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2021 Summer Sandbox Network

Facilitators: Tikvah Wiener, Judith Talesnick
Format: Virtual

About this Network:

This network supports the work of participants in the 2021 Summer Sandbox, presented by The Idea School, Prizmah, JEIC, the Covenant Foundation, and The Jewish Education Project.  

This network is designed to continue supporting the Summer Sandbox 2021 participants as they craft and implement PBL units or slices in their own settings. Network meetings will be supportive, collaborative and provide participants with unit “tuning” opportunities.

 

About the Facilitators:

Tikvah Wiener
Tikvah Wiener

Tikvah Wiener is Head of School of The Idea School, the first Jewish interdisciplinary, project-based learning (PBL) high school in America. She is co-Founder and Director of the I.D.E.A. Schools Network, now The Idea School Institute. The Idea School Institute helps Jewish schools implement PBL and educational innovation, and since it was formed in 2014, has trained over 1,100 teachers.

Judith Talesnick
Judith Talesnick

Judith Talesnick, Managing Director, Professional Learning and Growth, has been collaborating with Jewish educators since helping her mother teach Israeli dancing in her early teens. As an adult, her focus shifted to leadership, educational visioning and learner-centered instruction in day schools and yeshivot. She partners with educators to listen carefully; notice patterns, and create engaging learning experiences that spark learners’ curiosity.

When
Dates TBD
Facilitators
Tikvah Wiener
Judith Talesnick
Format
Virtual
New members
Open
Target audience
Associate / Assistant Director
Director / Principal / Head of School
Youth Professional / Teen Engagement
Geographic regions
Bronx
Brooklyn
Long Island
Manhattan
National
Queens
Staten Island
Westchester
Area of work
Day Schools and Yeshivas