Featured Workshops and Presenters at Upcoming Kinus Mechanchos
The world of Chinuch is constantly changing, with new methods, ideas and tools constantly being introduced, and the Kinus Mechanchos features presenters who share the most cutting-edge methods that are
by COLlive Editor · COLliveThe world of Chinuch is constantly changing, with new methods, ideas and tools constantly being introduced, and the Kinus Mechanchos features presenters who share the most cutting-edge methods that are aligned with Torah’s values. Over the two days of the 11th annual Kinus Mechanchos Chabad, on 21-22 Av / August 4-5, in Stamford, CT, participants will be able to attend sessions that are geared for the age group and subject they teach, for a personally curated experience. Specialized tracks include early childhood, lower elementary, upper elementary, high school, general studies, and school leadership. There will also be a workshop track with sessions in Hebrew, as this year’s Kinus will be featuring the largest international representation.
Workshops across all the tracks will center on this year’s Kinus theme of Connection. Beginning with the early childhood track, topics include: The Skills Children Need Before Letters and Reading with Mrs. Lakey Silber, M.S. Ed, Mastering Transitions in Your Classroom with Mrs. Pearl Stroh, Supporting High Needs Children in a Mainstream Classroom with Yocheved Shapiro, M. Ed, Teaching Through Puppets and More with Mrs. Tammy Chayempour, and more.
Elementary school sessions will explore a range of topics from Practical Tools to Building Community and Collaboration in the classroom with Morah Rivka Horowitz, and Helping Students Love Their Learning with Morah Esty Blau, to Setting Up Chavrusah Learning for Success with Mrs. Hadassa Shemtov and Incorporating Multiple Skills Into One Chumash Lesson with Dr. Sara Rosenfeld, among many others.
Conversations With Students That Empower Instead of Impose with Mrs. Ita Selengut, M.S. Ed., as well as Redesigning Assessments in the Age of AI with Mrs. Batsheva Slapochnik, will enhance the middle and high school tracks, in addition to the Visual Literacy session with Mrs. Nechama Salfer, MA, MS, and Proven Methods for the General Studies Classroom with Mrs. Tanya Rubin, M. Ed., that are both part of the comprehensive general studies track.
School leaders will also enjoy their own track of sessions, focusing on Building Healthy School Boundaries with Mrs. Debbie Fox, LCSW and Mrs.Yudi Blauner, as well as the Rebbe’s Hora’os for school leaders with Morah Shana Tiechtel, among others.
A comprehensive range of general sessions for all Mechanchos will be featuring Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky for an Ask the Rav session on Chinuch in Halacha and Chassidishe Hashkafah, Balancing Relationships and Boundaries with Dr. Dovid Fox, and Supporting Students who have R”L lost a parent with Mrs. Sarah Rivkah Kohn of Links Family.
To find out more about topics and presenters at this year’s extended program in honor of 50 years of Mivtzah Chinuch, and to register for the program before spots run out, visit chinuchconvention.org.
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