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Career
“The participants in the Pardes Educators program graduate with a valuable blend of deep knowledge and pedagogic skills that provide the basis for effective teaching. They are also very sensitive to the diverse backgrounds of our student population and our pluralistic mission. CESJDS benefits enormously from the way in which Pardes graduates apply these skills and experiences to enrich our students’ education and the life of our School.”
Jonathan Cannon
Headmaster, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
 Career Planning and Placement
Pardes has an extensive network of Community, Reform, Conservative and
Orthodox schools who are seeking to hire their graduates. Pardes faculty
members serve as ongoing resources for career placement and development.
Pardes assists students with writing resumes, enhancing interviewing skills,
preparing sample lessons, researching North American communities and
referrals to job placements. Educators and principals from North America
often visit Pardes to meet with and interview our students. In addition,
students interview in North America following student teaching. Many of our
students receive job offers from the schools at which they intern.
Graduate Employment
About half of the Pardes Educator graduates teach high school, while remaining graduates are in elementary or middle schools. While most graduates teach Bible or Talmud, other subjects taught include: Jewish holidays, Jewish Thought, Jewish History, Prayer, Jewish Life Cycle, and Hebrew. Our graduates have taught or are currently teaching at:
Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Manhattan, NY
Abrams Hebrew Academy, Yardley, PA
Barrack Hebrew Academy, Merion Station, PA
Beit Rabban Day School, New York, NY
Beth Tfiloh, Baltimore, MD
Brevard Jewish Community School, Melbourne, FL
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
Chicagoland Jewish High School, Deerfield, IL
Cohen-Hillel Academy, Marblehead, MA
Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, ON
Davis Academy, Atlanta, GA
Donna Klein Jewish Academy, Boca Raton, FL
Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School, Las Vegas, NV
El Paso Jewish Academy, El Paso, TX
The Epstein School, Atlanta, GA
Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit, W. Bloomfield, MI
Gann Academy, Waltham, MA
Gross Hebrew Academy, Miami Beach, FL
Hannah Senesh Community Day School, Brooklyn, NY
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Beverly Hills, CA
Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, Virginia Beach, VA
Hillel Community Day School, Rochester, NY
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, Overland Park, KS
Jewish Community Day School, Newton, MA
Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco, CA
Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, Washington, DC
Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto, CA
Lerner Jewish Community Day School, Durham, NC
Maimonides School, Brookline, MA
Metropolitan Schechter High School, Teaneck, NJ
MetroWest Jewish Day School, Framingham, MA
Milton I. Schwartz Hebrew Academy, Las Vegas, NV
Moriah School, Englewood, NJ
New Community Jewish High School, West Hills, CA
Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School, Toronto, ON
Rashi School, Boston, MA
Rodeph Sholom School, Manhattan, NY
Saligman Middle School, Melrose Park, PA
San Diego Jewish Academy, San Diego, CA
Shoshana S. Cardin Jewish Community High School, Baltimore, MD
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, NJ
Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, MA
Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis, MO
Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, NY
Solomon Schechter High School of New York, NY
Talmud Torah of St. Paul, MN
Tarbut v'Torah Community Day School, Irvine, CA
Toronto Heschel Middle School, Toronto, ON
Weber School, Atlanta, GA
Yeshivat Rambam (Maimonides Academy), Baltimore, MD
Many of our graduates plan to continue in the classroom throughout their professional lives, while others aspire to careers in curriculum development, supervision or administration. After only two to three years in the field, six of our graduates were appointed to senior administrative positions. Others have been recruited for additional responsibilities in areas such as informal education, prayer services, accreditation teams, and parent education.
 The Pardes Educators Program was developed with and is funded by a grant from The AVI CHAI Foundation.
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Support in the Field
The literature is clear on the importance of sustained help for novice teachers. Pardes wants to help its graduates succeed in their chosen career, and therefore has provided the following unique opportunities:
- A 2-week curriculum-writing workshop at the end of the program to help prepare for the first year of teaching.
- Contact with the supervisors of new graduates to encourage induction support before and during the initial years.
- A Fall retreat reunion in North America - a content-rich program including pedagogy workshops, text study, and sharing sessions.
- Summer curriculum writing workshops in Jerusalem following the first and second years of teaching.
- Personal e-mail and phone support from Pardes faculty members to help novice teachers respond to specific challenges.
- School visits by Pardes teachers during the first two years of teaching.
Graduates Speak About Education
"When we speak of education, we are not talking about something that happens. This is not an event with a beginning and an end, nor a process initiated by a teacher, foisted upon a student. Rather, we are talking about the students and teachers in a learning community, together reaching towards their potential as part of a relationship. Our classroom is the world and our curriculum is everything in it."
Evan W.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
BA in Creative Writing and Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
MA in Jewish Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Teacher, Gann Academy - The new Jewish High School of Greater Boston
Tanakh Teacher and Informal Educator, The Weber School, Atlanta
Evan previously taught 9th, 11th and 12th grade Tanakh at Gann Academy where he co-developed the Echad Ha'Am Leadership Fellowship. Evan was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to study Holocaust Education in the 21st century at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and co-authored an article, "The Card: An Educators Encounter with Cancer, " published in the Spring 2004 issue of Family Medicine.
"Students need to be aware of how their assumptions affect their reading of
text. My new course gives them the opportunity to wrestle with the
unanswerable questions fundamental to us all. Students are introduced to
notions of Mosaic / Divine authorship and the development of this idea, and
then introduced to modern Biblical scholarship."
Tamar R.
Cape Town, South Africa
BA in Jewish History
MA in Jewish Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Pardes Educators Program 00-02
Tanakh Teacher, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Washington, DC
Tamar teaches Tanakh to 7th through 11th graders, and helped develop the school's new 7th grade Tanakh curriculum.
"Teaching is a personally and professionally rich career. We have the chance to explore our colorful heritage and share it with young people, and cultivate the next generation of Jews."
Ali F.
Toronto
Bachelors in Jewish Education, McGill University
MA in Jewish Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Pardes Educators Program 00-02
Gross Hebrew Academy, Miami Beach
Ali previously taught Mishna and Chumash, and served as the Tefilah Coordinator at the Toronto Heschel School. She co-authored the recently published book The J-Girl's Guide: The Young Jewish Woman's Handbook for Coming of Age.
 "When I see my students' eyes light up as they find relevance in the Mishna, I feel pride and fulfillment in my choice to become a Jewish Educator."
Mordechai C.
Huntington Beach, California
BA in International Relations, USC
Pardes Educators Program 00-02
Jewish Studies Director, New Community Jewish High School, Los Angeles
Mordechai teaches selected Mishnayot in Jewish Law and Ethics as well as a Talmud elective, and led a 10th grade trip to Israel. This is his second year as Jewish Studies Director for the school.
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