Today’s school leaders face a new education landscape, one fraught with challenges and new expectations. Smart leaders are realizing the benefits of applying business principles to school practice, as they navigate this tricky new terrain. Executive coach and former educator Naphtali Hoff shares eight leadership skills 21st century school leaders can borrow from their corporate brethren. It’s been four years since common core burst onto the scene
Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg recently noted that, "a website in 2015 is like a phone number in 1985." Sure enough, in the coming months, more and more people will learn about your shul, school or program — online. In 2015, you don't just need a website. You need a site that is referred to as a: "responsive" website. A responsive website adapts to the device and browser that is being used by
Four Jews were killed in the Har Nof murders. Four were murdered in the supermarket in Paris. In both cases, a normal happening like this would have taken twenty to fifty lives. But God determined, with great exactitude, the specific lives, the circumstances, and the message to the world. The Har Nof murdered all lived in Israel. That made it personal for
Recently, we featured a blogpost called: 5 Easy Ways to Livestream Your Shiurim & Events. Following this post, a rabbi contacted us and asked the following question: "What is the easiest way to record my classes and share them with my congregants?" Having an easy way to record, edit and share audio of your classes is important for both you and your
Although I’ve been frum for about six years now I often think about my path into Judaism. In many ways the baal teshuva journey defined me, as it did others. More often though, I wonder what the subtle difference is between my becoming and staying frum compared with my peers who went through similar experiences but either didn’t become frum or left the fold after. This joining, coming, going, growing,
As we are now weeks into 2015, it’s time to give some thought as to how you are going to market your new classes, programs and fundraising events in the coming months ahead. With a new year comes new trends and while some things are likely to stay the same, we must keep new trends... Read more »
At NLE Resources, we keep our eye on the news to bring you timely articles and links that we think a rabbi or Jewish educator would find interesting! We have decided to share some of these links in a weekly feature on the blog. Enjoy! 1) Avoid Email Overload by Simply Ignoring Some (Unimportant) Email 2)... Read more » 
