The Pardes Summer Curriculum Workshop Fellowship Program is a professional development program designed for exceptional, novice Judaic studies teachers who are serious and committed and whom school administrators feel will make a great impact in the field. The two-week program includes working with a mentor in developing a curricular unit for the coming school year (using the curricular model Understanding by Design), workshops, Torah lishma sessions, text-based educational tiyulim, and sharing opportunities. The program is taught by Pardes Faculty together with master teachers and administrators from day schools in North America.
For the of Summer 2012, applications are only being accepted for alumni of the Pardes Educators Program.
The program will consist of the following elements:
* Development of a curricular unit for your school
* Torah lishma
* Pedagogy workshops
* Collegial sharing sessions (on school issues and curriculum)
* Field trips, evening programs and optional Shabbat programming
* Developing relationships with other Judaic text teachers
