Academic Year 2008 -2009

During the academic year 2008 – 2009, Hidden Sparks Coaches and Internal Coaches worked with 226 teachers, serving 320 classrooms, and discussed the strengths/struggles of an estimated 2,400 students.

Additional programs such as Hidden Sparks Without Walls and “Hidden Sparks Lunch and Learns” supplied educators with additional opportunities and venues to deepen their understanding of struggling students and address the needs of even more students. In its first year (2008-09), Hidden Sparks Without Walls offered 18 webinars with over 400 participating educators from 69 Jewish schools in 49 cities, enabling educators from across the United States and Canada to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of leaders in this field.

Hidden Sparks Without Walls Statistical Overview

Statistics for HSWOW, 2009-10

Spring Semester 2010

Session: ” Helping Students Discover How They Learn”- Kelli Pollack – March 17, 2010
Number of Participants: 14
Number of Schools Represented: 10
From States: NJ, NY, MI, MA
Returning Participants: 12 or 86%

Session: “Is This Typical? Understanding Variations in Child Development (Secondary School Students)”-Rona Novick- February 23, 2010
Number of Participants: 10
Number of Schools Represented: 7
From States: NJ, NY, MI, MA
Returning Participants: 8 or 80%

Session: “Is This Typical? Understanding Variations in Child Development (Primary School Students)” – Rona Novick – February 16, 2010
Number of participants: 27
Number of Schools represented: 18
From States: NJ, NY, MA, TX, MI, MD, MO
Returning participants: 16 or 60%

Fall Semester 2009

Session: “Transitions”- Andrea Ruosso – December 9, 2009
Number of participants: 30
Number of schools represented: 14
From States: MA, NY, NJ, MI, MO
Returning Enrollees: 18 or 60%

Session: “Kriyah – Developing an Effective Management Plan for Building Kriyah Skills” Dr. Judah Weller – Tuesday December 1, 2009
Number of participants: 29
Number of schools represented: 15
From States: NY, NJ, MO, CA, MI, MA, TN
Returning Enrollees: 9 or 31%

Session: “How to Talk to Children about their Learning Strengths and Struggles” – Kelli Pollack – Wed October 28 2009
Number of participants: 34
Number of schools represented: 15
From States: NY, NJ, CT, MI, MA, CA
Returning Enrollees: 19 or 55%

Statistics for Hidden Sparks Without Walls, 2008-09

Spring Semester 2009

Session: “An Overview of How We Learn,” Claire Wurtzel – 2 sessions
# of participants: 39
# of schools: 19
From states: British Columbia, CA, MA, MD MI, MO, NY/NJ
Returning Enrollees: 27 or 69%

Session: “Analyzing a Lesson,” Karen Kruger — 1 session
# of participants: 23
# of schools: 13
From states: British Columbia, CA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NY/NJ, Ontario
Returning Enrollees: 19 or 83%

Session: “Analyzing Your Teaching Style,” Karen Kruger — 1 session
# of participants: 26
# of schools: 13
From States: British Columbia, CA, MA, MO, MI, NY/NJ
Returning Enrollees: 17 or 65%

Session: “Analyzing Student Work,” Kelli Pollock — 1 session
# of Participants: 16
# of schools: 7
From States: British Columbia, MA, MI, MO, NY/NJ, and Ontario, Canada
Returning Enrollees: 13 or 81%

Session: “Strategies for Peak Performance: Effective Tools for Organizing your Students,” Jane Gertler – 1 session
# of participants: 14
# of schools: 9
From States: CA, CT, MA, MD, MI, NY/NJ
Returning Enrollees: 13 or 92%

Session: “Exploring Learning Processes in a Judaic Studies Curriculum,” Shmuel Schwarzmer – 3 sessions
# of participants: 22 (of whom 15 attended more than one of the 3 sessions)
# of schools: 11
From States: CA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NY/NJ
Returning Enrollees: 15 or 46%

Fall Semester 2008

Session: “Social Cognition,” Tamar Bauman – 2 sessions
# of participants: 30
# of schools: 15
From states: MA, MI, MO, NY/NJ

Session: “Communicating with Parents,” Molly Warner – 1 session
# of participants: 20
# of schools: 10
From states: MA, NY/NJ

Session: “De-escalating Intense Behavior,” Rona Novick – 2 sessions
# of participants: 35
# of schools: 16
From states: MA, MD, MO, NY/NJ
Returning enrollees: 20 or 57%

Session: “The Role of Memory in School Success,” Claire Wurtzel – 2 sessions
# of participants: 32
# of schools: 20
From states: FL, MA, MI, MO, NY/NJ
Returning enrollees: 16 or 50%