its ability to foster school community.

The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing Chuck English, Dr. Steve Freedman, Rabbi Mitchel Malkus, Sharon Pollin 9:15 am-10:35 am Northwestern Marketing has changed more in the past five years than in the previous 50. With recruitment and retention as a top priority for all schools, marketing success requires the integral involvement of heads of school.

Discover what accounts for the changing landscape, and learn directly from heads how they view and involve themselves in their recruitment and retention marketing strategies. Current and aspiring heads, as well as those responsible for marketing in their schools, will benefit from the rich insights and practical perspectives.

The Tachlis of Inclusion: Making your School More LGBTQ Inclusive Joanna Ware 11:30 am-12:15 pm Kansas City Obtain an overview of best practices for creating LGBTQ-inclusive school environments. Review best practices within the realms of programming, curriculum, policy, and culture. Leave with an institutional self-assessment tool to identify opportunities for growth within your school.

The Unfolding Story of Digital Citizenship Temima Feldman, Dr. Eli Shapiro 9:15 am-10:35 am Chicago B Examine how personal and school-driven technology impacts the social, psychological, and behavioral functioning as well as the Jewish identity of day school students today. Drawing on community-specific data, research, and stories, become empowered with a greater understanding of how to supervise and support students’ use of technology and guide parents in parenting the iGeneration to maximize the opportunities that technology offers.

To See and Be Seen: Diversity in Jewish Schools Rabbi Joshua Ladon 9:15 am-10:25 am Minnesota When schools speak about inclusion, diversity and community, they speak in terms of numbers as much as attitudes.

To build an inclusive environment requires providing access, changing ideas, and increasing representation. Schools must ask, who is represented among the school leadership, the faculty, and the student body? How is diversity manifested within the school walls? Study Jewish texts as well as our own schools to identify the ways schools can conceptualize and actualize these terms.

Use an Ambassador Program to Change Your School’s Story Shayna Friedman, Janice Prazoff, Elana Stein 9:15 am-10:35 am Michigan Obtain guidance on planning and implementing a successful ambassador program.

Discover how best to utilize various school and lay constituencies that have the capability of changing the story of a Jewish day school’s recruitment and retention outreach efforts. Schools will share their experiences in selecting, training, and empowering administrators, faculty, staff, parent volunteers, and students as extensions of their admission and marketing teams.

Using Research and Communal Branding to Grow Enrollment Dr. Harry Bloom 10:55 am-12:15 pm Chicago B Prizmah and Measuring Success have conducted groundbreaking research in Chicago to define a data-driven pathway to increased interest in attending Jewish day schools by non-Orthodox families with children aged 0-4. Now, four schools, working as a team, have documented the JDS value relative to selective public and independent schools, and are working with a cutting-edge consumer-marketing firm on a #JewishDaySchoolsRule campaign.

Learn from participants how to grow your JDS market.

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CREATIVE TEFILLAH Monday, 7:15 am, Grace Illuminating Liturgy Through Personal Narrative Aaron Henne Artistic Director, theatre dybbuk Utilizing theatre dybbuk’s unique approach to storytelling and Jewish learning, take a journey through your own narratives in order to craft a personal, creative, and moving morning prayer service. Learn how to connect your own story to the week’s Torah portion. Then bring those stories into the communal prayer experience.

Gain new techniques for bringing prayer to life for students and colleagues.Theatre dybbuk utilizes storytelling and theatrical techniques to illuminate Jewish learning and rituals for schools and communities throughout the United States.

Why Jewish Fluency Matters Lisa Exler 10:35 am-11:20 am Illinois In order to be capable of lifelong Jewish growth, of forming and owning a compelling Jewish vision, day school students must be not only passionate about Judaism but also fluent in its texts and practices.

Consider the notion of fluency in Jewish learning and learn the case for its importance. Using the Hadar Standards for Fluency in Jewish Text and Practice, explore how our schools can benefit from a definition of fluency and begin to chart a course toward achieving it.

Leadership: An Inner Workout (YOU LEAD participants only) Dr. Erica Brown 9:15 am-12:15 pm Indiana How’s your leadership? Using formal and informal assessment tools, engage in facilitated leadership conversations around self-knowledge, inspiration and motivation, goal-setting and accountability—all within a Jewish lens, using Jewish texts and a variety of exercises from cutting-edge leadership literature. Identify areas of strength and discuss how to share those within the diverse walls of our own organizations. Create a personal agenda of areas we’d like to improve moving forward that would advance our careers and our leadership presence.

Tuesday, 7 am, Halsted Yoga Tefillah Rabbi Andrea London When we think of yoga, we usually consider its connection with Eastern religions, but the word yoga means connecting to God, just as the word religion means in a western context. There are many different forms of yoga. All of them are designed to help connect us with the Divine.

Judaism has remained steadfast in its belief that the body is not inferior to the soul and that our bodies are vehicles through which we can access the Divine. By using our body to express our prayer, we strive to create a symbiotic relationship between the body and soul, restoring spiritual wholeness.

The Yoga Tefillah is suitable for any age and skill level. A willingness to explore how our bodies can enhance and deepen our prayer experience is all that is needed. Wear comfortable clothing.

IN THE THINK STUDIO Playground, Chicago Ballroom 9:15 am-10:35 am – What should empathy look like in an age of difference?

Shira Deener 10:55 am-12:15 pm – What should Jewish day school leadership look like? (Open only to current participants and alumni of the Head of School Professional Excellence Program) Cooki Levy

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CONSTELLATION THREE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6

2 pm PLAYGROUND – 2 pm-4 pm - Explore. Engage. Discover. Chicago Ballroom Leveraging Your Jewish Story for School Leadership – Jonathan Cannon, Alanna Kotler - 2 pm-4 pm - Clark Text to Image to Reimagined Text – David Moss - 2 pm-4 pm - Lincolnshire Uncovering Learning Stories: Facilitating Student Self-advocacy – Hollis Dannaham - 2 pm-4 pm - Armitage Using Big Questions in Jewish Education – Rabbi Dr. Josh Feigelson - 2 pm-4 pm - Great America Senior Development Professionals Networking – Marna Goldwin, Jennifer Weinstock - 2 pm-2:45 pm - Chicago C Yeshiva Day School Affinity Group: Conversations Worth Having – Dr. Scott Goldberg, Shira Heller - 2 pm-2:45 pm - Chicago A The Weekly Parsha: Making it Personal – Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb - 2 pm-2:45 pm - Minnesota

DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE–NOT TO BE MISSED!

SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY WITH

SECOND CITY WORKS WORKSHOP: The Power of “Yes…And” Thinking to Enhance Your Leadership

4:30 pm-6 pm Imagine if all of our schools were places where...

– Leaders embrace risk and inspire courage in others.

– Trusting others is prioritized over needing to be right.

– An improviser’s mindset unlocks and unleashes creativity.

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– Groups propel to new heights through collaboration.

Amplify the capacity to transform your organization.

Where will you participate? Go to the room on the back of your name badge.

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4:30 pm SECOND CITY WORKS

Boost Enrollment through Strategic Community Partnerships – Nicole Nash, Jessica Robins, Orna Siegel - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Scottsdale Building a Highly Effective Board – Amy Schiffman - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Belmont Day School Success: No Magic Bullet, But There May be a Secret Sauce – Rebecca Hindin, Kim Hirsh, Natana Shek - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Michigan Cultivating Emerging Professional Talent in our Schools – Rabbi Marc Baker, Rabbi Tsafi Lev, Akiko Yonekawa - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Northwestern I Want to Serve on Your Board...But No Fundraising! – Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip, - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Addison Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning – Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Romain Bertrand, Abbey Goldstein Moss, Jeff Liberty 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Purdue Recapturing Your School’s Story – Dr. Susan Wall - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Indiana Support and Evaluation for Heads of School (for Lay Leaders only) – Dr. Bruce Powell - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Chicago B What Can Prizmah Do for You? – Paul Bernstein, Kathy Manning - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Los Angeles Why Hebrew? What Story Are You Telling? – Dr. Alex Pomson, Dr. Jack Wertheimer - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Illinois (Not So) Straight Talk about LGBTQ Inclusion – Joanna Ware - 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Kansas City Healthy Disagreement: Creating a Vibrant School Culture Around Teaching Israel – Dr. Lauren Applebaum, Dr. Sivan Zakai 2:45 pm-4:05 pm - Denver Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions – Nora Anderson, Debby Arzt-Mor, Rabbi Yehuda Chanales, Dr. Cindy Reich, Nancy Rosen - 3:15 pm-4 pm - Chicago C The Potential of Pluralism in the 21st Century Jewish Day School – Allison Cook, Dr. Susie Tanchel 3:15 pm-4 pm - Chicago A Loving the Student Who is Hard to Love – Rabbi Aryeh Ben David - 3:15 pm-4 pm - Minnesota

BEIT MIDRASH – Minnesota, 6th Floor

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SESSIONS IN ALPHA ORDER Boost Enrollment through Strategic Community Partnerships Nicole Nash, Jessica Robins, Orna Siegel 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Scottsdale Learn from the use of strategic community partnerships that Jewish day schools Hannah Senesh and Charles E. Smith have employed to boost enrollment and improve brand awareness. Brainstorm how you can partner with relevant community organizations to do the same. Identify areas of potential growth in your school, find partners to help build bridges to these markets, and come out with a plan of action. This session is for enrollment and admission professionals and other school leaders.

