Mandel Teacher Educators Institute (MTEI)
Mandel Teacher Educators Institute is a strategy for upgrading the quality of the Jewish educational system in North America by training educational leaders who are responsible for the professional development of Jewish educators working in varied settings.
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The chief goal of Mandel Teacher Educators Institute is to augment the ranks of educational leaders who can create educational innovation by designing and implementing ongoing, substantive learning opportunities for teachers and principals as well as adult and family educators, in their communities, and at the national level.
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Founded in 1995 by the Mandel Foundation, MTEI is a pioneering program that has created to date a cadre of 250 senior educators from over 25 communities. Alumni include representatives of every denomination, working in a wide variety of settings.
The program works to help participants: 1) develop deeper Jewish content knowledge; 2) explore a range of assumptions, ideas and practices that foster inquiry-based professional development and 3) create a collaborative, investigative professional culture among teachers and students in their settings.
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MTEI uses a number of professional development approaches in its program, including the investigation of curricular materials; analysis of films of live classrooms; the study of Jewish content with an emphasis on traditional texts; examining student work, lesson study and the mentoring of novice and experienced teachers. |
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Currently, there are two versions of this two-year program, a national version with participants from across North America and a community-based version located in particular geographical settings. So far community-based programs have been launched in Boston and San Francisco.
MTEI has also developed a special program open to alumni of Mandel Leadership Programs focused around issues of Vision in Jewish Education. This program examines ways that the concept of vision can be explored in the context of professional development.
MTEI reports and publications (click on icon to download):
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Changing The Culture of Professional Development
By Susan S. Stodolsky and Gail Z. Dorph
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Leading The Way
By Susan S. Stodolsky, Gail Z. Dorph, Sharon Feiman Nemser, Shirah Hecht
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Changing the Core
By Barry W. Holz, Adam Gamoran, Gail Z. Dorph, Ellen Goldring and Bill Robinson
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MTEI Community Report,
By Susan Stodolsky and Gail Dorph
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For more information about the program contact MTEI