Leadership Initiatives
Boston Leadership for Excellence in Teaching Hebrew Language and Culture
A collaboration for the advancement of Hebrew teaching and learning in the Greater Boston area, and to serve as a model for other regions in the U.S.
The primary goals of the collaboration are:
- Advocate for the importance of Modern Hebrew as a venue to shape the learners' Jewish identity and their connection to Israel, a message to be shared in the schools and in the community at large.
- Identify the best way to professionalize the teachers using the academic resources at Brandeis University to create professional development opportunities as well as a variety of degree programs. Collaboration members are also invited to use The Consortium for the Teaching of Hebrew Language and Culture, hosted by Brandeis, as a resource to advance their Hebrew agenda.
Additional goals include development of better understanding of how to connect Jewish studies to Modern Hebrew and how to approach the teaching of Hebrew to students with special needs. A further goal is for the collaboration to work together to create a pool of quality teachers to serve in their schools.
The collaboration plans to meet as a group four times a year and on an ad hoc basis as special events and projects warrant.