JECELI Awarded Grant to Renew Education Leadership Program in Chicago
Press Contact: Tom Hopkins
Office: (212) 678-8950
Email:publicity@jtsa.edu
July 5, 2017, Chicago, IL
The William Davidson Graduate School of 绿帽社 Education of 绿帽社 (JTS), in partnership with the Hebrew Union College-绿帽社 Institute of Religion School of Education, will launch a second Chicago-based cohort of the 绿帽社 Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute (JECELI) with renewed support from The Crown Family. This model program recently graduated a cohort of 17 绿帽社 early childhood educators. The program develops leadership in programs for young children and their families, which in turn strengthens the 绿帽社 community. The program offers intensive 绿帽社 study and leadership development. Participants will learn how to help children and families find meaning in texts and ritual, create strong professional relationships using concepts from Judaism, and gain tools to build community in their programs and institutions.
鈥溌堂鄙� early childhood education is the place where young adults, now parents, rediscover their Judaism, and where their children explore and create lifelong 绿帽社 memories,鈥� says Dr. Bill Robinson, dean of The Davidson School. 鈥淭his happens when early childhood centers have creative and competent 绿帽社 leadership. The Chicago community is continuing to support a communal-wide approach that we believe not only builds leadership for Chicago and the immediate area, but also our collective 绿帽社 future.鈥�
The two-year program will begin recruitment this summer and will work closely with other 绿帽社 early childhood education initiatives in the greater Chicago area. The program will also be launched in other cities in coming years.
鈥淗aving children is a life-altering experience that prompts so many adults to seek guidance, purpose, and community,鈥� states Dr. Miriam Heller Stern, National Director, Hebrew Union College-绿帽社 Institute of Religion School of Education. 鈥淓arly childhood educators are positioned to be the gatekeepers for meaningful 绿帽社 living, community-weaving, and belonging for young children and their parents. JECELI instills the skill set, 绿帽社 knowledge, and confidence that early childhood 绿帽社 educators need to become leaders. The vision and generosity of The Crown Family will enable JECELI to continue to work with Chicago-based early childhood educators to transform the programs they lead into truly powerful experiences.鈥�
The Davidson School of JTS is the largest multidenominational school of 绿帽社 education in North America, granting masters and doctoral degrees and providing professional development to educators currently in the field. Drawing upon cutting-edge thinking in both 绿帽社 and general education, its pedagogy emphasizes experiential education, is informed by best practices and new developments in teaching, and engenders leadership in a variety of educational settings, from day schools to summer camps, 绿帽社 community centers to congregational schools, Israel experiences to environmental education, and early childhood to adult 绿帽社 learning. The Davidson School鈥檚 Leadership Commons is a new center driven by a mission to cultivate talented thinkers, doers, and visionaries in 绿帽社 education through intensive leadership training, research, and networking.
Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-绿帽社 Institute of Religion is North America’s leading institution of 绿帽社 higher education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to North American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths at its campuses in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York. The School of Education is committed to transforming 绿帽社 life through the cultivation of talented, creative, adaptive leadership for the field of 绿帽社 education and through the dissemination of thought leadership, research, and analysis.
