Slides from Tiferet's first parlor meeting for parent outreach.

1. ‫חֲנְֹ לַּנַעַר עַל-ּפִי ַדְרּכֹו‬
Teach
each
child
according
to
their
individual
path
‫מִׁשְלֵי כב:ו‬
Tiferet Academy
Accelerated
Learning
Ÿ
Sustainable
Tuition
Launching
on
Long
Island
in
2013

2. Tiferet Academy
Tiferet
Academy
will
be
a
Modern
Orthodox
Yeshiva
on
Long
Island,
focused
on
leveraging
technology
to
enhance
our
children’s
educa>on
and
create
a
long-­‐term
sustainable
financial
model.
* CommiDed
to
excellence
in
Judaic
and
secular
studies.
* Prepare
students
for
scholas>c,
social
and
financial
success
in
the
modern
world.
* U>lize
technology
to
tailor
curriculum
to
the
needs
of
individual
students.
* Implement
cuJng
edge
educa>onal
methods:
Project-­‐based
and
Blended
learning.
* Tui>on
will
represent
substan>al
cost-­‐savings
over
tradi>onal
yeshivas.
* Opening
with
preK-­‐2nd
grade
in
2013
on
Long
Island.

3. The
19th
Century
Education
Model
Persists
in
Our
Classrooms
School
Factory

4. But
the
world
has
changed…
* We
don’t
work
in
factories
* Ubiquity
of
technology
* Constant
engagement
* Easy
access
to
information
* Rapid
innovation
&
change
* Global
competition
65%
of
children
entering
grade
school
this
year
will
end
up
working
in
careers
that
haven’t
even
been
invented
yet.
-­‐
Cathy
N.
Davidson,
Duke
University

5. Education
Compared
19th
Century
Education
21st
Century
Education
* Standardization
* Customization
* 3
“R”s:
* 3
“C”s:
* Reading
* Critical
thinking
* wRiting
* Collaboration
* aRithmetic
* Communication
* Teacher-­‐centered
* Student-­‐centered
* Obedience
* Growth
* Passive-­‐learning
* Active-­‐Learning
* Laborer
skills
* Entrepreneurial
skills

6. 21st
Century
Education
Real-­‐World
Blended
Skill
Focus
Learning
21st
Century
Classroom
Project-­‐Based
Learning

7. Building
Real
World
Skills
* Critical
Thinking
&
Problem
Solving
* Collaboration
&
Leadership
Real-­‐World
Blended
* Agility
&
Adaptability
Skill
Focus
Learning
* Initiative
&
Entrepreneurship
* Effective
Communication
21st
Century
Classroom
* Accessing
&
Analyzing
Information
* Curiosity
&
Imagination
Project-­‐Based
Tony
Wagner’s
“Seven
Survival
Skills”
Learning

8. Blended
Learning
Real-­‐World
Blended
Skill
Focus
Learning
Blended
learning
is
a
formal
program
in
which
a
student
21st
Century
learns
partially
through
online
Classroom
delivery
of
content/instruction
with
some
element
of
student
control
and
partially
at
a
supervised
location
away
from
home.
Project-­‐Based
Learning
Source:
The
Innosight
Ins>tute

9. What
is
Blended
Learning?
Blended
learning
lies
in
the
middle
of
a
spectrum,
between
tradi>onal
face-­‐to-­‐face
instruc>on
and
online
distance
learning.

10. Blended
Learning
Video
Video
URL:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n5fFr3E9J-­‐s

11. Our
Blended
Learning
Model
Students
rotate
among
3
classroom-­‐based
learning
modalities:
* Online
Instruction
* Teacher-­‐led
Instruction
* Collaborative
Activities
led
by
an
assistant

12. What
that
looks
like
Online
instruc>on
Teacher-­‐led
instruc>on
Project-­‐based
collabora>on
led
by
an
assistant

13. Benefits
of
Blended
Learning
* Student-­‐centered
and
personalized
instruction
* Learning
takes
place
at
the
pace
of
the
individual
* Data-­‐driven
decision
making
* Greater
options
for
learning
content
and
delivery

14. What
Blended
Learning
is
NOT
Offline
Blended
Online
Tradi=onal
Technology
Informal
Full-­‐=me
Instruc=on
Supplemented
Online
Online
Instruc=on
Learning
Learning
Teacher
lectures
to
Tradi>onal
Students
using
tech
Structured
Blended
full
classroom
at
the
average
pace
of
the
instruc>on
with
to
learn
outside
of
a
educa>onal
classroom.
digital
structured
program.
program
in
which
Single
curriculum
enhancements:
Learning
Educa>onal
videos,
content
/
instruc>on
are
with
independent
Smartboards,
games,
online
completely
online,
subjects
internet
tools,
lectures.
without
external
online
materials
supervision.