Building a Highly Effective Board Amy Schiffman 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Belmont Is your board ready for “next level” development? Heads of school, development directors, and board leadership: Create/ enhance your board-building process. A board that understands its role in revenue development, strategic planning, leadership development, and succession planning will enable the school to grow and thrive. Via case studies and small working groups, focus on talent spotting, bench development and optimizing current board leadership.

Your school deserves a high-functioning board—settle for nothing less.

Yeshiva Day School Affinity Group: Conversations Worth Having Facilitators: Dr. Scott Goldberg, Shira Heller 2 pm-2:45 pm Chicago A Orthodox day schools have unique strengths and challenges. Using case studies and a conversation protocol, come to raise questions, share ideas, and connect with one another. Join your colleagues, Prizmah’s Orthodox Advocate Shira Heller and Yeshiva University’s Dr. Scott Goldberg, to explore issues facing Orthodox schools today.

Day School Success: No Magic Bullet, But There May be a Secret Suace Rebecca Hindin, Kim Hirsh, Natana Shek 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Michigan

I Want to Serve on Your Board...

But No Fundraising!

Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Addison

Two of the pillars necessary for long-term school sustainability are teaching excellence and parental affordability. The Montreal and Greater MetroWest NJ communities have invested heavily in middle-income affordability and teaching excellence, as well as multischool collaboration, in order to create more sustainable, attractive Jewish day schools across the denominational spectrum.

Come hear about these various strategies and programs and how they can be replicated in other communities.

Have you ever said that? Have you heard others say that? That’s not okay. That’s just plain bad. Everyone has to help with relationship-building and fundraising. Yes, everyone: board chair, board members, heads of school. But what does this really mean, participating in relationship-building and fundraising? Who leads the process?

What are the roles of every board member and board chair and development director and head of school and...Start right now with who, what, when, why, and some hows.

Cultivating Emerging Professional Talent in Our Schools Rabbi Marc Baker, Rabbi Tsafi Lev, Akiko Yonekawa 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Northwestern

Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions Nora Anderson, Debby Arzt-Mor, Rabbi Yehuda Chanales, Dr. Cindy Reich, Nancy Rosen 3:15 pm-4 pm Chicago C

What are millenials looking for in a workplace? Can Jewish day schools offer them what they need? The Early Career Fellowship, a joint effort of Gann Academy, deToledo High School, and Heschel High School, is exploring these issues with a collaborative leadership development program for recent college graduates. Find out what it takes to raise up new leaders in education and share your own experiences of attracting, training, and retaining young talent.

Healthy Disagreement: Creating a Vibrant School Culture Around Teaching Israel Dr. Lauren Applebaum, Dr. Sivan Zakai 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Denver For productive, open, and creative Israel education to take place, schools must create a respectful culture of discourse among stakeholders about its goals and expectations. Explore two common challenges that schools face: overtly hostile discourse and discourse that masks disagreements about Israel.

Participants receive guidelines for fostering productive discourse about Israel in order to transcend both common challenges, and experiment as a group with strategies to implement these guidelines in our school communities.

Four school leaders tell the stories of the impact of professional learning on their faculties, educational practices, and student learning in their day schools. These leaders participated in a year of learning with their teachers through the Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute, focusing on standards-based curriculum design for the teaching and learning of Tanakh, and honing their instructional leadership skills.

The narratives illuminate the critical factors involved in school change and underscore specific strategies for strengthening leadership and instructional practices in day schools.

Leveraging Your Jewish Story for School Leadership Jonathan Cannon, Alanna Kotler 2 pm-4 pm Clark The relationship between authenticity and effectiveness as a leader is well documented.

Through presentation, conversation, and guided activities, reflect on the experiences that motivated and continue to motivate you to be a lay or professional day school leader. Taking inspiration from Howard Gardner’s research in “Leading Minds,” learn about the impact that these narratives can and should have on your ability to be an agent of change. Leave with a greater insight into the intersection of your personal and professional journey, and why it matters.

CONSTELLATION THREE SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Loving the Student Who is Hard to Love Rabbi Aryeh Ben David 3:15 pm-4 pm Minnesota

Recapturing Your School’s Story Dr. Susan Wall 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Indiana 

Text to Image to Reimagined Text David Moss 2 pm-4 pm Lincolnshire

There is always a student who is difficult to connect to. The “student from Hell” is actually the “student from Heaven.” Look at four approaches—Shimshon Raphael Hirsch, Rambam, Sfat Emet, Rav Kook— to dealing with this student.

Two of the six signs of a strong school culture are its story and storytellers.

Come to reflect upon what your school’s story is/once was and who are/were its best storytellers. What are the stories that, if more people heard them, might make a difference in both the school’s internal culture and in its ability to recruit new students and donors? For administrators, admissions directors, board members, and development people.

Experience art as a powerful interpretive medium for Jewish text study. A sample text—The Binding of Isaac—is modeled. Its fewest necessary elements are isolated and a color assigned to each. Then the text is probed, explored, imagined, and expressed as the precise meaning of every word and phrase is transformed into a vivid work of graphic art. Create your own example and master this engaging visual language as a surprisingly powerful, proven tool for deepening and enlivening the understanding of any text.

(Not So) Straight Talk about LGBTQ Inclusion Joanna Ware 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Kansas City Explore the critical nature of LGBTQ inclusion for Jewish day school learning environments and the tachlis of creating LGBTQ-inclusive schools. Using inspiring stories of real school communities, and our own stories of inclusion and exclusion, encounter the Jewish values that offer a foundation for inclusive communities and define LGBTQ terms that will allow us to build a shared language. Conduct a guided assessment of your school’s existing policies and culture, and learn best practices for LGBTQ inclusion.

Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Romain Bertrand, Abbey Goldstein Moss, Jeff Liberty 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Purdue  Designing and facilitating personalized learning can be daunting for teachers, most of whom were educated in more traditional systems. In order to be successful in this dynamic learning landscape, our teachers need their professional learning to be as highly personalized as their students’ learning. Discover and experience the “PersonalizedPD” system from BetterLesson’s Blended Learning Team. Administrators play the role of teachers, identifying common teaching challenges and exploring blended learning strategies that address those challenges in authentic ways.

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Senior Development Professionals Networking Marna Goldwin, Jennifer Weinstock 2 pm-2:45 pm Chicago C Join with other senior professionals in the field to network and learn from one another.

Our time will focus on building connections that can strengthen and support our work once we get back to school. Note: This session is appropriate for senior professionals where development is at least 80% of their job and who have been working in development for more than 10 years.

Support and Evaluation for Heads of School (for Lay Leaders only) Dr. Bruce Powell 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Chicago B Every head of school has a unique story.

The head has been on a personal and professional journey. Explore how lay leaders can understand their heads’ stories and work with them to become more effective in ensuring the heads’ success.

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The Potential of Pluralism in the 21st Century Jewish Day School Allison Cook, Dr. Susie Tanchel 3:15 pm-4 pm Chicago A Boston’s Jewish Community Day School has taken on a multiyear project to enact a vision for a “Pluralism of Engagement.”

Our story includes confronting 21st century questions around identity and diversity, recognizing the ways in which pluralism gets to the heart of curriculum and instruction across disciplines, and harnessing pluralism as a catalyst for community-building among students, faculty, and parents.

Come share in our questions and newly developed frameworks for meeting both the challenges and educational potential of pluralism in Jewish schools.

Uncovering Learning Stories: Facilitating Student Self-advocacy Hollis Dannaham 2 pm-4 pm Armitage Students’ ability to self-advocate is strengthened by knowledge of their unique learning profile. As educators, we need to support and empower students to chart their path and celebrate their own story.

As school leaders, we must foster a school culture where all learners flourish and feel empowered to self-advocate. How do we help our teachers support all kinds of learners? Reflect on your own school’s culture around student self-advocacy and gain tools for how to foster a climate that nurtures these skills.

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Using Big Questions in Jewish Education Rabbi Dr. Josh Feigelson 2 pm-4 pm Great America Experience an award-winning approach to framing Jewish learning that combines student-centered learning, use of personal narrative, and interpretive discussion, developed by Ask Big Questions. Learn what “big questions” are, how to move from issues to big questions, and how to apply this approach to interpretive discussion in your work. Suitable for educators at all levels.

