About the Internal Coach Program (ICP) The Internal Coach Program is designed to support a school’s long term ability to address the needs of struggling learners by providing training to selected faculty members to be resident Hidden Sparks coaches – trained in…
Hidden Sparks is pleased to announce its partnership with REACH, to implement the Hidden Sparks professional development programs in Chicago’s Jewish day schools. This expansion was made possible with the support of a Covenant Foundation grant. This year the program…
April 2013 – Picture a group of residents as they make their medical grand rounds. Looks like a great learning opportunity? Well, Hidden Sparks has taken that model and adapted it to its work with coaches and teachers. Recently, as part of…
Hidden Sparks has been named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’09-’10, a resource guide for Jewish innovation. Slingshot, now in its fifth year, features organizations, leaders, and programs that have taken an innovative approach…
Working together with The Churchill School, a grant from the Milstein Foundation will underwrite the development of a model pilot to create an innovative and transformational curriculum and training program for teaching struggling students with learning differences and behavioral challenges.…
In Spring 2011, Hidden Sparks will again be offering two workshops through the No Child Left Behind Title IIA program. In July 2010, 32 teachers from 15 yeshivas participated in the Hidden Sparks workshops “Helping Your Students Maximize Their Strengths…
New York, NY, February 17, 2011 – Hidden Sparks coaches gathered for a day of professional training at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, February 16, 2011. Coaches participated in a series of workshops and study sessions focusing on strategies…
By Marcia P. Neeley eJewishPhilanthropy.com New York, NY, March 9, 2011 – Every day, in almost every school, a student is labeled as ADD/ADHD, lazy or defiant, sent to the principal, ignored or misunderstood because he/she has a learning or…
School principals, teachers, coaches, Hidden Sparks leadership and friends enjoyed a beautiful and memorable evening on November 22nd to celebrate Hidden Sparks’ 5th anniversary and pay tribute to Co-Educational Director and mentor, Claire Wurtzel. Click here to link to the…