15. Advocates
of
Blended
Learning
“We
should
blend
technology
with
great
teaching.
If
we
do,
I
think
young
people
will
be
much
more
excited
about
learning,
more
will
succeed
in
school,
and
learning
will
become
a
lifelong
pursuit
that
everyone
has
greater
access
to”
Bill
Gates
“Our
task
is
to
inspire
teachers...with
the
role
of
technology,
Microso]
which
is
freeing
them
up
to
focus
on
the
things
that
we
as
human
founder
beings
are
uniquely
good
at
and
to
shiL
things
to
the
computer
that
it’s
very
good
at”
Reed
Has>ngs
“EducaNon
is
the
only
business
sNll
debaNng
CEO
of
Ne`lix
the
usefulness
of
technology”
Rod
Paige
Former
US
Secretary
of
Educa>on

16. Blended
Learning
Successes
Acton
Academy
private
elementary
school
in
Aus>n,
TX
uses
blended
learning
with
various
educa>onal
so]ware
for
math
&
reading
The
average
Acton
student,
who
was
already
on
average
1
grade
level
above
the
standard
public
school
student,
gained
2.5
grade
levels
in
math
&
reading
in
1
year

17. Blended
Learning
Successes
Rocketship
is
a
network
of
California
elementary
schools
that
incorpora>ng
blended
learning,
parental
engagement,
and
leadership
values
into
its
curriculum.

18. Blended
Learning
Successes
Oakland
Unity
Charter
High
School
pilot
program
for
Algebra
Readiness
and
Algebra
1
using
Khan
Academy
in
an
in-­‐class
rota>onal
model.
The
margin
between
performance
in
2009
and
2010
grew
substantially
for
the
most
rigorous
test
(Systems
of
Equations)
-­‐
from
37%
to
74%

19. Project-­‐Based
Learning
Real-­‐World
“Learning
by
Doing.”
Blended
Skill
Focus
Learning
In
Project-­‐based
learning,
students
go
through
an
21st
Century
extended
process
of
inquiry
in
Classroom
response
to
a
complex
question,
problem,
or
challenge.
Rigorous
projects
help
students
learn
key
academic
content
and
practice
21st
Century
Skills
such
as
Project-­‐Based
Learning
collaboration,
communication
&
critical
thinking.
Source:
The
Buck
Ins>tute

20. Project
Based
Learning
Video
Video
URL:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8

21. Advocates
of
Project-­‐Based
Learning
“Teaching
for
creaNvity
involves
asking
open-­‐ended
quesNons
where
there
may
be
mulNple
soluNons;
working
in
groups
on
collaboraNve
projects,
using
imaginaNon
to
explore
possibiliNes;
making
connecNons
between
different
ways
of
seeing;
and
exploring
the
ambiguiNes
and
tensions
that
may
lie
between
them”
“[Students]
learn
best
by
doing
things,
they
learn
best
in
teams
and
Sir
Ken
Robinson
Interna>onal
they
learn
best
by
doing
things
for
real
—
all
the
opposite
of
what
Advisor
on
mainstream
schooling
actually
does”
Educa>on
Geoff
Mulgan
“Learning
is
not
done
to
you.
Learning
is
CEO,
Na>onal
something
you
choose
to
do”
Endowment
for
Science,
Technology
Seth
Godin
&
the
Arts
Best-­‐Selling
Author
and
Educa>on
Reformer

22. Project-­‐Based
Learning
Successes
A
study
of
8th
grade
students
showed
that
students
whose
teachers
conduct
hands-­‐on
learning
activities
outperform
their
peers
by
72%
of
a
grade
level
in
math
and
40%
of
a
grade
level
in
science.
This
study
indicates
that
the
most
effective
classroom
practices
involve
conveying
higher
order
thinking
skills
and
engaging
in
hands-­‐on
learning
activities

23. Project-­‐Based
Learning
Successes
The
Center
for
Learning
Technologies
in
Urban
Schools
(LeTUS)
is
a
program
that
employs
project-­‐based
learning
in
urban
schools
in
the
Midwest
LeTUS
students
in
Detroit
outperformed
Detroit
public
school
(DPS)
students
in
the
Michigan
Educa>on
Assessment
Program
(MEAP)
for
science
tes>ng
in
both
2000
(Cohort
1)
and
2001
(Cohort
2)

24. 21st
Century
Jewish
Schools
“Instead
of
teaching
one
lesson
for
the
whole
class,
teachers
are
working
with
each
child”
-­‐
Noam
Davidovics,
Ohr
Chadash
Academy
Ohr
Chadash
Academy
PCLC
Yeshiva
High
Tech
Bal>more
East
Brunswick
Los
Angeles
• Opened
in
2011
• Opened
in
2011
• Opening
in
2012
• 100+
Students
K-­‐7
• 25
students
enrolled
for
• 9th-­‐12th
grades
• Blended
learning
using
7th-­‐11th
grades
• Blended
learning
Khan
Academy
• Blended
learning
combining
face-­‐to-­‐
• 1-­‐to-­‐1
iPad
program
for
primarily
online
with
face
with
computer-­‐
middle
schoolers
teacher
assistance
mediated
instruc>on
&
discovery
learning.