The Weekly Parsha: Making it Personal Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb 2 pm-2:45 pm Minnesota Engage in a text study of the weekly Torah portion. Learn elements of Rabbi Weinreb’s unique approach and his strategies for engaging students and families. Come away with both a deeper understanding of the parsha for yourself and ideas for how to improve parsha study in your school.

What Can Prizmah Do for You? Paul Bernstein, Kathy Manning 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Los Angeles Join Prizmah’s Kathy Manning and Paul Bernstein for a conversation around the needs of schools across North America and how Prizmah can be most effective in addressing them. Have your say in shaping the future of the day school field.

Why Hebrew?

What Story Are You Telling?

Dr. Alex Pomson, Dr. Jack Wertheimer 2:45 pm-4:05 pm Illinois Every Jewish day school teaches Hebrew.

Why? What case do you make to parents and students? Use interactive, online technology to analyze the stories you tell about the rationale for studying modern Hebrew. Then compare your answers to those that 7,000 students and parents gave in the course of a recent AVI CHAI Foundation study of Hebrew education in day schools. Gain clarity about what can make your case for Hebrew stronger.

IN THE THINK STUDIO Playground, Chicago Ballroom 2 pm-2:55 pm – How child-centered can a classroom truly be?

Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl & Becky Troodler 3:05 pm-4 pm – What does Reform day school advocacy look like?

Traci Stratford

IN THE REFLECTION POOL Playground, Chicago Ballroom 1:45 pm-2:45 pm Are you an early childhood educator?

You are invited to join Melanie Eisen and Chaya Friedmann to reflect on the implications of our conference learning on our early childhood schools and programs. We have spent time learning, discussing, and experiencing a variety of sessions. Where do we go from here? Let's talk!

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Tim Casswell, Jennifer La Trobe, Tim Finnegan and Ada Jusic, narrative artists from CreativeConnection, are collecting and curating thoughts, themes, threads of our whole conference. Watch as they create a scroll-like megillah mural capturing our dream, our story, our conversations, our creativity and our courage.

All stories are local; they arise out of particular people in specific places who encounter each other, collaborate, and create.

They will not be present in all the sessions, so please take every opportunity to help them understand what we are all thinking and feeling.

We can do this by handing the artists a note with our enthusiasm and anxiety, our hopes and our fears. When they are present, sessions will pause to enable us to write down our insights, ideas, and intuitions. Don’t wait to be asked. Let us share our reflections whenever we are inspired.

CreativeConnection is listening to help us serve as guardians recording the next chapter in our history.

Each excursion features an opportunity for collaborative reflection facilitated by a Prizmah staffer. Don’t miss an opportunity to learn not just in Chicago but from Chicago.

All excursions require pre-registration; space is limited. Visit the Prizmah table to check for availability.

THE BEIT MIDRASH Embracing the value of Jewish learning as central to both our identity as Jews and to our Jewish day schools, we are dedicating a space at the conference for Torah study.

Open for informal, independent or small group study, our Beit Midrash is also the site for structured learning with talented teachers from our Jewish day school field and beyond. Each morning begins with Daf Yomi in the Bait Midrash. Then additionally, there are eleven 45-minute opportunities to study a wide range of texts and topics. We thank Koren Publishers for the generous donation of books in this year's Beit Midrash, which you will be able to sample for use in your schools.

The excursions are designed to enable conference-goers to leave the environs of the hotel and discover amazing educational stories that Chicago has to offer. Some excursions will take people to noteworthy schools, to learn their practices and consider what might be implemented in a day school setting. Other excursions expose participants to outstanding cultural resources that can impact education in our schools and classrooms.

Sefaria has created masterful sourcesheets for you to take home. Come to the Beit Midrash to find sources for both teachers and school leaders. Topics include spring haggim, emotional health of students, enrollment, development, volunteerism, school change, and the broader school community. Whether you are planning a course or preparing a d’var Torah for a meeting, discover user-friendly Jewish inspiration to get you started.

“How to Read a Building” meets in Sheffield.

All other excursions meet promptly at the hotel’s Michigan Avenue entrance.

Cutting-edge 21st Century Schooling Academy for Global Citizenship – C2 How to Read a Building Chicago Architecture Foundation – C2

We look forward to connecting with you in the Beit Midrash for inspiration, connection and powerful learning.

The Promise of Hebrew Immersion Gan Gani Preschool – C2

The Beit Midrash is in the Minnesota room on the 6th floor.

Inquiry & Discovery: Teaching through Archaeology and Primary Sources The Oriental Institute – C4 The Home of Progressive Education University of Chicago Laboratory Schools – C4

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43)

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9:45 am EXCURSION The Home of Progressive Education, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools – 9:15 am-12:15 pm EXCURSION Inquiry & Discovery: Teaching through Archaeology and Primary Sources, The Oriental Institute – 9:15 am-12:15 pm PLAYGROUND – 9:45 am-2:45 pm - Explore. Engage. Discover. Chicago Ballroom Building a Powerful Movement for Jewish Day Schools – Rabbi Ari Hart, Meir Lakein, Tamar Manashe - 9:45 am-12:45 pm - Addison Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling – Nora Anderson, Andrea Cheatham Kasper, Noah Hartman, Re-envisioning Retention Strategies – Jennifer Bails, Sarah DeWitt, Bathea James, Mark Minkus, Avi Baran Munro - 9:45 am-12:45 pm - Belmont Build a Strong Head-Development Director Partnership – Rabbi Marc Baker, Jennifer Weinstock - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Chicago B Building Inclusive School Communities – Lisa Tobin, Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Amy Wasser - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Denver Learning from Parent Voices – Dr. Daniel Held, Evan Mazin - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Los Angeles New Legislation, New Services, New Money! – Miriam Prum Hess, Dr. Ron Reynolds, Betty Winn - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Lincolnshire Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned? – Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Rabbi Daniel Alter, Dr. Harry Bloom, Holly Cohen, Dr. Tricia Maas 9:45 am-11:05 am - Clark The Spiritual Story: Imagining Jewish Leadership Through Torah – Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Chicago C What’s Your Game Plan: Vision, Innovation, and Achievement – Ariella Falack, Alanna Kotler - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Kansas City Women in Torah + Art = Powerful Learning Experiences – Alicia Jo Rabins - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Illinois New Approaches to the Old Challenge of Teaching Hebrew – Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Northwestern Practical Tools for Faculty Hiring (YOU LEAD participants only) – Rabbi Maccabee Avishur - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Scottsdale Using Your Story to Spark Action – Miriam Brosseau, Mary Rubenstein - 9:45 am-11:05 am - Chicago A Grow Your School By Thinking Like a Startup – Dr. Brent Goldman 9:45 am-10:30 am - Michigan The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities Ilisa Cappell, Rachel Shtern - 9:45 am-10:30 am - Indiana Israel: Uniting the Board, Staff, Teachers, and Students Robbie Gringras - 9:45 am-10:30 am - Sheffield Truth as a Leadership Value: When Might Lying Be Better?

Rabbi Yossi Prager - 9:45 am-10:30 am - Minnesota

BEIT MIDRASH – Minnesota, 6th Floor

CONSTELLATION FOUR 9:45 AM-12:45 AM

12:45 pm Meet promptly at the hotel’s Michigan Avenue entrance Meet promptly at the hotel’s Michigan Avenue entrance

Dr. Ray Levi, Debra Sagan Massey, Rabbi Moshe Schwartz - 9:45 am-12:45 pm - Armitage

A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning – Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Dr. Helen Chaset, Gary Hartstein, Julie Lambert, Valerie Mitrani, Jennifer Ohana - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Clark A Schoolwide Program for Religious Growth – Rabbi Aaron Horn, Melissa Perl - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Northwestern Asking Powerful Questions: Moving a Board to Generative Leadership – Dr. Idana Goldberg - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Chicago B A Traditionally Radical Approach to Teaching Talmud – Rabbi Benay Lappe - 11:25 am - 12:45 pm - Scottsdale Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams – Allison Cook, Michelle Janoschek, Dr. Orit Kent, Ayelet Lipton 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Chicago A Listening to the Squeaky Wheel: An Approach to Behavior Management – Dana Keil - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Los Angeles Reimagining the Real: The Power of Perception – Tim Casswell, Jennifer La Trobe - 11:25 am-12:45 pm -Purdue Recruit and Retain Exemplary Educators by Enhancing the Story of Their Career – Dr. Lena Kushnir - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Kansas City Meeting the Enrollment Challenge (HOSPEP participants only)– Dr. Sarah Shulkind, Lisa Zide - 11:25 am-12:45 pm - Illinois Balancing Transmission and Innovation in Teaching Jewish Texts Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld - 11:05 am-11:50 am - Indiana

Heads of Large Schools Meetup – Karen Feller, Dr. Elliot Spiegel 12 pm-12:45 pm - Great America

Ideas into Action: Bringing the Best of the Conference Back to Your School Todd J. Sukol - 11:25 am-12:45 pm – Chicago C

Growing Teacher Leaders: A Jewish Lens – Amanda Pogany 12 pm-12:45 pm - Minnesota

Bringing God to High School – Rabbi Micah Greenland 11:05 am-11:50 am - Michigan Coping with Midrash – Rivy Poupko Kletenik 11:05 pm-11:50 pm - Minnesota

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SESSIONS IN ALPHA ORDER A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Dr. Helen Chaset, Gary Hartstein, Julie Lambert, Valerie Mitrani, Jennifer Ohana 11:25 am-12:45 pm Clark  Discover how schools can share resources, experience, and expertise to shift the paradigm of teaching and learning. Focusing on JBlend, a collaboration among five Miami day schools, examine the systemic levels of capacity building necessary to support school innovation; explore the emerging pedagogies of blended and personalized learning; and increase awareness of a model that leverages expertise from multiple sources working collaboratively to improve learning. Designed for professional and lay leaders on both the school and community level.

