Innovation and Change

Explore this treasury of resources created by The Jewish Education Project and it's partners, to support educators and their teams in part-time learning settings as they design and implement innovative models of education.  In this collection, you will find our latest resources, including My Aspirations Playbook (MAP) and our Design Principles to help educators think differently about their learning experiences.

Educators, parents, and lay leaders want to articulate the outcomes that emerge from Jewish education that leads to thriving. My Aspirations Playbook (MAP) is a comprehensive vision of the impact that Jewish education can have. MAP is accompanied by meeting guides and text studies so that educators can engage stakeholders in productive conversations about their community’s priorities and goals for their youth.  

To bring the impact of the six design principles to life, we have documented models that are built on these principles. Each model is showcased in a video along with details about how the model was created and run successfully.

Jewish education is often viewed primarily as a means for the transmission of skills and knowledge. This orientation does not sufficiently deliver on the possible impact that Jewish education can have on a child’s sense of self, relationships, responsibility, and spirituality. This more comprehensive vision of Jewish education that not only transmits knowledge, but also transforms the learner, is Jewish education that leads to thriving.