25. 21st
Century
Jewish
Schools
Yeshivat
He’a=d
Tiferet
Academy
New
Roc
Torah
Academy
Bergen
County
Long
Island
Westchester
• Opening
in
2012
• Opening
in
2013
• Opening
in
2013
• 120
students
enrolled
• Pre-­‐K
–
2nd
grade
• Pre-­‐K-­‐
1st
Grade
in
PreK
-­‐
1st
grade
• Blended
learning
• Blended
learning
using
• Blended
learning
using
using
various
learning
various
learning
various
learning
sta>ons
in
a
single
sta>ons
in
a
single
sta>ons
in
a
single
classroom
classroom
classroom

26. Tiferet
Values
TIFERET
Academy
will
prepare
Jewish
children
to
thrive
in
the
modern
real
world.
It
offers
a
unique
and
extraordinary
experience
in
Judaic
and
secular
studies
for
yeshiva
day
school
students
while
instilling
a
commitment
for:
Ø Torah
&
Mitzvot
Ø Critical
thinking
Ø Middot
&
Derech
Eretz
Ø Entrepreneurial
skills
Ø Am
Yisrael
&
Eretz
Yisrael
Ø Individual
development
Ø Tikun
Olam
Ø Healthy,
active
lifestyle
Ø Ivrit
B’Ivrit
Ø A
love
of
learning

27. Financial
Sustainability

28. Financial
Sustainability
* 21st
Century
Learning
Advantages
* Blended
learning
enables
greater
student-­‐teacher
individualized
face
time
(even
with
larger
class
sizes).
* Blended
learning
removes
some
administrative
overhead
costs.
* Financial
Responsibility
* Parent
body
will
not
be
held
responsible
to
cover
other
parents
financial
aid.
* Financial
will
be
transparent
as
possible.
* Maximum
Efficiency
* Collaboration
with
other
blended
learning
schools
to
lower
administrative
costs.
* Parent
volunteerism
reduces
administrative
cost.
* Future
Planning
* Net
income
rolled
into
endowment.
* Property
Model:
Subsidize
costs
with
Intellectual
Property
revenue
donated
to
Tiferet.

29. Projected
Tuition
Costs
Pre-­‐K
~$7,500
Kindergarten
~$8,000
1st
to
8th
~$9,000
Costs
represent
30%-­‐40%
savings
over
local
yeshivas

30. Parent Volunteerism
* Parents will volunteer time / expertise for the school:
* Expertise based (i.e. Parent lawyer reviews contract)
* Time based (i.e. school lunches, chaperone class trips)
* Resource based (i.e. help call vendors for school equipment)
* Create a community atmosphere
* Parents engage in their children’s education
* Parent volunteerism integral to the educational
model in other 21st Century Learning schools:
* Rocketship Academy
* Ohr Chadash
30

31. Plan
for
Growth
• Open with 1 section for the following grades
• Pre-K based on demand
• Kindergarten
• 1st Grade
• 2nd Grade
• Assess additional grades based on demand
• Add a new grade each year going forwards.

32. Tiferet
Status
August
2012

33. Parent
Committees
* Communications
and
Marketing
* Development/Fundraising
* Education/Curriculum
* Enrollment
and
Recruitment
* Finance
&
Budget
* Building
Search
* Legal
* Technology
* Operations

34. Communications
/
Marketing
* Current
Status
* Planning
multiple
parlor
meetings
in
the
local
community
* Social
media
and
web
presence
set
up
(materials
underway)
* Committee
tasks
* Create
/
edit
/
proofread
materials
as
needed
* Strategize
use
of
social
media
to
spread
awareness
* Help
direct
communications
strategy
* Coordinate
meetings
in
multiple
locations

35. Development
/
Fundraising
* Current
Status
* Working
with
same
organization
that
is
helping
financially
back
Yeshivat
He’Atid
and
a
new
school
in
Westchester.
* Relationships
with
Jewish
philanthropic
&
educational
foundations.
* Working
with
local
philanthropists
and
Jewish
entrepreneurs.
* Committee
tasks
* Plan
/
conduct
community
fundraisers
* Help
expand
team’s
philanthropic
network
* Apply
for
foundational
grants
* Strategic
business
development
with
sponsors

36. Education
/
Curriculum
* Current
Status
* Currently
evaluating
multiple
educational
consulting
firms
to
find
a
match
for
Tiferet.
* To
be
finalized
after
conclusion
of
Head
of
School
search
* Committee
tasks
* Interview
/
conduct
background
research
on
consultants
* Research
educational
best
practices
* Interview
parents
to
map
child
needs
to
methodologies
* Educational
background
preferred

