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away as Australia, Venezuela, Argentina

past year," Colbert said.
Because senior educators have an
impact on other faculty as well as stu-
dents, Goldstein said the effects of the
seminar are widespread through the
participants' individual schools.

and South Africa.
. Barbara Horowitz said she and her
husband "were looking for something
that would involve Detroiters with Bar-
Ilan, giving them the benefit of the
Jewish education Bar-Ilan has to
offer." Upon hearing of the semi-
nar, she said they agreed it sound-
ed like a wonderful program.
They accepted both educators
who applied. "We hope for it to
become an ongoing gift," she
added.
Ben Ami said the program was
geared to give "both a high level
of presentations as well as impor-
tant peer dialogue. It was built in
such a way that it included group
work." He discovered both "how
universal and also how specific
some issues are."
The seminar focused on leader-
ship with a curriculum-planning
component.
The program's first week was
held on the campus of Bar-Ilan.
At the classes, participants dis-
cussed their individual visions of
being a leader and where each felt
their school should be in five to
Sitting by a tree at Yad Vashem are seminar
10 years.
participants
Shana Harris of Toronto, Beverly
"It was a real introspective
Buncher
of
North
Miami Beach, Susan
experience, looking at core values,
Colbert of Southfield, Mare Cook of South
seeing where you want to be, and
Africa and Frances Levy o Montreal.
how to get there as a school, a
leader and a teacher, incorporating
In the new school year, Ben Ami and
working as a team with parents, teach-
Colbert plan to share information from
ers and the community to bring that
the seminar with administrators and
vision to fruition," Colbert said.
teaching faculty. "There will be some
The second week of the seminar was
changes
made as a result of the semi-
spent in workshops at various locations
nar,"
Colbert
said.
within the Jerusalem area. Participants
She already has sent a letter to
were able to choose their own subjects
Yeshiva teachers describing the seminar
of interest. Colbert attended a session
and will be offering more information
on Halacha (Jewish law) and a
at a pre-school staff meeting. Colbert
Holocaust educational workshop at Yad
later hopes to share handouts received
Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial.
at the seminar, and to present new ideas
"It was not your typical tour,"
and concrete examples of how to imple-
Colbert said. "It was given from an edu-
ment the changes.
cational perspective — curriculum
When Ben Ami shares his informa-
based on teaching about the
tion with the administration at Hillel,
Holocaust."
he will allow teachers to decide how to
Speakers from various parts of the
incorporate the techniques into their
world joined Bar-Ilan faculty in present-
classrooms.
ing up to two to three topics daily.
Both educators say they plan to con-
Developing Contacts
tinue dialogue by e-mail with other par-
"The vision of the program is not a one-
ticipants in the seminar.
shot deal, but a continuing program,
Ben Ami and Colbert are hoping to
maintaining a connection, working on
attend a follow-up conference in
curriculum projects," Ben Ami said.
February in North Miami, Fla.
Of the 25 participants from last
In sharing the resources of Bar-Ilan,
year's seminar, nine returned this sum-
Les Goldstein said, "This program
mer. "They worked as a group and pre-
shows how Israel has grown up and is
sented curriculum ideas, utilizing net-
giving back."
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