summit information

shalom everyone. here is some important information about the summit.

if you want to call in go to http://www2.gotomeeting.com. register # 642630650. you will now be able to call in and listen and participate. If you are at a computer you will also be able to see the screen in our meeting room. Looking forward to your participation.


the following is a draft of the agenda and suggested times. These may vary the day of the meeting.

9:15 Welcome , Introductions, and Goals

9:25 D'var Torah

9:30 Logistics of the day

9:40 Background information

10:00 Exercise - Services Needed

11:00 Break into Working Groups

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Working Groups- Action Plans

1:30 Report, Share and Discuss Action Plans

2:30 Messages from the field

3:30 Closing

4:00 Adjourn

Shalom

Welcome to the Alliance for Jewish Early Education blog. This site is available to anyone who is interested in supporting and advocating quality early childhood Jewish education. At this point in time, there is no national trans-denominational central address for professionals in the field to go to for support and to share information . We hope you will feel comfortable using this site for those purposes.

We also hope this site will allow for anyone interested to participate in a national conversation about the state of early childhood Jewish education.

We look forward to hearing from you and learning with you. Ilene

Early Childhood Jewish Education Summit

Early childhood Jewish education is on the tipping point. There are consultation services for JCCA affiliated schools, USCJ, and URJ programs. There is support for Chabad schools and a Jewish Montessori contingent. We have the National Jewish Early Childhood Network which is associated with NAEYC and NAJECS (National Association of Jewish Early Childhood Specialist- directors of early childhood services at central agencies of Jewish education. We have new higher education certificates and degrees out of Gratz and Hebrew College. And we have the Alliance, a membership organization where all of these groups can get together and share information. It seems we have a lot of services and support, and we do. But we also have a lot of challenges facing us. New challenges.

We don't have a central address anymore with CAJE's closing. We don't have a place where we can all come together at a conference and study, share and grow together. We don't have a professional journal. We don't have a central advocacy organization or voice fighting for early childhood Jewish education on the national and local level. We have UPK at our back door. States are requiring BA degrees for all early childhood educators. There are new demands on directors and teachers.

On June 29th, professionals addressing early childhood and family education will be meeting at the JCCA in NYC to discuss the state of the field and options we have for providing support for our professionals and advocacy for the field. Please join us in person, on the phone, or check back here as we will be sharing the deliberations on this blog. If you can't attend, please feel free to comment on your concerns and ideas on how we can maintain our professionals and continue to grow professionally.