ElevatEd & Empowered

In-Person: Melville Jewish Center, 2600 New York Ave, Melville, NY 11747
Free
Wednesday: May 20, 2026 at 3:45 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
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We'll join together for a joyful afternoon of celebration, connection, professional growth and a delicious dinner. We will be learning with Alana Gelnick of Dreamearly who will present a closing session designed to give educators space to pause, reflect, and make meaning of the year behind them. As the school year comes to a close and summer begins, this is also an opportunity to decompress, step out of the day to day, and take stock of what mattered most. Together, we will celebrate growth, revisit key moments, and surface insights that can inform and strengthen ongoing practice. The session invites educators to head into summer with a commitment to relax and recharge and gain greater clarity, while also considering what they want to carry forward into the next school year.

 

Questions? Reach out to Amy Martin (amartin@jewishedproject.org).

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Alana Rifkin Gelnick
Alana Rifkin Gelnick
Alana Rifkin Gelnick is the Founder of Dreamearly, a company rooted in one simple idea: helping people help kids. Through coaching, bold content, and thoughtful product development, Dreamearly supports educators, parents, and school leaders in helping children thrive. She also hosts Stream of Dreamearly, a podcast where experts in education, and psychology share tangible takeaways that empower adults to support children with confidence, creativity, and care. Previously, Alana was Associate Principal of SAR Academy's Early Learning Center, where she led major innovations in space design, Hebrew immersion, and inclusion. She is a Pomegranate Prize and Robert M. Sherman Award recipient.
Amy Martin
Amy Martin

Amy Martin is the Director of Early Childhood Education and Family Engagement at The Jewish Education Project.  

Over the course of her career, Amy has experience as a teacher in day schools, early childhood, and congregational settings and in administration of congregational schools and synagogue family engagement. Amy is passionate about supporting educators to be reflective practitioners and has served as a teacher mentor for day school, congregational school, and nursery school educators. She has participated as a Fellow in both the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute and M2: Institute of Experiential Jewish Education. Amy received her BA from Bryn Mawr College and her Masters in Jewish Education from Hebrew College and holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies from Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.  

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