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JNTP IS ADVANCING THE FIELD OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOL EDUCATION, ONE EDUCATOR AT A TIME.

Since 2003, JNTP has been transforming Jewish day schools and elevating the educational experience of thousands of students by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers, promoting the growth of school leadership, and helping to create optimal learning environments grounded in instructional excellence.

Our work serves as an effective solution to a key factor of the educator pipeline crisis – retention – enabling educators to have early success and gain confidence in their abilities, so that they have greater job satisfaction and a stronger commitment to staying in the profession long term.

Partner with JNTP to support the talented teachers, mentors, and school leaders who have dedicated their professional lives to cultivating a strong Jewish future.

MAKE A GIFT TO JNTP’S ANNUAL CAMPAIGN HONORING NINA BRUDER, CEO

For over 13 years, Nina Bruder has led JNTP with passion, curiosity, skill, and a unique mix of big picture thinking and exceptional attention to detail. Under Nina’s leadership, JNTP has grown by leaps and bounds, with a tremendous increase in school partnerships and a 5x increase in the number of students reached by JNTP-trained educators. Furthermore, Nina has contributed to the national day school field through various task forces, working groups, speaking engagements, and thought leadership articles. Having recently navigated JNTP’s separation from parent company New Teacher Center after more than 20 years of incubation, Nina is ably leading JNTP into its exciting next stage.

We invite you to make a gift to Jewish New Teacher Project, to honor Nina and to partner with us in building a strong Jewish future.

Your support of JNTP is an investment in Jewish day school teachers and leaders who give their all to educate our students to become engaged, inspired, knowledgeable, and prepared for active roles in their Jewish communities and beyond.

At the same time, it is an investment in solving the Jewish day school educator crisis, one of our community’s more pressing challenges. A gift to JNTP provides essential support to the Jewish educator pipeline, as novice educators and administrators experience early success, stay in the field long-term, and have a sustained impact.

Support JNTP and help guarantee that current and future generations of Jewish day school students have the inspired, competent, high quality educators they deserve – and that those educators stay in the field long-term.

Partner with us. When we focus on educators, students succeed!

I am so proud of how JNTP has brought a foundational program to the Jewish day school field. JNTP leverages the talents of seasoned educators to cultivate new talent to strengthen the pipeline, build school capacity, and transform student learning. JNTP’s work has both immediate and long-lasting impact on Jewish day school teachers, administrators, and – where it counts the most – students. It has been an honor to partner with so many inspiring educators who are investing themselves wholeheartedly in our children, building a stronger Jewish future.
NINA BRUDER, CEO

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Make your gift to JNTP

Your gift to JNTP is an investment in the hundreds of teachers and school leaders who instill Jewish pride, knowledge, and engagement into the next generation –

more crucial today than ever.

Contact Lauren Katz, Director of Development, to set up a time to discuss how you can support JNTP’s Annual Campaign.

$180

JNTP Program Materials and Resources

$500

One 1:1 Individualized Administrator Coaching Session

$1,800

One New Teacher Experience Session

$3,600

Early Childhood Educator Professional Learning Series

$5,000

School Leader in Administrator Support Program for One Year

$10,000

Teacher Induction New Teacher/Mentor Pair for One Year

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To Pay by Check

Checks should be made out to Jewish New Teacher Project and sent to:

Jewish New Teacher Project

5951 Riverdale Ave., #115
Bronx, NY 10471

For gifts paid through a Donor Advised Fund, please reference EIN: 38-4353365

Payment by check should be sent to:

New Teacher Center
Attn: for JNTP

PO Box 80759

City of Industry, CA 91716-8418

“I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t be serving in Jewish education had I not had those first years of JNTP support and training.”

Rabbi Dr. Hillel Broder

Head of School, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy

“I have gained so much from participating in the Administrator Support Program. Most importantly, it provided me with a professional community. It is really helpful to vent, share ideas and hear about other people’s challenges. One strategy, in particular, that has made an impact is the “Quick Visits” tool. It’s very difficult to leave my classroom, so I wasn’t doing enough classroom observations. Being taught how to do “Quick Visits” liberated me and enabled me to get into every single classroom in my department. It helped me understand what’s really happening in the classroom and what the students are experiencing. I believe it has helped me change the culture of the department.”

Lynn Kraft

Chair of the Bible Department, Ida Crown Jewish Academy

“I have been part of many professional development courses and initiatives during my years as a Jewish educator. My experience with JNTP’s Administrator Support Program has had the most significant, direct impact on my effectiveness in school.”

Batsheva Atlas

Middle School Dean of Students, Berman Hebrew Academy

“Jewish New Teacher Project has elevated the entire field of Jewish education through their expert support of new day school educators and leaders during formative early career years. JNTP’s track record of success is impeccable, and their vital efforts ensure that more learners engage with talented, well trained and inspired teachers in the field. We continue to be grateful to the entire JNTP team for all they do for Jewish education.”

