1,000 Leaders
Teachers Initiative
As antisemitism reaches epic heights, leading Jewish parents to transfer their children from public and private schools to Jewish schools. While the surge in enrollment in Jewish schoolss is a positive development, national research shows a shortage of thousands of Jewish teachers in the next decade.
Jewish day schools, early childhood centers, and afternoon Hebrew schools across the country face a shortage of educators to fill multiple opening for leader teachers assistants, and substitutes.
The Beth Rivkah Impact
Beth Rivkah alumnae serve as heads of day school; directors of religious schools; educators in early childhood, middle and high schools; camp counselors, leaders of teen programs; curriculum developers; and tutors in settings across the country. They also serve in a variety of other leadership roles within and beyond the mosaic of Jewish community institutions.
GenZ Chabad Women are defining new careers in a variety of leadership roles beyond the mosaic of Chabad communities including: Jewish Federations, Jewish Community Centers, Jewish mental health services, Jewish family foundations, Israeli NGOs, and Jewish nursing home facilities.
A Historic Partership
Now, Beth Rivkah is joining the national effort of leading organizations in the Jewish community to address the shortage of educators by establishing a new venture in Jewish education. Beginning in high school, Beth Rivkah will dramatically expand and improve the existing Teacher Education track, enabling students to ultimately earn bachelor’s, master’s, and EdD degrees.
In a powerful new collaboration with American Jewish University (AJU), the new Teacher Education program will train hundreds of Jewish Early Childhood educators. The goal of the program is to bring 1,000 trained professionals into the field of Jewish Early Childhood education within its first ten years, affecting approximately 10,000 young Jewish families each academic year.
