Don't Go it Alone! – MOFET JTEC

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Don't Go it Alone! MOFET JTEC: A Jewish Teacher Education Community Reuven Werber reuw@macam.ac.il

MOFET JTEC Rationale : 

MOFET JTEC Rationale The creation of a community of all those involved in Jewish education and in Jewish community life throughout the world. This community will also operate as a part of a global community of teacher educators and educators – The MOFET Institute’s International Channel.

The Mofet Institute The school for the professional development of teacher educators : 

The Mofet Institute The school for the professional development of teacher educators

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Human resources and experience Professional development programs Research and publications Technology, information & communication infrastructures The MOFET Institute’s Assets at the Service of MOFET JTEC

MOFET JTEC’s Objectives : 

MOFET JTEC’s Objectives To create a partnership in the effort to reinforce Jewish education and community activities in the Diaspora. To consolidate the ties between the Diaspora and the State of Israel.

MOFET JTEC’s Operative Aims : 

MOFET JTEC’s Operative Aims To create ties among teacher educators, teachers, educators and people who are active in Jewish community life in the Diaspora and in Israel To develop and open a channel for the exchange of knowledge To establish cooperation in the development of programs and research To provide a platform for discussions on the needs of education and the training of teacher educators and teachers in the Jewish world To create a bank of knowledge (contents, programs and lists of experts) on the topic of Jewish education To provide tools for teaching subjects and topics that are linked to the Jewish world

MOFET JTEC’s Action Interfaces : 

MOFET JTEC’s Action Interfaces Face-to-face learning environments Online work environments

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Seminars in Israel for representatives, leaders and educators from Jewish communities Conferences in Israel and in the various communities on topics related to the Jewish world Research studies on the planning, accompaniment and evaluation of education and teacher education programs in the Jewish world Face-to-Face Learning Environments

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Bringing groups of Jewish students to study in the colleges of education as a part of the study program in their mother countries(the Masa project) Training Israeli teacher educators and teachers to coach teachers’ rooms in Jewish schools in the various communities in the world Face-to-Face Learning Environments

Online Work Environments for teacher educators, teachers, educators and other people who are active in Jewish community life in the Diaspora : 

Online Work Environments for teacher educators, teachers, educators and other people who are active in Jewish community life in the Diaspora A content portal Virtual conferences and encounters An international virtual academy Infrastructures and curricula for distance teaching at various levels in Jewish schools

Currently Active in the Online Work Environments : 

Currently Active in the Online Work Environments A periodic newsletter A content portal A virtual academy

Currently Active in the Face-to-Face Learning Environments : 

Currently Active in the Face-to-Face Learning Environments A 3-week Summer Seminar for the leaders of small Jewish communities 23 participants from the US, South Africa, Croatia An in-service Hebrew-teaching course for 15 Italian World ORT teachers – in Rome Joint courses: Tel Aviv – Los Angeles

The MOFET JTEC Online Content Portal Objectives : 

The MOFET JTEC Online Content Portal Objectives To improve the flow of pedagogical knowledge and research in Jewish education by helping teacher educators, teachers, researchers, and other stakeholders keep abreast of the wealth of publications in the field by coordinated processes of collecting, filtering, processing and distributing relevant research and non-research papers and other resources on Jewish formal, informal and teacher education within one integrative clearinghouse, using defined categories and key words.

MOFET JTEC Online Content Portalhttp://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/ : 

MOFET JTEC Online Content Portalhttp://jtec.macam.ac.il/portal/

The Anatomy of an Item : 

The Anatomy of an Item

Help Us Expand the JTEC Community : 

Help Us Expand the JTEC Community Sign up for the monthly newsletter: Add a comment: Send us an email: jtecportal@macam.ac.il

MOFET JTEC’s International Virtual Academy : 

MOFET JTEC’s International Virtual Academy Online asynchronous courses http://jtec.macam.ac.il/newsletter/virtualacademi.asp Teaching about the Holocaust through Narrative Studies toward a Certificate in Teaching Hebrew as a Foreign Language http://itec.macam.ac.il/courses/ Online synchronous courses http://interwise.macam.ac.il/mofet/portal/mofet Contact: jtec@macam.ac.il

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Thank you! The Staff of the International Channel for the Jewish World