InSiteFul Journey: What do we do outside? Exploring Outdoor Play at Huntington Jewish Center's Early Childhood Center

In-Person: Huntington Jewish Center's Early Childhood Center
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In this InSiteFul journey, we’ll learn about the multiple distinct outdoor play spaces at Huntington Jewish Center’s Early Childhood Center. We'll learn from Ilene Brown, Director of the school, about the intentionality behind each space.

Sasha Kopp, Senior Director of Education for ElevatEd, will lead us in an introduction to teaching outdoors and using the environment as the third teacher. We’ll reflect on how we can take our learnings from Huntington Jewish Center’s ECC back to our own workplaces.

About In-SITE-ful Journeys

In-SITE-ful Journeys engage and connect colleagues through “site visits” to area schools, virtual learning opportunities, and field trips. Site visits allow educators to observe schools in session or tour other educational settings where leaders are paving the way towards innovative practices in early childhood education and engagement with families. In-SITE-ful Journeys inspire educators to consider their role in creating transformative Jewish experiences and environments where children and families can thrive. 

For additional information or if you have questions, please reach out to Amy Martin.

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Sasha Kopp Hass
Sasha Kopp Hass
Sasha Kopp Hass is the Senior Director of Education and Engagement at ElevatEd, a national initiative dedicated to strengthening the field of early childhood Jewish education. Previously, she served as a Senior Early Childhood and Family Engagement Consultant at The Jewish Education Project, where she supported educators and communities throughout New York. Sasha lived in Israel from 2014–2015 and has written and taught extensively about developmentally appropriate ways to incorporate Israel learning into early childhood classrooms. An advocate for joyful Jewish learning, Sasha helps educators reimagine how children connect to Judaism and one another through curiosity, creativity, and meaningful experiences.
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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