The Jim Joseph Foundation

“With full conviction I can say that I would not have stayed in teaching if not for the mentoring I received through JNTP. It established me as a teacher and made me feel at home in the profession.”

Tamar Appel

Director of Education, Hidden Sparks

“I feel indebted to Milton Gottesman Day School of the Nation’s Capital and my JNTP mentor, who provided me with a solid foundation so early in my career. I found strength and confidence in knowing that I always had a sounding board and someone in my corner… I feel privileged to work at a school that recognizes and values this professional development.”

Laura Cohen Washington, D.C.

Teacher and Pedagogista, Milton Gottesman Day School of the Nation’s Capital

“The experience of working with JNTP instructors and networking with talented educators was transformative for me. It deeply impacted my work as a teacher, mentor and now principal, and has helped me appreciate that the most effective way of meeting students’ needs is by supporting their teachers.”

Yael Cortell Silver Spring, MD

General Studies Principal, Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Girls Division

“I can say with 100% confidence that the teacher I supported felt strengthened emotionally by our time together. In our first meeting together she said that she felt ‘more heard in the one hour of our meeting than she felt since she began teaching.’ And despite the emotion and tears that she often expressed / demonstrated in each of our meeting sessions, each session evolved as we moved from the simple expression of hardships to also how to address, what was the significance or impact of and how to find the entry points to understand the true trigger.”

Sara Edelson

JNTP VIrtual Mentor

“I have to admit that when I started training as a JNTP mentor, I had no idea what I didn’t know. I thought that we would learn how to offer some words of comfort to a new teacher struggling to make it through their first parent teacher conference sessions, or how to check the boxes on a lesson plan. I did not appreciate the depth and power of mentorship, and the different mental muscles I would need to exercise to be effective in this capacity.”

Rabbi Dov Emerson

Director of Teaching and Learning, Yeshiva University High School for Boys

“As more teachers were trained, both as mentors and as beginning teachers…the schools themselves, as a whole, were lifted and transformed into more thoughtful, collaborative, purposeful, and ethical workplaces and learning institutions.”

Rabbi Dr. Steven Lorch Los Angeles, CA

Former Head of School, Kadima Day School

I can’t say enough about how important the Administrator Support Program cohort is. I was able to do my job because of the support of JNTP.

Rena Levovitz

Assistant Principal, General Studies Grades K-2, Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov

The JNTP Virtual Mentors program [run during COVID] has literally been a godsend to our school. This year has been so difficult in terms of staffing, attendance, COVID policies, and student absences that I have not been able to give my full attention to new teachers. With this program, teachers are able to choose an area for growth and be coached by a person who is not their supervisor. We currently have three teachers working virtually with experienced mentors from out of state and I have heard great reports. I also love that, soon, we will be able to share a common language and culture. We have been building it on our own, but this just increased the speed and efficiency

Elissa Chanales,

Former Assistant Principal, Chaviva High School for Girls

Many programs help Jewish educators, but only a few change a field… JNTP made supporting and inducting novice teachers an expectation in Jewish day schools. Its unique style of structured, data-driven mentoring helps new teachers succeed in the classroom and increases their — and the mentors’ — retention in the field. All this benefits the students and enhances their learning. The AVI CHAI Foundation couldn’t be prouder.

Dr. Michael Berger

Dean, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
JNTP Leadership Council

“Since 2014, JNTP has made a significant impact on Chicago Jewish day schools. JNTP’s New Teacher Induction and Administrator Support Programs have helped Chicago Jewish day schools retain dedicated, talented teachers and administrators who are committed to the craft of teaching and creating professional, student-centered learning environments.”

Rabbi Avrohom Moller

Superintendent of Education at ATT

“I have been a Jewish day school parent and grandparent for over 40 years. I am working with JNTP to help it continue to grow and bring professionalism and excellence in teaching to Jewish day schools, for the ultimate good of our children and our communities.”

Joanne Stein

Former JNTP Leadership Council Member

“My mentor helps me clarify my learning goals and offers space, time and someone to bounce ideas off of or offers suggestions of how to improve my teaching. Feeling “go, go, go” all of the time, it’s nice to get the opportunity to process and reflect. The biggest value of having a mentor is having someone constructively develop and improve my teaching with no judgment.”

Abby Kerbel,

Middle School Judaics Teacher, Gesher Jewish Day School

“As more teachers were trained, both as mentors and as beginning teachers…the schools themselves, as a whole, were lifted and transformed into more thoughtful, collaborative, purposeful, and ethical workplaces and learning institutions.”

Rabbi Dr. Steven Lorch Los Angeles, CA

Former Head of School, Kadima Day School

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