When

Where

What

Wednesday, February 3 and 17, 2010

Noon–1:00 p.m. EST

Call-in Webinar

Two sessions

Models of Supervision, facilitated by Dr. Evie Rotstein.

The Three Minute Classroom Walk-Through (CWT) is an organized visit through a school's learning areas. Participants move in and out of classrooms looking at student work, artifacts and talking with students, using a tool that focuses on students' learning. Between classroom visits, participants gather to discuss what they learned in the classroom by making factual statements and suggestions based on the evidence gathered. It is a tool that helps a teacher focus on students' learning. A true Classroom Walk-Through is not a stand-alone event but is rather embedded in a true learning community.

The Davidson School welcomes all alumni to participate in the Davidson Alumni webinars.

Please contact Frances M. Urman, Project Director, Day School Leadership Training Institute for more information and to register.

Monday, February 8, 2010

4:30–6:30 p.m.

JTS Library Lounge

Rabbi Judd Kruger Levingston, PhD (GS, RS, DS) will be speaking about his new book, Sowing the Seeds of Character: The Moral Education of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools (Praeger, 2009). Levingston will bring his experience and research to illuminate issues that engage educators, parents, and grandparents of teenagers.

A reception and book signing will follow the presentation.

Tuesday, March 2 and 23, 2010

Noon–1:00 p.m. EST

Call-in Webinar

Two sessions

Ongoing Professional Development in Jewish Educational Settings, facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Lewis

Teaching is complex and dynamic work, and the improvement of teaching requires ongoing, coherent learning opportunities for teachers in their settings. Synagogue schools, camps, and day schools have extremely limited time slots for teachers' ongoing learning. These two webinars will consider how to carve out time for ongoing professional development in Jewish educational settings, and what the character and content of professional development should be to improve teaching and learning in meaningful and substantive ways. Participants will walk away with expanded knowledge and capacity to lead professional development in their settings.

The Davidson School welcomes all alumni to participate in the Davidson Alumni webinars.

Please contact Frances M. Urman, Project Director, Day School Leadership Training Institute for more information and to register.

Ongoing

Various

Calling all alumni: Are you interested in meeting future colleagues? Want to connect with current students and expose them to myriad opportunities in your mutual field of interest? Consider hosting students for a casual meal in your home.

Kick off the 2009–2010 school year as an alumni host for Student Suppers, our brand-new alumni program. Student Suppers offer alumni and students the unique opportunity to build relationships rooted in shared educational experiences.

Don't let geography hold you back: remember that students return home during school breaks.

Contact Melissa Friedman if you are interested in hosting JTS students.