| Sunday |
| 10:00am - 3:00pm |
Conference Registration |
| 12:30pm - 1:00pm |
First Time Attendee Reception |
| 1:00pm - 1:30pm |
Arrival Reception, hosted by the Jewish community day schools of the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm |
Susan Weintrob - Conference Welcome
Singing of National Anthems
Dr. Ray Levi - Facing the Crisis / Framing the Conference |
| 2:00pm - 5:00pm |
Featured Workshop: Dr. Alex Pomson - Digging Down to the Bottom Line |
| 5:00pm |
Break |
| 6:00pm |
Wine Reception |
| 7:00pm |
Opening Banquet |
| 8:00pm |
Evening Program: That’s Why I’m (Still) Here |
| Monday |
| 7:00am to 8:00am |
Shacharit |
| 8:00am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Jonathan Cannon - Keynote: Will the Real 21st Century Please Stand Up? |
| 10:30am |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Dr. Anne Marie Kee & Jeff Paikin - The CESI Bold - How Evidence Can Sustain Change in Your School
Panel & Discussion - Changing How and When We Think About Tefillah
Chaim Fischgrund - he Implementation of Israel Programming. How Experiential Learning Yields Great, Long Lasting Value in an Israel Program
Discussion - Critical Issues Facing Small Schools
Rabbi Steve Freedman - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: The Head of School's Role in Effecting Meaningful Change |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Annual Meetings for RAVSAK and PARDeS |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Mariashi Groner & Nora Anderson - Special Needs: Caring for ALL of Our Children
Dr. Alex Pomson - A Case Study - Part I
Dr. Wendy Rosov - Using Logic Models to Support Educational Change
Rabbi Nachum Amsel - How to Teach the Holocaust and the State of Israel with New, Interactive Methedology: Rabbi Wein's Faith and Fate Program
Panel Presentation - Weathering a Crisis
Panel Presentation - Jewish Day School Standards and Benchmarks Project: Realizing the Vision for Academic Excellence |
| 4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Break |
| 4:45pm - 6:15pm |
Dr. Alex Pomson - A Case Study - Part II (By invitation only)
Dr. Joel Hoffman - This is Your Brain on Hebrew: How Children of All Ages Learn Languages
Michael Kay - The Paradox of Pluralism: Crafting Community Amidst Diversity
Fran Urman - Changing How We Give Feedback
Discussion - The Hard Questions for Small Schools (For Blaustein Scholarship Recipients Only)
Zion Ozeri - Through the Lens: Bringing Jewish History, Community and Diversity into Focus |
| 6:15pm |
Dinner |
| 7:30pm - 9:00pm |
Networking Lounge |
| 9:00pm - 11:00pm |
Networking Lounge
Dr. Rennie Wrubel - High School Networking |
| Tuesday |
| 7:00am to 8:00am |
Shacharit |
| 7:45am |
Breakfast / Broadcast of the Presidential Inauguration |
| Jewish Day School Economic Summit |
| 10:00am |
Economic Summit Opening Session
Harlene Winnick Appelman, Executive Director, Covenant Foundation
Matthew Chanoff, Co-Director, Profounder, LLC
Rabbi Josh Elkin, Executive Director, Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education
Kim Hirsch, Development Officer, Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest, NJ
Randy Maycock, CFP, Roof, Eidam and Maycock
Daniel Niles, Asset Manager
|
| 11:15 am |
Break |
| 11:30 am |
Eric Amar and Sacha Litman - Decisions Your School Must Consider to Successfully Navigate the Current Financial Crisis
Randy Maycock - L'dor V'dor: Budget Cycles and Endowment Management Drivers and Parameters
Daniel Niles - How Ugly Could This Downturn Be and How Long Will It Last?
Matthew Chanoff - Obama and Private Education: Agenda and Economic Realities
Rabbi Josh Elkin - The Role of Good Governance in Times of Crisis
Kim Hirsch - Endowment Development: The Final Frontier for Jewish Day Schools
Nancy Pryzant Picus - What are We Doing Right and Wrong: A Conversation about Teaching Prayer |
| 12:45 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:45 pm |
Jim McManus - The Next Ten Years: Where the World Is Taking Us
Dr. Scott Goldberg - Distance Continuing Education: An Online Living Library
Felicia Herman - Fundraising in a Crisis: A View from Philanthropy
Michael Blacher and Betty Winn - It Won’t Happen at Our School, But If It Does ...
Eric Amar - Multi-Year Flexible Tuition Programs (Presented in partnership with PEJE)
Aimee Gruber - Admission and Retention Issues for Small Schools |
| 3:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30 pm |
Aimee Gruber - Admissions-Changing Landscape
Larry Kligman - Using Daniel Pink's Book A Whole New Mind in Your School Community
Dr. Marc Baker - Thou Shalt Participate
Sacha Litman - Yardstick Strategic Financial Modeling: A Dynamic Tool and Coaching Package to Guide Your School Through the Worst and Best Economic Situations (Presented in partnership with PEJE)
Dr. Sandy Miller-Jacobs - Providing Support in Judaics for Students with Special Needs |
| 5:00 pm |
Break |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Dinner |
| 7:00pm |
Farewell |
| * Schedule is tentative and subject to change. |
