For Educators

Strategic Hebrew seminars encourage your staff to think strategically about second language instruction.  We offer a unique perspective on how to use language purposefully and successfully in the classroom in order to achieve real results.  Trainings are customized to fit the goals of your Day School or Supplementary School program.

Email Strateg[email protected] for a free initial consultation.

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What we offer: 
Trainings focus on equipping teachers with tools to incorporate Hebrew into daily routines and space to reflect on classroom practice.  

• stand-alone seminars
  
• professional development series
  
• classroom consultation
  

Teachers gain confidence in their own language skills, learn how to support themselves in building vocabulary, establish community culture of asking questions and correcting grammatical errors.  

Professional Development themes include: 

• Reflective Teaching
  
• Setting *Strategic* Goals
• Establishing Classroom Routines
• Creating a Print Environment
• Selecting Read-Aloud Books
• Giving Instructions in Target Language
• Teaching Language through Play and Crafts
• Lesson Planning for Vocabulary Introduction 
  
• Benchmarking
• Assessment

Visit the Strategic Hebrew Blog for additional resources for educators:

• Fostering "Aha!" Moments
• How to transform a Hebrew "Class" into an "Experience"
• A lesson from Sinai: Hebrew is not beyond our reach

Jewish Museum Field Trip

Essex Street Market Bingo

Learn to Shop at JJP

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Teachers grew comfortable asking each other for support with language.  We learned what we can do right now to bring Hebrew into the classroom on a daily basis without being native speakers. 

--Principal, Early Childhood Division

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What teachers are saying: 

Thank you for the wonderful work you do.  As a native Hebrew speaking teacher, you made me think twice about the way I deliver the language to the kids who do not speak it and how it may make them feel. You also helped me realize that a lot of what I have been doing so far was right, and I know that on a deeper level now.

The teachers also look more confident and involved in Hebrew and it seems more natural, even when they ask me questions about how to say this or that.  

I keep hearing Hebrew everywhere. Some kids come to me and ask to go to the bathroom or to drink water in Hebrew without me teaching them how to say it. They look so proud when they see my reaction, it really warms my heart. 

--Early Childhood Teacher