A Schoolwide Program for Religious Growth Rabbi Aaron Horn, Melissa Perl 11:25 am-12:45 pm Northwestern Gain the tools to implement a successful schoolwide religious guidance program.

At Kohelet Yeshiva High School, limmudei kodesh faculty serve as religious guidance counselors, steering students toward religious growth and development. Faculty help students determine their own spiritual goals and devise an individualized plan to reach them. By training staff to craft conversations designed to help the students think, question, and reflect, our program caters to the religious needs, desires, and dreams of each student.

Asking Powerful Questions: Moving a Board to Generative Leadership Dr. Idana Goldberg 11:25 am-12:45 pm ` Chicago B Traditionally, nonprofit boards engage in two main areas of responsibility: the strategic and fiduciary. Despite the daily realities that a day school board addresses, boards must find the time to enter a third: the generative mode. In the generative mode, boards reframe their questions and look outside of their usual operative frameworks to challenge assumptions and identify the core values that should underlie their decision making. In the generative mode, boards recognize larger shifts in their environment that can affect their school’s success over the long term.

Balancing Transmission and Innovation in Teaching Jewish Texts Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld 11:05 am-11:50 am Indiana Jewish studies teachers feel responsible to transmit Jewish knowledge to their students. At the same time, they hope their students will have the ability to think critically and interpret Jewish texts for themselves.

Learn about the teaching techniques real teachers use to achieve these two very different goals. Leave with a better understanding of your goals for teaching and learning Jewish texts and a set of practical tools for achieving those goals.

Bringing God to High School Rabbi Micah Greenland 11:05 am-11:50 am Michigan Explore opportunities and strategies to help high school students build a meaningful relationship with God during tefillah and throughout the day. Learn about current projects being developed between NCSY and various Jewish high schools, and how formal and informal educators can collaborate to enhance student spirituality.

Build a Strong Head-Development Director Partnership Rabbi Marc Baker, Jennifer Weinstock 9:45 am-11:05 am Chicago B Explore the nature of this partnership, including ways to strengthen and develop it, ways that it can be rewarding and ways that it can be challenging, and how this partnership translates into more effective development work. We draw upon our experience working together at Gann Academy and look at mini-case studies involving the partnership. Heads of school and development directors are encouraged to attend this session together.

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Building a Powerful Movement for Jewish Day Schools Rabbi Ari Hart, Meir Lakein, Tamar Manasseh 9:45 am-12:45 pm Addison Day schools need a movement, united around a common vision, that amasses students, supporters, and donors. This moment requires no less of us. But how?

Hear stories of successful, powerful movements—including from their leaders— and derive lessons and tools that help movements succeed: common narrative, sense of urgency, ability to navigate social networks, and campaign focused on action.

Apply these tools to our own work and workshop concrete plans to build our own movements.

Building Inclusive School Communities Lisa Tobin, Dr. Abigail Uhrman, Amy Wasser 9:45 am-11:05 am Denver  Come share your best practices as we look at a few case studies to see how those of us with limited resources can meet the needs of students who learn differently. Begin to create a network of professionals to continue this conversation beyond the conference.

Coping with Midrash Rivy Poupko Kletenik 11:05 pm-11:50 pm Minnesota Death of truly good people is one of the toughest realities that we face with our students. Come grapple with understanding the death of the righteous, while simultaneously identifying key midrashic frameworks and techniques. Gain understanding of the midrash’s approach to personal tragedy and the human spirit, and leave with insights around the study and development of midrash. Studying these texts will help to give you strength and grounding for leading through difficult times.

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Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling Nora Anderson, Andrea Cheatham Kasper Noah Hartman, Dr. Ray Levi, Debra Sagan Massey, Rabbi Moshe Schwartz 9:45 am-12:45 pm Armitage It is stories of courage—risk taking and vulnerability—that help us understand how we foster change. Responding to the stories shared by five school leaders, explore challenges such as finding the courage to take critical actions, building collaborative support even in the face of controversy, and remaining focused on larger strategic needs when a tactical decision is easier. How and to whom will you now tell these stories in which courage has been a key to effecting change?

Grow Your School By Thinking Like a Startup Dr. Brent Goldman 9:45 am-10:30 am Michigan By adopting entrepreneurial techniques, school leaders can grow enrollment quickly.

Developing initiatives such as blended learning high schools, international student programs, special education programs, and athletic programs can significantly increase enrollment in a short amount of time. Professional and lay leaders acquire tools that advance enrollment growth and develop numerous “stories” that the school can add to its communication plan with stakeholders.

Growing Teacher Leaders: A Jewish Lens Amanda Pogany 12 pm-12:45 pm Minnesota Just as we think of our students’ individual learning needs and craft their school experiences accordingly, so too we can create a culture of learning and growth for our own educators. Learn some traditional and not-so-traditional Jewish texts that shed light on how we create an environment in which our leaders are supported both in their trials and in their errors. Gain Jewish inspiration to let go of perfection while striving toward reflection.

Heads of Large Schools Meetup Karen Feller, Dr. Elliot Spiegel 12 pm-12:45 pm Great America The leaders of large Jewish day schools (450 students or more) face unique opportunities and challenges, given the size of their schools. These leaders, with tremendous experience and wisdom between them, often serve as models and exemplars for other heads of school in the field. Prizmah recognizes the special position of these heads of school and invites them into a private conversation, open only to heads of the largest Jewish day schools in North America.

EXCURSION The Home of Progressive Education, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools 9:15 am-12:15 pm Meets promptly at Michigan Avenue entrance Tour the school founded by John Dewey more than 120 years ago, and explore how the school applies his educational principles today. Dewey’s principles of “constructivism” and real-world experience anticipated many of the child-centered and collaborative foundations of contemporary pedagogy.

The school is housed on the university campus and is designed intentionally to take advantage of the resources and synergies there. What partnerships can help a day school excel? Reflection led by Shira Loewenstein. Limit: 20 participants Ideas into Action: Bringing the Best of the Conference Back to Your School Todd J. Sukol 11:25 am-12:45 pm Chicago C Explore the theme of school change as it appeared throughout the conference. What are the first steps you can take in your school to ensure that change becomes a shared vision among stakeholders and a constructive reality? Hear from day school change agents of the steps they took to make real and lasting change. Debrief with colleagues and Prizmah professionals on an action plan that can best fit your vision and goals. Acquire practical feedback and open sharing about working with funders and other laypeople.

EXCURSION Inquiry & Discovery: Teaching through Archaeology and Primary Sources, The Oriental Institute 9:15 am-12:15 pm Meets promptly at Michigan Avenue entrance Visit a world-famous center of biblical and ancient Near Eastern archeological treasures.

Learn how primary sources can be used to support inquiry learning that engages students in drawing on their prior knowledge, personal experiences, capacity for reflection, and critical-thinking skills to construct meaning. How can day schools use authentic discoveries from the places, peoples, personalities, and events referenced in Tanakh to bring Jewish study to life for students? Reflection led by Dr. Elliott Rabin. Limit: 35 participants Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams Allison Cook, Michelle Janoschek, Dr. Orit Kent, Ayelet Lipton 11:25 am-12:45 pm Chicago A The Pedagogy of Partnership provides a model for strengthening teacher teams through shared beliefs, structures, and language. This approach prioritizes the integration of skills and big ideas to connect learning across subject areas. Through discussion, activities, and video examples of a fourth-grade classroom, heads of school and department heads learn ways to create and support effective teaching teams to provide students with the best learning experience possible.