37. Enrollment
/
Recruitment
* Current
Status
* We
will
be
conducting
a
series
of
parlor
meetings
in
different
local
community
homes
over
the
next
2
months
(and
beyond).
* We
will
be
making
presentation
available
online.
* Committee
tasks
* Help
us
plan
events
* Oversee
invitation
lists
* Social
media
knowledge
a
strong
plus
* Help
execute
against
established
enrollment
goals

38. Finance
&
Budget
* Current
Status
* We
have
a
model
budget
in
place,
built
based
on
data
from
local
schools
and
based
on
Yeshivat
He’Atid’s
model.
* Committee
tasks
* Help
revise
and
refine
existing
draft
budget
based
on
dynamic
data
(i.e.
enrollment
numbers).
* Oversee
spending
* Be
able
to
publicly
speak
to
questions
about
planned
budget
details,
in
detail.
* Accounting
and/or
educational
administration
background
preferred

39. Building
Search
* Current
Status
* Exploring
3
possible
properties
in
the
local
area
(neighboring
5
Towns).
* Preference
to
rent
space
initially.
* Committee
tasks
* Work
with
local
brokers
to
scout
new
possibilities.
* Reach
out
to
local
organizations
with
surplus
space.
* Overlap
with
budget
and
fund-­‐raising
committees.

40. Legal
* Current
Status
* Organization
is
incorporated.
* 501(c)3
application
underway.
* Other
school-­‐specific
paperwork
being
researched.
* Committee
Tasks
* Review
and
draft
application
/
policy
materials
* Review
and
draft
contracts
* Review
school
plans
for
legal
compliance
* Legal
background
required

41. Technology
* Current
Status
* Researching
multiple
Blended
Learning
providers
* Setting
up
website
* Committee
Tasks
* Work
with
educational
consultant
to
select
appropriate
technology
vendors
* Oversee
technical
aspects
(website,
apps,
hardware)
to
set
the
technology
strategy
of
the
school

42. Operations
* Current
Status
* Coordinating
communications
&
scheduling
* Committee
Tasks
* Coordinating
team
communications
* Planning
progress
roadmap
against
2013
timeline
* Conduct
regular
committee
progress
checkins
* Plan
meetings

43. How
to
get
involved
Speak
to
a
Tiferet
Committee
member
about:
* Pre-­‐registering
your
child
(space
will
be
limited)
* Joining
a
Tiferet
committee
* Hosting
another
parlor
meeting
* Recruiting
other
parents
to
future
meetings
* Donating
to
help
subsidize
startup
costs

44. Stay
in
touch…
* Email
us
to
get
involved:
* info@tiferetacademy.org
* Check
out
our
website
to
learn
more:
* www.tiferetacademy.org
* Like
our
Facebook
page:
* www.facebook.com/tiferetacademy
* Follow
us
on
Twitter:
* @tiferetacademy

45. Appendix

46. Myth
&
Reality
Myth:
Cheaper
education
will
be
lower
quality.
Reality:
Data
from
both
low-­‐income
and
wealthy
schools
shows
that
students
learn
and
perform
substantially
better
in
blended
learning
environments.
Myth:
Blended
learning
replaces
teachers
with
computers.
Reality:
Blended
learning
is
a
teacher-­‐centric
instructional
method
just
as
much
as
it
is
a
student-­‐centric
instructional
method,
because
it
allows
teachers
to
do
what
they
are
best
at:
teaching.
Teachers
use
multiple
types
of
data
and
integrated
online
curriculum
as
instructional
tools
which
enables
them
to
create
a
differentiated
classroom.

47. Myth
&
Reality
Myth:
Tiferet
students
will
be
guinea
pigs
for
this
new
educational
method.
Reality:
Blended
learning
has
existed
for
more
than
a
decade
and
millions
of
students
in
the
United
States
already
use
this
method,
with
proven
success
rates
well
above
traditional
learning.
Myth:
Children
with
even
slight
learning
disabilities
will
flounder.
Reality:
Blended
learning
allows
for
differentiated
learning.
This
means
that
teachers
will
be
able
to
focus
more
on
students’
individual
needs
-­‐
so
the
same
teacher
can
spend
one-­‐on-­‐one
time
providing
enriching
material
to
some
students,
and
can
provide
extra
help
and
explanation
to
other
students,
all
during
class
time.

48. ‫חֲנְֹ לַּנַעַר עַל-ּפִי ַדְרּכֹו‬
Teach
each
child
according
to
their
individual
path
‫מִׁשְלֵי כב:ו‬
Tiferet Academy
Accelerated
Learning
Ÿ
Sustainable
Tuition
Launching
on
Long
Island
in
2013