Back to School at HANC
Sept. 3, 2014 – Over 30 teachers of grades K-6 at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (West Hempstead) attended a workshop given by Dr. Sara Reichman entitled ” A Taste of Hidden Sparks- Observing our Students to Help Them…
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Back to School at YNJ!
August 28, 2014 – Hidden Sparks presented an overview of the Learning Lenses to the 200 faculty members of the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey as part of their back-to-school professional development program. The 3-hour workshop provided an overview of…
New Grant from Polinger Family Foundation
July 2014 -Hidden Sparks is honored to have been awarded a grant from the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation to support its Internal Coach Program. Hidden Sparks and the Polinger Family Foundation, which supports programs that enhance affiliation and identification with Jewish culture…
Inaugural School Leader Program
August 2014 – Hidden Sparks held the first meeting of its inaugural School Leader Program, which provides planning and peer support for implementing school-wide initiatives that reflect Hidden Sparks’ goals. This first meeting, which brought together administrators from a spectrum…
First Ever Blended Learning Lenses Course A Success!
August 2014 – This summer, Hidden Sparks piloted its new blended-learning Learning Lenses course with 19 educators from the Metropolitan area. Marrying the best of in-person and on-line learning, the course was comprised of the material covered in the traditional…
Hidden Sparks in Israel!
Hidden Sparks, together with the Society for the Advancement of Education, is piloting it’s ECP and ICP school coaching programs in schools in Jerusalem, Ramle and Ranana during the upcoming year.
Update From Our Blended Learning Lenses Course
July 21, 2014 – Now in the fourth week of our blended course, participants are engaged in rich on-line discussions and reflections surrounding the Learning Lenses and their application to students. This week’s activities, and small group work focusing on the…
First Ever Blended Learning Lenses Course, Summer 2014
Learning Lenses in Israel
July 2014 – We had a fabulous Learning Lenses Israel pilot with our partner, the Society for The Advancement of Education, despite the tension, which was already on the rise at the beginning of the course. Internal and External Coaches in training and…
Hidden Sparks Awarded a Grant from the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York
Hidden Sparks is honored to have been awarded a grant from the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York, which announced its 2014 grant recipients at its Annual Meeting on June 12th. Befitting of the JWFNY’s mission, which includes “providing education…