MTEI Blog

Walking into the first Sunday of the very first MTEI Seminar, we were both filled with mixed feelings of trepidation and excitement. What was this all about?

We are one seminar away from finishing two years of learning with the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute. One of the most impactful lessons that we gleaned from the program was present from the very first seminar, in November 2019.

Watching our sixth graders perform on Lag Ba’Omer was a particularly poignant, multilayered moment. This was not your typical grade school performance.

The Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI) engages its participants in improving the quality of teaching and learning in Jewish spaces through an intensive 2-year cohort-based professional learning program and ongoing graduate learning.

As the STEM educator and director of education, respectively, at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA, we’re sharing reflections…

In my experience as a Tanakh teacher for many years in both Orthodox and community schools, I have consistently encountered consensus amongst educators…

Years ago, a grade 11 student of mine would come to class with his Tanach filled with colorful post-it tabs…

Teacher. Learner. Content. Environment. The four basic elements of any educational experience. In normal times, educational leaders (think we) have control over all four…