TAP

by Talia Wine from Beth Tikveh B'nai Jeshurun As someone who is very involved and cares about kids and teaching, I was excited to start the TAP program. That first day at Or Hadash completely changed my view of what the program was, originally I thought we were going to be learning how to be the teacher but really we were learning how to help all kids enjoy their time at Hebrew school. My big takeaway from the whole program is that all behavior is communication. Once we went over this lesson I quickly applied it to my [...]

by Peter Fisher from the Germantown Jewish Centre I have worked with the same kids for the past 3 years. I started with them when they were in third grade. Now they are in fifth grade. I have worked one-on-one with one of the students for the last two years teaching him Hebrew. The lessons are on Mondays and are online. Both of those are hard things to ask a little kid to do. Because of my TAP lessons over the past year, to make it easier I have worked on building a good relationship with him. He [...]

by Kayla Kelburg Gross from the Germantown Jewish Centre Participating in the TAP program has completely adjusted the way I approach challenges in the religious school classroom, and in the greater classroom of our lives. When the Director of Education at my synagogue, Germantown Jewish Centre, reached out with the opportunity to become a more educated, open minded person, I knew right away that TAP would lead to lots of personal growth and knowledge. In the religious school classroom, I enjoy working as a madricha, and I recognize the unique opportunity I have to communicate with students as [...]