| Summer-Fall 2007/Sivan 5767-Kislev 5768
EXECUTIVE'S CORNER
 It is difficult to believe that we’re already at the end of another school year. Across our community, families are celebrating the advancement and graduation of students from grade to grade and, in some instances, from school to school. Faculties and school administrators are reflecting upon the year just ended, with new professional development programs, new curricula, new efforts to engage families and new facility enhancements. All of these accomplishments will be carried forward into 5768/2007-08. And so the Jewish cycle of life, as reflected in our Jewish educational calendar, goes on.
Here at the CJE we are also reflecting on a year of experiments, accomplishments, new initiatives, adjusted priorities, budget realities and our commitment to continuing quality improvement. Many of our achievements are related to the guidance of our officers and board, as reflected in our tribute to CJE outgoing president, Annette Saxon. Along the way, we have also collected valuable insights from our constituencies about their challenges. These become our challenges as we work to fulfill the expectations that accompany our description as the community’s central Jewish education resource and service agency.....
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| TRIBUTE TO OUTGOING PRESIDENT:
ANNETTE G SAXON
One of the hallmarks of Annette’s presidency has been her infectious enthusiasm! Annette brought this quality to every meeting, whether she was the convener or an attendee, and this inspired people to become more involved.....
BECOMING THE VOICES: A NEW GENERATION SPEAKS FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
In the innovative Becoming the Voices program, groups of students from Jewish and non-Jewish schools spend time with a Holocaust survivor and a professional storyteller, learning the details of the survivor’s story to share with others. ....
SUMMER READING CLUB
Summer is here and with it comes lots of free time for children. An annual program of the CJE is The Summer Reading Club....
STAR CJE STAFFER
STAR: Skills to Achieve Results is a workshop series focused on integrating management skills with Jewish learning, providing STAR fellows with the tools to succeed and...
INNOVATIVE ECE CONFERENCE
This year’s Early Childhood Educators’ Conference on March 14 was unprecedented in participation and presentation....
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This year’s professional development theme was G-d and Spirituality, which carried through our Rimon Series, Yom Iyun and Early Childhood Education Conference. ...
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SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES: IDENTIFYING AND MEETING CRITICAL NEEDS
CJE’s special education services staff is working hard to enhance services to children with special needs, their teachers and families. Here are some of this year’s highlights: ...
WELCOME GILA HAOR
We are pleased to welcome Gila Haor to our staff as Coordinator of the STARS program and a Community Wide Reading Initiative that will launch in the fall....
YEAR IN PHOTOS
WHAT’S NEW IN ADULT ED
CJE is bringing two new adult education initiatives to Baltimore during 2007-08, a program for parents of young Jewish children and a Jewish book project open to the whole community....
CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
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2007 Educator Awards
As we reflect on another school year, we remember the nuggets of wisdom passed on by our community’s many gifted educators. For the second consecutive year, the CJE—on behalf of the community—has recognized outstanding educators in different service areas. This year we held a special recognition ceremony on May 30 followed by recognition of our Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards at the June annual meeting. The following is a listing of this year’s winners. We salute all of our system’s dedicated educators with an extra hearty kol hakavod to the winners of these special awards for going “above and beyond.”
The Rabbi Herbert Birnbaum Award |
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Laura Shaw Frank, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community (High) School |
The Nathan & Ruth Lipsetts Award |
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Rachel Delman Turniansky, Gesher LaTorah |
The Samuel Glasner Creative Teaching Award |
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Rae Goldberg, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community (Elementary) School |
The Early Childhood Teaching Excellence Award |
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Shari Kozlow, Oheb Shalom Learning Ladder |
The Rabbi Joseph Braver Award For Excellence In Jewish Education |
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Gayle Emmett, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation |
The Special Education Award |
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Arlene Wien, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community (Middle) School |
CJE Teen Educator Award |
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Zoe Rammelkamp, Beth Am |
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GRINSPOON-STEINHARDT FINALISTS
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Charles Crane Family Foundation Educator Award |
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Yael Turkel, Beth Israel Congregation |
Harry Weinberg Family Foundation Educator Award |
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Ronya Friedlander, Yeshivat Rambam Preschool |
Sam Kahan Distinguished Educator Award |
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Ann Berman, Krieger Schechter Day School |
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Join fellow teachers this summer for a fun and relaxing way to enjoy professional development opportunities. Sessions may be taken individually or collectively and are $10/each, three for $27.
For more information, please contact Monica Gwon at 410-735-5014, mgwon@cjebaltimore.org or DJ Schneider-Jensen at 410-735-5021,
djensen@cjebaltimore.org. |
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