Israel: Uniting the Board, Staff, Teachers, and Students Robbie Gringras 9:45 am-10:30 am Sheffield How can we address Israel for all ages, in a way that embraces difference, celebrates complexity, excites our staff, and engages our community? Gain a practical introduction to the Four Hatikvah Questions System and how it equips a school to map curricula, engage boards and parents, and build students’ resilience for post-school experiences on campus.

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Learning from Parent Voices Dr. Daniel Held, Evan Mazin 9:45 am-11:05 am Los Angeles In making the decision to enroll children in Jewish day school (or in which day school to enroll their children), parents listen closely to the school stories we tell them and to the school stories they hear from others. Listening closely to parent voices is critical to shaping the story we tell about our school. Synthesizing three recent studies of parent perceptions, come to understand what parents are looking for in day schools and how best to tell stories that will attract them to our schools.

Listening to the Squeaky Wheel: An Approach to Behavior Management Dana Keil 11:25 am-12:45 pm Los Angeles Discover a new method for working with students who consistently pose behavioral challenges and disrupt class. Learn about Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) within the framework of a classroom management system. Discover the four functions of behavior, and how to identify the function of unwanted student behaviors. Develop skills in creating and modifying an individualized behavior intervention plan based on behavioral psychology.

Meeting the Enrollment Challenge (HOSPEP participants only) Dr. Sarah Shulkind, Lisa Zide 11:25 am-12:45 pm Illinois How can your school meet enrollment goals when affordability, competitive public schools, and declining demographics are formidable obstacles? Heads of schools and enrollment/admissions managers, come to address various strategies to overcome these challenges. Based on our experience and the experience of participants, workshop ways to improve retention and recruitment.

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New Approaches to the Old Challenge of Teaching Hebrew Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz 9:45 am-11:05 am Northwestern Hebrew language education poses a perennial challenge in our day schools.

Teacher capacity and professional training, as well as student attitudes, exacerbate the issue. Principals and Judaic coordinators are invited to explore a new way of understanding this challenge. Within this new frame, learn techniques for fostering cultural change. Participants create practical, schoolwide strategies that can improve Hebrew teaching and learning in their own schools.

New Legislation, New Services, New Money!

Miriam Prum Hess, Dr. Ron Reynolds, Betty Winn 9:45 am-11:05 am Lincolnshire Whether your school is located in a small, intermediate, or large community, don’t leave money on the table! Your school is entitled to new and expanded U.S. federal funds for instructional services, counseling, technology, and professional development.

Learn how to access and advocate for your school’s share of Every Student Succeeds Act’s (ESSA) new $19 billion budget. School professionals/lay leaders hear about successes and challenges from a panel of diverse community leaders to help your school get its share.

The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities Ilisa Cappell, Rachel Shtern 9:45 am-10:30 am Indiana  Discuss the critical relationship between federations and schools in small communities. What are the successes that need to be shared? What challenges should we be addressing as a field? Are there larger trends emerging that we should be aware of? Consider together how the knowledge and resources on the local and national level can be brought to strengthen both sides of this essential partnership.

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IN THE THINK STUDIO Playground, Chicago Ballroom 9:45 am-11:05 am – The Alumni Dilemma: How do I find them?

How do we engage them?

How did we lose them in the first place? (Open only to current participants and alumni of the Governance & Fundraising Academy) Helen London, Traci Stratford & Francine Shron 11:25 am-12:45 pm – See app/website for the guiding question  Nili Auerbach

Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

Rachel Mohl Abrahams, Rabbi Daniel Alter, Dr. Harry Bloom, Holly Cohen, Dr. Tricia Maas 9:45 am-11:05 am Clark  Learn about research conducted at the five Jewish day schools that spent three years adopting blended/personalized learning through BOLD Day Schools. Hear from the researchers who analyzed the educational and financial aspects of the project, with response from the funders of the initiative and a participating school.

The lessons learned are applicable to other school settings. Come think together about what structures need to be in place to ensure successful implementations.

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Recruit and Retain Exemplary Educators

by Enhancing the Story of Their Career Dr. Lena Kushnir 11:25 am-12:45 pm Kansas City

The Spiritual Story: Imagining Jewish Leadership Through Torah Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire 9:45 am-11:05 am Chicago C

What narratives are your teachers telling?

What do you see as the ideal story of your teachers’ careers? Are you, as school leaders, telling the same story as your teachers?

Reflect on current stories in your school, examine the needs of teachers at various stages of their careers, and outline an action plan to revise the story, narrowing the gap between the current version and the ideal version. Consider ways to get the revised story, told by the teachers, out into the community.

Sacred stories are so important in providing the “symbolic frame” of leadership. Explore the world of leadership through the frame of a sacred story, using Torah Godly Play, a spiritual pedagogic methodology using Bible stories and the inner wonderings of the participant. Designed for the classroom and Torah teachers, it is expandable to creative educators in all settings, including school leaders. Increase your capacity to imagine where you are in the story of your Jewish journey and the path on which you are leading others.

Re-envisioning Retention Strategies Jennifer Bails, Sarah DeWitt, Bathea James, Mark Minkus, Avi Baran Munro 9:45 am-12:45 pm Belmont  Jewish day schools work so hard at recruiting new students, but little attention is paid to keeping the students already registered in the school. Delve into the critical concepts of student retention strategic planning. Hear a day school’s experience of its data-driven approach to implementing a retention plan, and why it has been so essential to their growth and sustainability. Gain support from facilitators as you begin to create your own retention plan.

Reimagining the Real: The Power of Perception Tim Casswell, Jennifer La Trobe 11:25 am-12:45 pm Purdue We often inhabit stories that don’t get us the things that we want. Why can’t we change? Come recognize the power of story in your own lives and be able to transform the narrative that you’ve created in your mind that hinders you from achieving your goals. What is the character that you’re playing? What is your role? What is the plot? Through guided activities, recognize the habits and ways you have of interpreting reality and the power of perception.

Practical Tools for Faculty Hiring (YOU LEAD participants only) Rabbi Maccabee Avishur 9:45 am-11:05 am Scottsdale Explore research-based and practitioneradvocated best practices in teacher hiring, and learn how to evaluate the impact of these practices on the health, quality, and success of your school.

A Traditionally Radical Approach to Teaching Talmud Rabbi Benay Lappe 11:25 am-12:45 pm Scottsdale Learn a method of teaching Talmud, developed by SVARA, that is an accessible, complex, and highly accountable pedagogy for teaching without translation, appropriate for learners of incredibly diverse backgrounds, including alef-bet beginners. In this fully transparent beit midrash experience, engage the Gemara as a learner and walk away with the tools to use this powerful approach for teaching differentiated rabbinics on your own.

Truth as a Leadership Value: When Might Lying Be Better?

Rabbi Yossi Prager 9:45 am-10:30 am Minnesota Shmot 23:7 requires us to distance ourselves from falsehood, a rule that has been routinely breached in American public life this past year. Is truth-telling an absolute Jewish value, or might there be times when it is ethically and tactically better for us— administrators, teachers, and lay leaders— to shade the truth? Study biblical and talmudic sources and stories that will inform your thinking about the integrity and credibility of your leadership.

Using Your Story to Spark Action Miriam Brosseau, Mary Rubenstein 9:45 am-11:05 am Chicago A Stories can engage your community and move them to action—and your personal story is a powerful tool to do just that. But there is a fine line between sharing and oversharing, between being yourself and self-promotion. This session is for leaders in all areas looking for tools to facilitate change. Through analyzing videos and small group work, explore the key elements of a story that moves people to action. Walk away with a framework for telling your own story in an engaging, inspiring way.

What’s Your Game Plan: Vision, Innovation, and Achievement Ariella Falack, Alanna Kotler 9:45 am-11:05 am Kansas City Game-based learning offers a path to raising the level of achievement and engagement for every student in every classroom. Aligned with your school’s mission, impactful games about serious topics can create conditions for deeper learning. Through the use of storytelling in game-based pedagogy, Jewish text classes can reveal students’ abilities to think critically, analyze situations, and use their content knowledge to make value-based decisions to prepare them for real-world challenges.

Women in Torah + Art = Powerful Learning Experiences Alicia Jo Rabins 9:45 am-11:05 am Illinois Using art in Tanakh classrooms helps students connect to text personally, building critical and creative thinking and engaging students. Explore why with educator-artist Alicia Jo Rabins, who combines the power of art with attention to stories of women in Torah, bringing biblical women to life for teens and adults through her “Girls in Trouble” songs and accompanying curriculum. Access Rabins’ extensive experience in teaching the Torah through art, and enjoy the power of live performance.

