July 2014 – Through a new collaboration with Agudah L’Kidum Chinuch, Hidden Sparks is piloting its External and Internal Coach programs in schools in Jerusalem, Ramle and Ranana during the upcoming year. To launch the pilot, Hidden Sparks hosted its…
Congratulations to our Baltimore partner, SHEMESH, on hosting their second annual 4-day Learning Lenses course attended by over 30 teachers and administrators from local day schools. Learning Lenses, Hidden Sparks’s core curriculum, helps educators learn how to observe, reflect and plan for…
Congratulations to the our newest cohort of Internal Coaches – 16 coaches from 11 schools who completed the 6-day ICP course.
Kudos to the 16 coaches from 11 schools who completed the 6-day Internal Coach course on May 14th. Highlights included Learning Lenses Training, exercises in Collaborative Problem Solving, and instruction in coaching skills. Coaches will begin coaching in their schools…
May 9, 2014 – Hidden Sparks External Coach Dr. Tamar Bauman made a presentation at the Torah Umesorah National Leadership Convention. Her presentation, Learning to Look and Looking to Learn: Finding the Hidden Sparks in your Students, introduced participants to the Hidden…
The heart of Hidden Sparks–its coaches–came together for a day a day of learning and connecting at the 2014 Annual Coach Retreat. Their professionalism, love of learning and passion for helping each student realize his or her full potential, made the day rich and joyful.…
Hidden Sparks Director of Education, Elizabeth Fox, led a workshop at the Ravsak’s Moving the Needle 2014 Conference in Los Angeles. Using the World Café method, the workshop entilteld, “Diverse Learners: Making it Work No Matter the Budget” addressed how…
New Internal Coaches from 9 schools completed Day 6 of the six day Internal Coach Training Course on November 11, 2013. While days 1-4 of the course cover the Learning Lenses curriculum, days 5 and 6 focus on the…
Teachers and principals from Shulamis of Long Island, Magen David Yeshivah High School, Mazel Day School and Bnos Yaakov Pupa came together on November 11th – a traditional professional development day – for a 3-hour Learning Lense Overview workshop. Claire…