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National Jewish Teen Youth Group and Engagement Professionals Network (8th-12th)

Facilitator: Erica Hruby
Format: Virtual
JTEEN logoThis is a national network for professionals who have portfolios/roles/titles similar to Community Engagement Professionals, Synagogue Teen Professionals, and Youth Group Professionals. The goal of this network is to connect with role-alike professionals with whom to have conversations about the field, share programmatic and curricular resources, provide support, guidance, and mentorship, discuss challenges, and more. This network will meet online via Zoom on the following Wednesdays this spring:

About this Network:

This is a national network for professionals who have portfolios/roles/titles similar to Community Engagement Professionals, Synagogue Teen Professionals, and Youth Group Professionals. The goal of this network is to connect with role-alike professionals with whom to have conversations about the field, share programmatic and curricular resources, provide support, guidance, and mentorship, discuss challenges, and more. This network will meet online via Zoom on the following Wednesdays this spring: 2/1, 3/15, & 4/26 from 2:00 pm-3:00 pm EST. In addition to the live meet-ups, there will be a designated online space where youth professionals will be encouraged to share ideas, ask questions and get feedback, collaborate, kvetch/kvell, and more.

Additional Information:

This is a brand-new network created for youth professionals working with teens in 8th-12th grade in all Jewish organizational institutions that categorize themselves as engagement in nature.

About the Facilitator:

Erica Hruby
Erica Hruby

Erica Hruby is a Jewish educator with over 28-years of teaching, curriculum writing, and professional development experience in Jewish community, academic, and residential environments. Erica serves as the Senior Manager of National Teen Education and Engagement at The Jewish Education Project, formerly the Executive Director of JTEEN - Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Network. She is also the founder of Anchored Parenting, LLC where she serves as an educator and coach for tw/eens, parents, and grandparents. Erica has an M.A. from Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology with a focus on children and adolescents. She lives in Clearwater, Florida with her high school sweetheart with whom she shares two daughters.

When
Wednesdays
2/1/23, 3/15/23, 4/26/23, all 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Facilitator
Erica Hruby
Format
Virtual
New members
Open
Target audience
Associate / Assistant Director
Clergy
Director / Principal / Head of School
Youth Professional / Teen Engagement
Geographic regions
National
Area of work
After School and Beyond
Educator Training
Teen Engagement