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Leadership program focuses on PLCs

On November 18th, participants in Hidden Sparks’ Leadership Program came together to explore establishing and strengthening Professional Learning Communities in their schools. The multi-faceted program incorporated a panel discussion with PLC experts Melanie Eisen and Jane Rotunda, as well as…

2015 ICP Application Now Available!

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION BELOW. APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015. The Internal Coach Program (ICP) Designed to support a school’s long term ability to address the needs of struggling learners, the ICP program provides training in understanding and teaching to…

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…

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…