About the Course
This 5-session series offers an in-depth exploration of the Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach to teaching and unit design. Through a combination of observation and guided instruction, participants will examine PBL in action and analyze the key elements and steps involved in planning and implementing an effective PBL unit. Throughout the series, participants will also design their own PBL unit, which they can implement in their own classrooms.
Learn a Powerful, Student-Centered Approach to Jewish Education
Discover how Project-Based Learning (PBL) can engage students in meaningful, authentic learning that connects deeply with Jewish texts, values, and real-world applications.
Create a Ready-to-Use PBL Unit for Your Classroom
Throughout the 5-session series, you’ll develop your own PBL unit, with time built in for feedback, peer collaboration, and guidance.
Build Skills You Can Apply Again and Again
Gain a clear understanding of the steps and structure of PBL, equipping you to design future units that foster student inquiry, ownership, and deeper learning across multiple areas of Jewish studies.
Meet Your Instructor:
Susan Yammer works for the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. In that capacity, she serves as the co-director of Novice Teacher Support, pedagogy teacher as well as a teaching mentor for the current graduate students. Before making aliyah in 2007, she worked for more than 30 years as a classroom teacher, educational director and teaching mentor in Jewish Day Schools, afternoon Hebrew schools and summer camps in the United States. She has a Master’s degree in Jewish Education and is a recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education.
Take the Leap into Project-Based Learning Today
Enhance your students' learning experience with by gaining inside knowledge and skills of project-based learning.
$300.00
More about this Course...
In this hands-on series, participants will be introduced to the foundations of Project-Based Learning (PBL), explore its 7 key elements, and review examples relevant to Jewish studies. Each educator will select a topic and, step by step, design their own PBL unit: creating a Driving Question (DQ), developing launch activities, identifying key milestones, and building supporting resources. Along the way, participants will receive peer feedback and expert guidance, refining their unit throughout the process. The series will culminate with presentations of participants’ completed PBL units, ready for classroom use.