TAP

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 [...]

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 [...]