[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 80 educators from around North America came together this week to participate in sessions related to “Getting Everyone on the Bus” to meet the needs of all learners. Principals, special services personnel, and teachers participated in a range of…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With the support of UJA-NY, a total of 88 educators from 34 NY schools completed Hidden Sparks’ 2-day differentiated instruction training and are now receiving follow up virtual coaching. Additional schools are poised to host on-site faculty workshops. For…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This summer, with the support of UJA-NY, Hidden Sparks will be launching a Differentiated Instruction training initiative for general and Judaic studies faculty in NY schools. With two cohorts to start this summer, followed by an additional cohort in…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hidden Sparks was excited to host 25 vaccinated educators at it’s first live Learning Lenses course in two years. Teachers and administrators from 12 schools in NY and NJ came together at the conference center of the UJA federation…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following a national search, Tamar Appel has been named Hidden Sparks’ incoming Director of Education, a position she will assume in the summer of 2022. Mrs. Appel comes to Hidden Sparks with extensive classroom and school leadership having taught…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This winter, Hidden Sparks will be launching a new peer coaching training program for teachers in the NY/NJ Metro area. Participant dyads or small groups will learn to work together as a team to support each other in more deeply…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hidden Sparks, in partnership with Catapult Learning, will be opening a Parent Education Center (PEC) in Queens. The program will be the first in the borough to serve parents within the Jewish day school community and will officially begin offering…
Media outlets from Israel to Arizona are covering Hidden Sparks’ first ever virtual retreat for an international audience. The retreat, typically held annually at the Museum of Heritage in NYC, went online this year and hosted nearly 100 educators from…
With the formal addition of Lily Howard Scott to the Hidden Sparks team as an SEL Coach, Hidden Sparks’ national SEL initiative kicked off with virtual full faculty sessions in 16 day schools across the country from Miami to Rhode…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hidden Sparks’ virtual summer summit held in July garnered broad press coverage from New York to Baltimore to Arizona. There is broad communal interest in exploring how day school educators are preparing for September and the Hidden Sparks summit was…