Reimagine Jewish Education

Put Day School and Yeshiva students at the center of their learning with personalized professional development from BetterLesson

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Build a Professional Learning Plan aligned to JEI school priorities

Support the academic, emotional, and psychological needs of students and staff at Jewish Day Schools and Yeshivas

BetterLesson has been in partnership with Jewish Educational Institutions since 2016.  We continue to support the professional development of teachers, administrators, and instructional coaches in hundreds of schools through one-on-one virtual coaching, learning walks, and in-person workshops. 

Year over year, Jewish Day Schools, Congregational Schools, Federations and Foundations look to us to support their teams in a variety of mission-critical areas, including:

  • Early-career teacher development: classroom culture and management, instructional planning and design, and family engagement
  • Instructional leadership: improving teacher and leader practice, designing PD, and facilitating PLCs
  • Transformational Learning: flexible learning models, personalization, and integrating instructional technology purposefully
  • Essential pedagogical methods and strategies for teaching all Judaic Studies subjects and Hebrew as a second language
  • Student-centered Math and Literacy practices

BetterLesson partners with Jewish Day Schools nationwide

2,000+

Jewish Day School teachers and leaders coached

300+

Participating schools

18,000+

Coaching sessions delivered

Meet Our Partners

Some of the foundations and schools we've partnered with to improve Jewish education

Why BetterLesson

Serving thousands of educators and leaders to personalize instruction

BetterLesson has been a trusted source of professional development for Jewish Educational Institutions for nearly a decade. In 2015, we partnered with The Avi Chai Foundation to provide coaching and workshops to help educators shift to a blended learning model.

Since then, we’ve worked with thousands of educators and leaders in Jewish Day Schools to personalize instruction for students.

Through the Collaborative Innovation and Coaching Cohorts, the Mayberg Foundation will fund professional learning opportunities with BetterLesson for any Judaic Education Institution.

Meet our JEI coaches Collaborative Innovation Cohort

Personalized professional learning

We partner with JEI leaders to create a customized plan that aligns professional learning experiences with the goals of teachers, coaches, and leaders. Then, our team provides data, reporting, and feedback to ensure our work is shifting instruction and driving growth for students.

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BL Connect
Access self-paced learning via on-demand courses, teaching and leadership strategies, and other resources

Workshops
In-person and virtual workshops aligned to your specific needs

Coaching
Match every educator and leader with the right coach for 1:1 coaching

Learning Walks
Measure shifts in teaching practice with data-driven, non-evaluative classroom observations

Leader Hub
Access content, track participation, and measure outcomes of professional learning

Professional learning, designed by educators

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Curriculum

Ensure all educators are consistently implementing high-quality instructional materials with fidelity

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Leadership Development

Build your educators' capacity to lead and improve instruction with Instructional Leadership support

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Student-Centered Instruction

Support educators to identify and deliver unique ways for all students to learn, communicate, and solve meaningful problems

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"The teachers in Houston’s Jewish day schools have experienced top notch professional development through the workshops and coaching of BetterLesson. Our partnership is a collaborative effort to continually meet the needs of our Judaic, Hebrew and general studies teachers and foster growth, innovation, and excellence in our schools. We welcome future opportunities to work together to support our teachers."

Lisa Klein

Managing Director, Jewish Federation of Houston

"As classrooms were changed by COVID, BetterLesson provided valuable training to teachers in our Day Schools in concurrent learning. More recently, they trained and coached Congregation School leaders in adapting their approaches. Participants regarded their offerings as very highly quality. It is also a pleasure to work with the BetterLesson team."

Karen Sponder

Director of Community Strategic Initiative, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey

"BetterLesson has empowered our Jewish Studies and General Studies teachers to embrace student centered learning in so many creative and engaging ways. We love working with BetterLesson!" 

Rabbi Meir Cohen

Torah Day School of Atlanta

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Kirk Jones

Enterprise Program Manager, Jewish Educational Institutions

Known for aligning big-picture strategy with detail-oriented execution, Kirk Jones brings 15+ years of experience leading professional learning and driving educational impact across diverse institutions.

With a deep respect for mission-driven work, he partners with Jewish educational leaders to design and scale high-quality training that honors each community’s values.

Resources for student-centered classrooms

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Jewish Studies toolkit

Explore a curated list of resources, tools, and strategies that are designed to increase student-centered teaching and learning.

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Using KWL (Know-Wonder-Learned) strategies to support text study in Jewish Day Schools

One of the most prevalent challenges for Jewish Studies teachers is teaching texts. Learn a technique that uses the KWL strategy as an instructional framework.

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My School's Mission planner

Use an interactive planner to identify your school's mission, your vision, and the steps and stakeholders that you can engage to reach those goals.

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