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C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43) Rachel Mohl Abrahams Senior Program Officer, The AVI CHAI Foundation Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Charlotte Abramson Director, Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute, Wm. Davidson Graduate School, Jewish Theological Seminary Tell Me Your Torah: Reading Sacred Texts with Multiple Lenses 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Galli Aizenman Program Officer, The AVI CHAI Foundation Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Gary Alpert Director of Ambassadors For Inclusion, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education Preparing Day School Students for a Lifetime of Disability Awareness 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Dr. Lauren Applebaum Director of Research, Teaching Israel Fellowship Healthy Disagreement: Creating a Vibrant School Culture Around Teaching Israel 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Debby Arzt-Mor Director of Jewish Learning, The Brandeis School of San Francisco Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Joelle Asaro Berman Program Director, Amplifier A Case Study In Empowered Jewish Giving 11:05 am-11:50 am, C4 Nili Auerbach Director of Marketing and Admissions Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy The Lookstein Center, Bar-Ilan University THINK STUDIO 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Maccabee Avishur Director, School Leadership and Fee for Service, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Practical Tools for Faculty Hiring 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Jennifer Bails Director of Marketing and Communications, Community Day School Re-envisioning Retention Strategies 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Marc Baker Head of School, Gann Academy Cultivating Emerging Professional Talent in Our Schools 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

Rabbi Daniel Alter Head of School, The Moriah School Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4

Build a Strong Head-Development Director Partnership 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4

Nora Anderson Head of School, Carmel Academy Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3

Marcy Balogh President, Ba-Lo Consulting Top 10 Ways to Succeed in Your Leadership Partnership 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4

Rabbi Aryeh Ben David Director, Ayeka: Soulful Education A Taste of Soulful Education 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2

Mollie Andron Project Educator and Asst. Director of Meyerhoff Center, Inheritance Project and Hillel Flattening Time: Destressing the Classroom 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Loving the Student Who is Hard to Love 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appell Program Director, The Institute for Jewish Spirituality How Jewish Mindfulness Can Support Wise Day School Leadership 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

Paul Bernstein Chief Executive Officer, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools What Can Prizmah Do for You? 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Romain Bertrand Blended Instructional Coach, Better Lesson Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Rabbi Michael Bitton Director of Educational Innovation, Magen David Yeshivah High School; IDEA Schools Network PBL Intensive Workshop 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Dr. Harry Bloom Senior Vice President of Client Solutions, Measuring Success Telling a New Story About Tuition 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Using Research and Communal Branding to Grow Enrollment 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Patty Bloom Director of Admissions and Marketing, Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School THINK STUDIO: How can school leaders transform school culture to lift morale, decrease attrition, and elevate excellence?

4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Michal Braker Hebrew Language Principal, Wornick Jewish Day School 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Dr. David Breakstone Vice Chairman, World Zionist Organization Putting Israel in Its Place 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Using Shared Stories to Change Institutions and Foster School Improvement: Part 1 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Using Shared Stories to Foster School Change and Improvement: Part 2 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Miriam Brosseau Program Director, ELI Talks Using Your Story to Spark Action 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4

SESSIONS BY SPEAKERS

Dr. Erica Brown Associate Professor, The Graduate School of Education and Human Development Director, Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership, The George Washington University How to Motivate and Inspire 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Leadership, An Inner Workout 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Dr. David Bryfman Chief Innovation Officer, The Jewish Education Project Jewish Gen Z: What We Know about Jewish Teenagers 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Rachel Buckman Education Associate, Sefaria Making Textual Connections in the Age of Snapchat 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Jonathan Cannon Lead Consultant, Educannon Consulting Leveraging Your Jewish Story for School Leadership 2 pm-4 pm, C3 Ilisa Cappell Director of Prizmah Conference, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities 9:45 am-10:30 am, C4 Tim Casswell Creative Connection Reimagining the Real: The Power of Perception 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4

Rabbi Yehuda Chanales Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Fuchs Mizrachi School Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Dr. Helen Chaset Director of Professional Development, Scheck Hillel Community School A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Andrea Cheatham Kasper Head of School, Solomon Schechter of Greater Hartford Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Holly Cohen Executive Director, Kohelet Foundation Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Allison Cook Co-Director, Pedagogy of Partnership Communication Practices for a Collaborative School Culture 10:35 am-12:15 pm, C2 The Potential of Pluralism in the 21st Century Jewish Day School 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4

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Beth Crastnopol Learning Specialist, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education School Change for Serving Diverse Learners 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Hollis Dannaham Coach/Mentor/PD Facilitator, Hidden Sparks Uncovering Learning Stories: Facilitating Student Self-advocacy 2 pm-4 pm, C3 Dr. John D’Auria President, Teachers21 Creating an Emotional Culture That Supports Students and Staff 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Shira Deener Director of the Center for Jewish Education, Facing History and Ourselves THINK STUDIO: What should empathy look like in an age of difference?

9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Sarah DeWitt Admission Director, Community Day School Re-envisioning Retention Strategies 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4

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Ariela Dubler Head of School, Abraham Joshua Heschel School Justice and Equality: Teaching and Linking Jewish and American Perspectives 3:50 pm-4:35 pm, C1 Rebecca Egolf Consultant, Rebecca Egolf Consulting Admission Professionals Networking Session 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 John Englander Associate Dean of Humanities, The Virtual High School, Inc. Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Chuck English President, English Marketing Works The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Lisa Exler Director of the Curriculum Project/ Director of Jewish Studies, Mechon Hadar/Beit Rabban Day School Why Jewish Fluency Matters 10:35 am-11:20 am, C2

Ariella Falack Teacher, Magen David Yeshivah High School What’s Your Game Plan: Vision, Innovation, and Achievement 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Dr. David Farbman Director, Center for Professional Learning, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education School Change for Serving Diverse Learners 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Rabbi Dr. Josh Feigelson Founder and Executive Director, Ask Big Questions (Hillel International) Using Big Questions in Jewish Education 2 pm-4 pm, C3 Rabbi Emily Feigenson Chaplain, Harvard-Westlake School Keeping Teens Sober: 3 Science-based Tools 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Dr. Sharon Feiman-Nemser Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Education, Brandeis University Teacher Leadership in Jewish Day Schools: Opportunities, Benefits, and Challenges 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

Rabbi Sam Feinsmith Director, Educating for a Jewish Spiritual Life Pilot, The Institute for Jewish Spirituality How Jewish Mindfulness Can Support Wise Day School Leadership 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Temima Feldman Associate Director, The Digital Citizenship Project The Unfolding Story of Digital Citizenship 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Karen Feller Dean, Head of School Professional Excellence Project, Retired Head of Donna Klein Jewish Academy Heads of Large Schools Meetup 12 pm-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Steve Freedman Head of School, Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

SESSIONS BY SPEAKERS

Sharon Freundel Director of Jewish Life, Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital, Kay and Robert Schattner Center 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

Dr. Brent Goldman Educational Consultant, Private School Growth Services Grow Your School By Thinking Like a Startup 9:45 am-10:30 am, C4

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23)

C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43)

Nanette Fridman Principal, Fridman Strategies Managing Your Board for Success 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Sharon Goldstein Director of Day School Programs, Gateways Access to Jewish Education Preparing Day School Students for a Lifetime of Disability Awareness 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Shayna Friedman Director of Admission, Denver Jewish Day School Use an Ambassador Program to Change Your School’s Story 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

Abbey Goldstein Moss Director of Partner Success and Personalized PD Coach, BetterLesson Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

Tal Gale Senior Program Director, Hebrew at the Center 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

Marna Goldwin Director of Advancement, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School Senior Development Professionals Networking 2 pm-2:45 pm, C3

Dr. Barbara Gereboff Head of School, R.C. Wornick Jewish Day School 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Chana German Director, Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Dr. Scott Goldberg Professor, Yeshiva University Azrieli Graduate School Literacy for Life: Building Blocks for Torah and Tefillah 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Dr. Idana Goldberg Vice President, Field Advancement and Advocacy, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Asking Powerful Questions: Moving a Board to Generative Leadership 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Jill Goldenberg President, Goldenberg Solutions Group Maximizing Your Board’s Capacity 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

Aliza Goodman Director of Professional Development, The iCenter Crafting Israel Education Standards 2:30 pm- 5:30 pm, C1 Dvora Goodman Consultant, iCenter Crafting Israel Education Standards 2:30 pm -5:30 pm, C1 Julie Gordon Director, REACH Reimagining Change to Reach More Students 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Robbie Gringras Creative Director, Makom, Israel Education Lab Israel: Uniting the Board, Staff, Teachers, and Students 9:45 am-10:30 am, C4 Rabbi Micah Greenland International Director, NCSY Bringing God to High School 11:05 am-11:50 am, C4 Rabbi Ari Hart Associate Rabbi, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale: The Bayit Building a Powerful Movement for Jewish Day Schools 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4

C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37)

