A new Chabad School Leadership Program for young principals had its first of a series of site visits in Los Angeles this past week.
On the 5th and 6th of Kislev, 12 mechanchim from across the country traveled to the West Coast for a two-day symposium on Chabad school leadership. Hosted and facilitated by Rabbi Mendy Greenbaum, the visit allowed the participants of the yearlong leadership program to take the next step in their quest to becoming a quality menahel for their school.
Rooted in a strong Chassidishe approach to Chinuch, the program included instructional rounds and continued to focus on standards-based education, assessments, consulting protocol, creating culture change in a school, and envisioning the future of excellent Chassidishe-imbued education.
The principals learned how to conduct classroom observations and debriefings, as well as how to push children’s thinking and determine depth of knowledge and rigor of study. Following the series of facilitated discussions and seminars the participants did a walkthrough of the local boys yeshivah, Cheder Menachem.
“Participating in the MEF Leadership Program has given me a new perspective on leadership in Chinuch,” explains Rabbi Henoch Rosenfeld, a new principal at Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh. “I plan to implement the essential tools that we’ve learned and observed into my daily routine.”
The unanimous positive feedback from participants agreed that the guidance from experienced educators and the opportunity to collaborate with others in an applied way was an invaluable tool for growth and development. In addition to the lectures, the principals also enjoyed farbrengens with Rabbi Cunin and Rabbi Raichik who highlighted the importance and privilege and responsibility of Avodas Hachinuch.
Rabbi Greenbaum says he was personally inspired by the experience. “It is a great thing to see new generation of principals who are not complacent, but are eager to learn and grow and try to do things better and better on an ongoing basis.”
Rosenfeld concludes, “with Rabbi Greenbaum’s guidance we were able to work together and collaborate on ways to enhance our role as leaders in our respective schools.”
The Chabad School Leadership Program is a project of the Menachem Education Foundation. Find out more here www.mymef.org.
Hi, Rabbi Vail!
Most amazing principal and mentsch. We are so fortunate to have him in South Africa!
Doing incredible work, always thinking ahead at what more can be done.
Kol Hakavod!!
Can’t wait to see when this happens for women, too!
The leader sets the tone for the whole school. This program can really be transformative and make a HUGE difference!
Rabbi Greenbaum is Focused on Helping Students
Innovative, compassionate, respected, and a visionary—these words describe my principal,Rabbi Mendel Greenbaum.
He is constantly asking us, “What can we do together to improve our school, our classrooms, and our students’ learning?”
Wow this is beautiful. So excited about the great work you’re all doing for our schools
go Mendy Vail
I think this is incredible. The concern that I have is that English studies would benefit from the same attention. Lemudi Kodesh is the foundation and could be an important component of lemudi chol al taharas hakodesh. I think it would be incredible if Lubavitch becomes the trail blazers of this method. The Torah contains all knowledge – then teach it using the appropriate sources in Torah.
best principle ever!
#1 chader they should all learn from Rabbi Greenboum
An amazing Principal