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…
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…
July 1, 2014 -This week, Hidden Sparks began piloting its new blended-learning Learning Lenses course with over 20 educators from the Metropolitan area. Marrying the best of in-person and on-line learning, this course is comprised of the material covered in…
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…
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…
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…