TAP

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 [...]

by Asher Whitten from Temple Sholom In almost every classroom there is that one kid that sits in the back or doesn't raise their hand. When teaching I would always not really know how to connect with that one kid and get them to want to learn. Throughout TAP I learned skills that I can use for many years to come. When I first started TAP I thought about how I would be able to learn something useful from a two hour session once a month. But after the first session I looked over my notes and I [...]

by Charlie Frumkin from Or Hadash TAP has been an amazing program to be in. It has helped me so much with the kids I work with and the TAP community is so welcoming. The entire program has been so amazing and I can’t recommend it enough. The TAP program was long and time consuming, but it was fun, helped beyond belief in the workplace, and taught me about points that I wouldn’t have even thought of, that help me in the real world as well. TAP has helped so much with how I teach my kids. It’s [...]