Data Enhanced Engagement for Teen Professionals
Data Enhanced Engagement moves beyond basic attendance tracking to intentionally gathering insights about teens' interests, goals, passions, and priorities. By capturing meaningful information through strategic conversations, youth professionals can better understand and support each teen. These insights enable more personalized connections, helping match teens with experiences and opportunities that align with their aspirations and deepen engagement.
Questions? Contact Maya Becker (mbecker@jewishedproject.org).
- Teen Engagement
- Relationship Building
- Supportive Conversations
Sarina Fogel Gerson serves as Associate Vice President of Community Outreach and Engagement at JUF. In this role, she oversees the organization’s strategy and support for tween and teen programming and community engagement. Her work focuses on strengthening Chicago’s Jewish ecosystem of youth-serving organizations, expanding meaningful entry points into Jewish life, and advancing capacity-building efforts for professionals and teen-serving organizations across the community.
Sarina brings a strategic and collaborative approach to her work, fostering partnerships and driving initiatives that deepen engagement and increase communal impact. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland. She is also an alumna of M²’s Senior Educators Cohort and the Jewish Federations of North America’s Executive Accelerator program.
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Micol Zimmerman Burkeman, Recruitment and Leadership Development Associate at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, joins David Bryfman on the April 14, 2020 episode of Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education.
The Jewish Education Project staff members (Rabbi Jennifer Goldsmith, Sasha Kopp, and Rebecca Ruberg) discuss how congregational education, early childhood education, and teen education have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.