Noah Hartman Head of School, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Gary Hartstein Director, DigitalJLearning Network The Jewish Education Project A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Ziva Hassenfeld Postdoctoral Fellow, Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University Balancing Transmission and Innovation in Teaching Jewish Texts 11:05 am-11:50 am, C4 Dr. Daniel Held Executive Director, UJA’s Koshitzky Centre for Jewish Education Telling a New Story About Tuition 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Learning from Parent Voices 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Dr. Miriam Heller Stern National Director, Hebrew Union College School of Education Teacher Leadership in Jewish Day Schools: Opportunities, Benefits, Challenges 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Aaron Henne Artistic Director, theatre dybbuk Illuminating Liturgy Through Personal Narrative 7:15am Rebecca Hindin Manager, Day School Initiative, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Day School Success: No Magic Bullet, But There May be a Secret Sauce 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

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C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43) Rabbi Joe Hirsch Lead Learning Designer & Director, YU CollegeNOW, Akiba Academy of Dallas Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Kim Hirsh Director of Philanthropic Initiatives, Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ Day School Success: No Magic Bullet, But There May Be A Secret Sauce 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Rabbi Aaron Horn Dean of Students, Kohelet Yeshiva High School A Schoolwide Program for Religious Growth 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Bathea James Interim Head of School, Oakland Hebrew Day School Re-envisioning Retention Strategies 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Michelle Janoschek Fourth Grade Teacher, JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Eliezer Jones Principal, Valley Torah High School PBL Intensive Workshop 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Adv Dip Principal, Joyaux Associates Listening For Gifts. No! Listening Because You Actually Care 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 I Want to Serve on Your Board...

But No Fundraising!

2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 A.J. Juliani Education and Technology Innovation Specialist, Upper Perkiomen School District Moving From Pockets of Innovation to a Culture of Innovation 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Chana Kanzen CEO, Jewish Interactive Grokking Jewish Ed-Tech 9:15 am-10 am, C2 Rabbi Sheryl Katzman Rabbinics Initiative Leader; Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute, Wm. Davidson Graduate School of the Jewish Theological Seminary Tell Me Your Torah: Reading Sacred Texts with Multiple Lenses 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Dana Keil Director, Room on the Bench: A Project of Luria Academy of Brooklyn Listening to the Squeaky Wheel: An Approach to Behavior Management 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Orit Kent Co-Director, Pedagogy of Partnership Communication Practices for a Collaborative School Culture 10:35 am-12:15 pm, C2 Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Yael Kidron Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz Director, Global Division for Hebrew and Israel Studies, The Center for Educational Technology New Approaches to the Old Challenge of Teaching Hebrew 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Alanna Kotler Educational Consultant, Educannon Consulting Leveraging Your Jewish Story for School Leadership 2 pm-4 pm, C3 What's Your Game Plan: Vision, Innovation, and Achievement 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Darren Kuropatwa Director of Learning, Hanover School Division We Learn Through Stories 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Dr. Lena Kushnir Educational Consultant, Independent Recruit and Retain Exemplary Educators

by Enhancing the Story of Their Career 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4

Dr. Laurence Kutler Head of School, Les Ecoles Azrieli Talmud Torah/Herzliah Jewish Textual Responses to Healing 11:30 am-12:15 pm, C2 Jennifer La Trobe Creative Connection Reimagining the Real: The Power of Perception 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Joshua Ladon Bay Area Manager, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America To See and Be Seen: Diversity in Jewish Schools 9:15 am-10:25 am, C2 Meir Lakein Director of Organizing, JOIN for Justice, the Jewish Organizing Institute and Network Building a Powerful Movement for Jewish Day Schools 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Julie Lambert Senior Educational Consultant, Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Miami A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Benay Lappe Founder and Rosh Yeshiva of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva A Traditionally Radical Approach to Teaching Talmud 11:25am - 12:45 pm, C4 Alison Lebovitz President, One Clip at a Time Choose Your Words Carefully 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Pearl Lerner Kane President, PLK Consulting Group Tell a Story That Sticks 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Rabbi Tsafi Lev Rabbinic Director, de Toledo High School Cultivating Emerging Professional Talent in Our Schools 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Dr. Ray Levi Director, Day School Leadership Training Institute, Davidson School, Jewish Thelological Seminary Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4

SESSIONS BY SPEAKERS

Dan Libenson President, Judaism Unbound/Institute for the Next Jewish Future The Stories We Tell Ourselves About the Jews Who Don’t Participate 2:30 pm-3:15 pm, C1 Jeff Liberty Vice President, Personalized Learning, BetterLesson Personalize Teacher Learning to Personalize Student Learning 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Jill Linder Judaic Studies Principal, Pressman Academy 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Ayelet Lipton 4th Grade Teacher, JCDS, Boston's Jewish Community Day School Integration Through Strong Teaching Teams 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Lesley Litman Consultant, The iCenter Crafting Israel Education Standards 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Sheva Locke Head of School, Valley Beth Shalom Harold M. Schulweis Day School 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Shira Loewenstein Program Director of Teacher and Leadership Development, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Learning to Change 2:30 pm-3:15 pm, C1 Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Dr. Tricia Maas Research Analyst, University of Washington Center on Reinventing Public Education Personalized Learning – What Have We Learned?

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Cheryl Maayan Head of School, Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School THINK STUDIO: How can school leaders transform school culture to lift morale, decrease attrition and elevate excellence?

4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Rabbi Mitchel Malkus Head of School, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Tamar Manasseh Founder of MASK: Mothers Against Senseless Killings Building a Powerful Movement for Jewish Day Schools 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Kathy Manning Board Chair, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools What Can Prizmah Do for You? 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Kim Marshall Consultant, Marshall Memo Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1

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Debra Sagan Massey Head of School, Tehiyah Day School Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The Stories we Should be Telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Evan Mazin Director, Educational Finance, UJA’s Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education Telling a New Story About Tuition 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Learning from Parent Voices 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Lisa Micley Program Director, Online Judaic Studies Consortium Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Dr. Lisa Miller Professor and Founder, Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, Teachers College Science of Spirituality in Adolescence 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Science of Spirituality in Childhood 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Mark Minkus Head of Intermediate and Middle School, Community Day School Re-envisioning Retention Strategies 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rebecca Minkus-Lieberman Co-founder and Executive Director, Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning Who is Moses? Three Ways to Tell the Story of His Life 2:40 pm-3:15 pm, C1

David Moss Mitzvah Beautifier, Kol HaOt Mapping Your Personal Path of Engagement 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Text to Image to Reimagined Text 2 pm-4 pm, C3 Avi Baran Munro Head of School, Community Day School Re-envisioning Retention Strategies 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4

Geordie Mitchell Director of Enrollment Management & Director of Strategic Initiatives, Buckingham Browne & Nichols Using Data for Strategic Enrollment Management Decisions 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Nicole Nash Head of School, Hannah Senesh Community Day School Boost Enrollment through Strategic Community Partnerships 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

The Role of the Board as Ambassadors 4:45 pm-5:30 pm, C1

Russel Neiss Software Engineer, Sefaria Making Textual Connections in the Age of Snapchat 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1

Valerie Mitrani Director of Day School Strategy and Initiatives, Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4

Dr. Rona Novick Dean, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration Storybird: The Power of Collaborative Storytelling Live and Online 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

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SESSIONS BY SPEAKERS

Jennifer Ohana Middle School English Teacher, Hebrew Academy (RASG) A Partnership for High-quality Blended Learning 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dr. Alan Oliff Director, Special Projects Day School Excellence School Change for Serving Diverse Learners 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Rabbi Harry Pell Associate Head of School, Solomon Schechter School of Westchester Character Traits for a Complex World: Gittin 56A-B 10:35 am-11:20 am, C2 Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl Head of School, Kohelet Yeshiva Lab School THINK STUDIO: How child-centered can a classroom truly be?

2 pm-2:55 pm, C3 Melissa Perl Director of Limudei Kodesh, Kohelet Yeshiva High School A Schoolwide Program for Religious Growth 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Dan Perla Director of Financial Vitality, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Telling a New Story About Tuition 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Jacob Pinnolis Director of Teaching and Learning, Gann Academy Narrative to Transform Professional Capital 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Amanda Pogany Head of School, Luria Academy of Brooklyn Growing Teacher Leaders: A Jewish Lens 12 pm-12:45 pm, C3 Sharon Pollin Head of School, Jewish Community Day School of Greater New Orleans The Head’s Role in Recruitment and Marketing 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

Dr. Alex Pomson Managing Director, Rosov Consulting Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Why Hebrew? What Story Are You Telling?

2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Rabbi Yehudah Potok Head of School, Striar Hebrew Academy Learning to Change 2:30 pm-3:15 pm, C1 Rivy Poupko Kletenik Head of School, Seattle Hebrew Academy Coping with Midrash 11:05 pm-11:50 pm, C4 Dr. Bruce Powell Head of School, de Toledo High School Support and Evaluation for Heads of School (for Lay Leaders only) 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Yossi Prager Executive Director for North America, The AVI CHAI Foundation Truth as a Leadership Value: When Might Lying Be Better?

