This program of Judaic enrichment is intended for heads and leaders of Community day schools with minimal Jewish educational backgrounds. The program, which commenced in June 2005, was designed to consist of 12-day sessions in each of two summers, with an intervening year of distance and local learning and a winter retreat. In addition to the formal elements of the program, each participant works with a Jewishly-knowledgeable RAVSAK mentor to develop a “Judaic action plan” to be implemented back at their school. Based on evaluation results, the program was expanded to cover a second year for select participants to deepen the Judaic impact on their schools. Ten participants from the first cohort of 16 joined this second year of the program. A second cohort of 14 completed the program in 2007/08, and all completed continued on to the second year. The third cohort of 15 was launched in the summer of 2009, and will complete their first phase July 2010. SuLaM has also begun to develop alumni activities, allowing past participants to continue the path of Judaic learning and growth they began in the program.
For RAVSAK’s press release, click here.