Designing Curriculum: An Intro to Goals-Based Planning
This course offers Jewish educators a practical and powerful introduction to goal-based planning using Understanding by Design (UbD), a framework that brings clarity and coherence to curriculum planning. Participants will explore the three core stages of UbD—clarifying enduring goals, designing meaningful assessments, and crafting compelling learning experiences—all through the lens of Jewish education.
Whether you're a classroom teacher, camp educator, rabbi, or program director, this course will deepen your ability to translate Jewish values, texts, and big ideas into purposeful and engaging educational experiences. This course includes hands-on time to develop your own unit plan, guided by expert facilitation and peer feedback. We’ll focus on articulating goals and objectives that matter, assessing what counts, and building learning that lasts.
No prior knowledge of UbD is required - just a desire to make Jewish learning more intentional, impactful, and learner-centered.
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Mensch-ify is an alternative learning program that is held twice a month for families with children in Pre-K to 6th grade. It is a developmentally appropriate program, built upon the parent-child co-learning experience, that combines stories, songs, art, movement, and play to provide families with the tools they need to live a Jewish life that works for them.
Mayim, our initial example of "Additional" Models, could be placed in a Multi-aged, Project-Based Learning, or Experiential Learning bucket. Mayim is a K-5 learning community in which depth of relationships and depth of learning are intentionally fostered and visible everywhere.
Congregation Tifereth Israel (CTI), Glen Cove, NY. CTI learners and their families participate in hands-on experiential learning. The curriculum focuses on Jewish values learned through our stories (both modern and ancient).