9:45 am-10:30 am, C4 Janice Prazoff Director of Admission, The Leo Baeck Day School Use an Ambassador Program to Change Your School's Story 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Miriam Prum Hess Director Donor and Community Relations, BJE: Builders of Jewish Education New Legislation, New Services, New Money!

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Dina Rabhan President, Jerusalem U Falling Behind? The Threat of an Outdated Israel Curriculum 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Lily Rabinoff-Goldman English Department Chair, Gann Academy Narrative to Transform Professional Capital 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Alicia Jo Rabins Musician, writer, Jewish educator Women in Torah + Art = Powerful Learning Experiences 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23) C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37) C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43) Tamar Raff Director of Judaic Studies, VBS Harold M. Schulweis Day School 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Lynn Raviv Dean, Head of School Professional Excellence Project, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Naomi Reem Head of School, Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Dr. Cindy Reich Tanakh Educator Consultant, Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute, Davidson Graduate School JTS Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Rabbi Yona Reiss Av Beit Din, Chicago Rabbinical Council Daf Yomi – The Daily Page of Talmud Tuesday, 6:30 am Dr. Ron Reynolds Executive Director, California Association of Private School Organizations New Legislation, New Services, New Money!

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Jessica Robins Director of Admissions, Hannah Senesh Community Day School Boost Enrollment through Strategic Community Partnerships 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Dr. Bill Robinson Dean, Jewish Theological Seminary Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1

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Nancy Rosen Judaic Studies Department Head, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford Igniting School Change: Real Schools, Real Challenges, Real Solutions 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Jon Adam Ross Founding Artist, The In[heir]itance Project Flattening Time: Destressing the Classroom 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Mary Rubenstein Project Coordinator, ELI Talks Using Your Story to Spark Action 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Shira Ruderman Director, Ruderman Foundation James Sanders Founder, Breakout EDU Disrupt Your Class with Breakout Games 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Amy Schiffman Principal and Co-Founder, Giving Tree Associates Building a Highly Effective Board 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Judy Schoenberg Giving Circle Co-Chair, Board of Trustees Member, Hannah Senesh Community Day School, A Case Study In Empowered Jewish Giving 11:05 am-11:50 am, C4 Rabbi Moshe Schwartz Head of School, Krieger Schechter Day School Courageous Leadership to Effect Strategic Change: The stories we should be telling 9:45 am-12:45 pm, C4 Tania Schweig General Studies Director, Oakland Hebrew Day School Leveraging Common Core for Jewish Pedagogy 10:35 am-11:20 am, C2 Tamar Shames Coordinator of Professional Development, REACH Reimagining Change to Reach More Students 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2

Dr. Jane Shapiro Founder, Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning Who is Moses? Three Ways to Tell the Story of His Life 2:40 pm-3:15 pm, C1 Dr. Eli Shapiro Creator/Director, The Digital Citizenship Project The Unfolding Story of Digital Citizenship 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Natana Shek Director Generations Fund, Federation CJA Day School Success: No Magic Bullet, But There May be a Secret Sauce 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire Chief Academic Officer and Dean, Hebrew College The Spiritual Story: Imagining Jewish Leadership Through Torah 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Rachel Shtern Director, Jewish Education and Engagement, Jewish Federations of North America The Partnership: Federations and Schools in Small Communities 9:45 am-10:30 am, C4 Dr. Sarah Shulkind Head of School, Sinai Akiba Academy Meeting the Enrollment Challenge 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Orna Siegel Director of Enrollment and Tuition Assistance, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Boost Enrollment through Strategic Community Partnerships 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Dr. Elliott Spiegel Dean, Head of School Professional Excellence Project, Headmaster Emeritus of Solomon Schechter School of Westchester Heads of Large Schools Meetup 12 pm-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Jeremy Spierer Director of Faculty Development, Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy Online Jewish Studies: Surprisingly More 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Elana Stein Director of Admissions, Berman Hebrew Academy Use an Ambassador Program to Change Your School’s Story 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

Samantha Steinberg Director of Development, Fuchs Mizrachi School Musical Chairs for Development Professionals: Discover Your Colleagues’ Success Stories 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Todd J. Sukol Executive Director, Mayberg Foundation Ideas into Action: Bringing the Best of the Conference Back to Your School 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4 Rabbi Zach Swigard Curriculum Integration Specialist, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Changing Culture: Redesigning Classroom Spaces using a Flexible Approach 9:15 am-10 am, C2 Dr. Susie Tanchel Head of School, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School The Potential of Pluralism in the 21st Century Jewish Day School 3:15 pm-4 pm, C3 Jane Taubenfeld Cohen VP of School Services, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Coaching: A Tool for Strong Leaders 2/5, 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Nurturing Success in Day School Leaders: From Research to Practice 4:10 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Lisa Tobin Director of Inclusion Initiatives, Foundation for Jewish Camp Building Inclusive School Communities 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Becky Troodler Founding Principal Kohelet Yeshiva Lab School THINK STUDIO: How child-centered can a classroom truly be?

2 pm-2:55 pm, C3 Dr. Abigail Uhrman Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary Building Inclusive School Communities 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Rabbi Michael Unterberg Senior Israel Educator, Jerusalem U Falling Behind? The Threat of an Outdated Israel Curriculum 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2

SESSIONS BY SPEAKERS

Amy Vogel Director of Development, Yeshivat Noam Musical Chairs for Development Professionals: Discover Your Colleagues’ Success Stories 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2

Zvi Weiss Head of School, Yavneh Day School 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2

C1 – Constellation One, Sunday (pg. 18-23)

Dr. Susan Wall Director, Professional Development, Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Pardes Institute Recapturing Your School’s Story 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

Dr. Jack Wertheimer Consultant, The AVI CHAI Foundation Why Hebrew?

What Story Are You Telling?

2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3

C4 – Constellation Four, Tuesday (pg. 38-43)

Joanna Ware Senior Inclusion Consultant & Trainer, Keshet (Not So) Straight Talk about LGBTQ Inclusion 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C2 The Tachlis of Inclusion: Making your School More LGBTQ Inclusive 11:30 am-12:15 pm, C2 Amy Wasser Community Day School Advocate, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Building Inclusive School Communities 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Dr. Melanie Waynik Head of School, Ezra Academy Imagining the Next Chapter for Small Schools 9:15 am-10:35 am, C2 Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Weinreb Executive VP Emeritus, Orthodox Union/Koren Publishers Daf Yomi – The Daily Page of Talmud Monday, 6:30 am Approaching Talmud Study: For Beginners and Scholars 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 The Weekly Parsha: Making it Personal 2 pm-2:45 pm, C3 Jennifer Weinstock Director of Development, Gann Academy Senior Development Professionals Networking 2 pm-2:45 pm, C3 Build a Strong Head-Development Director Partnership 9:45 am-11:05 am, C4

Tikvah Wiener Co-Founder and Director, I.D.E.A. Schools Network PBL Intensive Workshop 9:15 am-12:15 pm, C2 Betty Winn Director, Center for Excellence in Day School Education, Builders of Jewish Education, Los Angeles New Legislation, New Services, New Money!

9:45 am-11:05 am, C4 Arnee Winshall President and CEO, Hebrew at the Center, Inc. 13 Years of Hebrew and They Still Can’t Speak: Writing a New Story for our Schools 10:55 am-12:15 pm, C2 Sara Wolkenfeld Director of Education, Sefaria Making Textual Connections in the Age of Snapchat 2:30 pm-3:50 pm, C1 Akiko Yonekawa National Early Career Fellowship Manager, Gann Academy Cultivating Emerging Professional Talent in Our Schools 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Ilana Zadok Director of Campus Life, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Changing Culture: Redesigning Classroom Spaces using a Flexible Approach 9:15 am-10 am, C2

C2 – Constellation Two, Monday (pg. 24-30) C3 – Constellation Three, Monday (pg. 32-37)

Dr. Sivan Zakai Assistant Professor of Education/Director, American Jewish University/Teaching Israel Fellowship Healthy Disagreement: Creating a Vibrant School Culture Around Teaching Israel 2:45 pm-4:05 pm, C3 Rabbi Dr. Tali Zelkowicz Head of School, Columbus Jewish Day School The Riches and Risks of Deep Collaboration 4:45 pm-5:30 pm, C1 Lisa Zide Admissions Director, Sinai Akiba Academy Meeting the Enrollment Challenge 11:25 am-12:45 pm, C4

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We extend a debt of gratitude to the Prizmah staff and Board of Directors for your hard work making the conference a reality. Your energy, passion, and commitment helped to realize a vision for bringing our field together. The teamwork, energy, and passion you demonstrated is a powerful example for the dedicated leaders who serve our schools and work toward building a strong and vibrant Jewish future.

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