DRJC Tools and Methodologies: Self-Efficacy
What does it mean to create a learning environment that truly honors children’s agency? How can engaging with primary Jewish texts help learners build genuine self‑efficacy? Join Beverly Socher-Lerner, Executive Director and Founder at Makom Community, as they guide us through an approach to building classroom culture that takes seriously children and their contributions to the ongoing and unfolding process of interpreting Jewish wisdom. Please bring a lesson plan you expect to use in the next month, and we'll workshop ways to increase self-efficacy inside your plan.
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Beverly (they/them) is a driven builder of communal Jewish learning spaces. They believe that with support, people can build the communities they need. And being a builder of community isas inclusive as it gets. Makom Community invites kids and grownups into learning experiences that do just that. Beverly received a B.A. in Jewish Studies from the University of Maryland then received an M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania in Jewish Education. Beverly was a fellow at Yeshivat Hadar, received the Covenant Foundation Pomegranate Prize, was a Shalom Hartman Created Equal Fellow, and is a graduate of the Mandel Foundation Executive Leadership Program. After running congregational schools in Maryland and New Jersey, working at Barrack Hebrew Academy, and leading Makom Community, they have developed over 100 curricula for learners of all ages. Beverly is excited to introduce Makom’s pedagogy, Jewish Placemaking, to communities around the country and see how that supports each community in growing to live up to their values.
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A webinar series exploring the core DRJC tools
Relationship-Centered Pedagogy is an educational approach that focuses on building positive relationships between learners and educators, and between the learners themselves. This approach honors the Jewish values of community and belonging while simultaneously enhancing educational outcomes by
Self-efficacy refers to an individual’s belief in their capacity to act in the ways necessary to reach specific goals. When we nurture this trait in our learners, we are cultivating their belief in their own capacity to engage with tradition meaningfully and create the Jewish experiences that matter