The Covenant Foundation

Beth El Congregation of the South Hills, Pittsburgh, PA. Learning Together: Educating Teachers, Parents, and Children in the New Millenium.
To create a recruitment, training, and retention program for avocational teachers in the supplementary school. $27,000.

Delet, Northbrook, IL. Delet Pilot Program.
To create and implement an effective cycle for the recruitment and retention of the novice Jewish day school teacher and to contribute towards the ongoing integration of Jewish and professional growth. $250,000 (beginning in 2003).

Foundation for Jewish Camping, New York, NY. Aseh Lecha Rav: Training Camp Staff as Jewish Educational Role Models.
To create a training and leadership development program to enhance the Jewish educational effectiveness of the college-aged staff at Jewish overnight camps. $158,000. Project Director: Naomi Less

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY. Gateways for Learning: Professional Advancement in Jewish Education.
To launch a continuing education program in Jewish Education offering professional development and certificates in specialties such as Family, Adult, Informal, and Day School Education. $180,000. Project Director: Jo Kay

Jewish Education Association of MetroWest, Whippany, NJ. HaMORIM of MetroWest.
To develop a master teacher training and mentoring program within the context of a comprehensive program for the development of synagogue education. $74,922. Project Director: Mark Silk

The Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, OH. ORT/JECC Partnership for Technology in Education: Cleveland Day School Project.
To support Cleveland educators in integrating new technologies in Jewish day schools. $175,000. Project Director: Maury Greenberg, Yossi Israeli

Matan, New York, NY. The Gift of Jewish Learning for Every Child.
To enable Matan to expand its services to provide support to children with special needs, their teachers, families, schools, and communities. $135,000. Project Director: Meredith Englander

Minneapolis Jewish Federation in collaboration with Gratz College, Minnetonka, MN and Melrose Park, PA. Teaching Diligently: A Program to Train Jewish Teachers for the Future.
To create a model professional development program, in collaboration with Gratz College, for small and medium size Jewish communities. $229,912. Project Director: Audrey Goldfarb

Suffolk Association for Jewish Educational Services (SAJES), Commack, NY. MAP: The Mentor and Protégé Program.
To create an intensive mentoring program including training and on-going support for mentors in five congregational schools in Suffolk County. $75,000. Project Director: Suri Jacknis