Next Steps: National Madrichim Fellowship
When madrichim are successful, they are the most amazing asset to supplementary school programs. Let’s give teen madrichim the professional development they deserve! Exceptional Madrichim from across the country will participate in monthly sessions that include a highly interactive virtual environment, expert training, tangible classroom skills, peer support, and field building.
The National Madrichim Fellowship is exactly what the Jewish people need. Especially with the recent decline in the religious school teacher pool, this Fellowship is one step towards creating a bridge between religious school students and future Jewish educators!
To learn more about Next Steps and/or register your madrichim for the program, click the 'Learn More' button above.
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Erica Hruby, M.A. is a Jewish educator with nearly 30-years of teaching, curriculum writing, and professional development experience in Jewish community, academic, and residential environments. Erica serves as Senior Manager, National Teen Education and Engagement at The Jewish Education Project. She is also the founder of Anchored Parenting, LLC where she serves as a parent educator and coach. Erica has an M.A. from Georgia School of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology with a focus on children and adolescents. She lives on the West Coast of Florida with her high school sweetheart with whom she shares two adult daughters.
Melissa Pescatore is the Director of Religious Education at Temple Shaari Emeth in Manalapan, NJ. Serving as principal in the congregation where she grew up, she is passionate about instilling a love of learning and building a strong, positive Jewish identity in her students. She is also a proud graduate of the LEEP Fellowship at NewCAJE and is the co-leader of NewCAJE’s National Madrichim Fellowship.
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Congregation Kol Ami White Plains, NY. Mesorah (tradition) is a choice-based model for 7th-12th graders that includes CORE learning and hands-on, experiential, project-based learning electives.