Keeping Our Best And Brightest: Retention of Teachers in Jewish Supplementary Schools


 

Publication Date: January 2002

Publisher: Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education

Author(s): Shelley Rosenberg

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Professional Development; Mentoring; Part-time (supplementary) schools; Educators

Type: Report

Coverage: Pennsylvania

Abstract:

The problem of teacher retention in Jewish supplementary schools cannot be separated from its place in a "tripod" of recruitment, training and retention, the author asserts. All three practices are necessary in order to create and retain a cohort of quality teachers. The author discusses several efforts to implement this tripod taking place in the greater Philadelphia community, including a recruitment initiative, a mentoring program, and guidelines and ideas for supplementary schools.

In Jewish Education News, Fall 2002.