Delet Kallah Bet

Hebrew Language
Values
Role of Teachers, centrality of the teacher in school culture
How were their narratives different?
How and why were they choosing to reflect on that?
Choosing a narrative that is close to heart and also one struggling to implement.
Both at Stephen S. Weiss and Pressman Academy, the head of schools spoke about the need to constantly reevaluate the programs they discussed with us. At Heschel they discussed the evolution of the way the school interacts with physical space, whether it be the kindergarten classroom or the beit medresh. The need to reevaluate the school's own value systems and to decide what they want most to impart to their students and how best to utilize their resources to meet that goal. In a school like pressman where space limits, the intention is to grow the student curricular, by bringing in Hebrew Immersion in a strong way in order to both develop that specific area, but also because of the benefits it brings in other cognitive and development areas. In all the school, when developing new projects, a new to be aware and constantly reevaluating those projects to ensure their efficiency.