Director’s Message: Developing Educator Leaders: How the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Hits the “Sweet Spot”

November 12, 2025

By:

Dr. David Farbman, Project Director, The DEEP Consortium

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Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI), our featured program in this issue, is an extraordinary example of how school leaders can, first, promote a deep understanding of excellent instructional practice and, then, proactively spread these practices throughout their own schools. As administrators and teachers from the Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago make clear, this process takes time, but the effect on students is undeniable when educators share a vision of how to elevate classroom learning through collaborative inquiry.

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