Gateways is dedicated to helping educators, administrators, clergy, and lay leaders throughout the Jewish community build a more inclusive world. Whatever Jewish educational setting you come from, we have something for you!
Based on our most requested and popular offerings, Gateways’ Core Professional Development Workshops are available for organizations to provide for their staff for the 2024-25 school year. Core Workshops are taught by Gateways staff who are experts in their respective fields. All workshops are two hours in length. Similar organizations may choose to partner with one another to participate in joint learning.
Gateways is grateful for the support of Boston’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies, which allows us to offer discounted rates for local trainings All pricing is for a 2 hour course
These topics are tailored, where appropriate, to fit your specific educational setting, whether you’re at a supplementary or congregational school, preschool or early learning center, or Jewish day school. See pages 3-6 for detailed course descriptions. Register at this link or with the QR code: https://bit.ly/CPL24-25
Supporting Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs
Proactive Behavior Management
Universal Design for Learning
Inclusive Lesson Planning
Neurodiversity
Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Disabilities
Autism
ADHD
Teen Madrichim Training Differentiation and Modification*
*Advanced course and requires school has trained staff in one of other core workshops
Workshop Gateways Instructor*
Supporting Student Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs in Supplementary School
Proactive Behavior
Management: Planning for Success in Supplementary School
Ali Shwartz, Mental Health Specialist
Jodi Katz, Behavioral Specialist
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) — Supplementary School
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Inclusive Lesson
Planning in Supplementary School
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Supplementary School
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
*Instructors are subject to change
Discover actionable strategies and evidence-based interventions to address the escalating social-emotional and mental health demands across all student age groups. In this session, participants will delve into targeted classroom activities and proactive approaches proven effective in bolstering the mental well-being of children in the supplementary school setting. You will gain insights into methodologies such as mindfulness practices, trauma-informed teaching techniques, and cognitivebehavioral strategies that will support your most vulnerable students and create strong, lasting relationships.
How can educators feel less overwhelmed by challenging behaviors in their classroom? In this session, participants will learn how behavior is a form of communication and how to identify what purpose unexpected classroom behaviors might be serving. You will learn the functions of behavior and how to address each one systematically. The session will empower educators to utilize proactive strategies for challenging behaviors and, when challenging behaviors do occur, to find the right tools for all to succeed.
In this workshop, participants will learn the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework used to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all students. You will learn how to provide students with multiple means to engage with, represent, and express their learning. By using these principles, educators can create accessible learning environments for all students.
Creating thoughtful and inclusive lessons requires intentionality and skill. Gateways will work with your educators on a process that will enable them to develop engaging lessons that support all students in their classrooms. Educators will walk away with multiple options for lesson plan templates, organizing tools, engaging ideas and tools for differentiated instruction.
People experience and interact with the world around them in many ways. There is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and differences should not be viewed as deficits. This session will help educators understand neurodiversity and create learning environments in which neurodivergent students can thrive.
Workshop Gateways Instructor* Description
Supporting Students with Dyslexia and Other Language Based Learning Disabilities in Supplementary School
Supporting Students with ADHD in Supplementary School
Miriam Fein, Reading and Language Specialist
Supporting Autistic Students in Supplementary School
Brian Coonley, Director of Professional Learning and Consultation
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Dyslexia, a disability that results in difficulty reading, impacts all areas of learning. In this workshop, educators will learn to create supplementary school environments that allow for students with language-based learning disabilities to be successful.
Teen Madrichim
Training — Introduction
Differentiation and Modifications (Advanced Course Offering)
Jodi Katz, Behavioral Specialist
Nearly 10% of children will be diagnosed with ADHD at some point in their lives. In this workshop, educators will consider how to adapt their environments and teaching modalities to set students with ADHD up for success within the supplementary school setting.
Often, the burden is placed on Autistic students to adapt to neurotypical settings that are not designed with their profiles and needs in mind. This workshop will lay the foundation for creating classrooms, lessons, activities, and systems that proactively set Autistic students up for success.
When Teen Madrichim (teachers’ aides) are trained properly and utilized effectively in congregational school classrooms, inclusion becomes possible as students can now access the support they need. Through the Gateways Teen Madrichim Curriculum, teens are empowered with in-the-moment strategies for adapting and modifying the environment to set students up for success. This workshop will start the process of preparing school leaders and teachers to implement the training curriculum and support teen madrichim.
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
*Instructors are subject to change
As educators prioritize inclusion in the classroom, they may want to delve deeper into methods for differentiating instruction and adapting curriculum to address students' unique needs. This advanced course will build upon prior workshops on Universal Design for Learning and Inclusive Lesson Planning. This advanced course will build upon prior workshops on Universal Design for Learning and inclusive lesson planning and lead to a deeper understanding of how to reach the needs of all types of students in all types of classrooms.
Workshop Gateways Instructor*
Supporting the Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs of Early Learners
Ali Shwartz, Mental Health Specialist
Proactive Behavior
Management: Planning for Success — ELC Jodi Katz, Behavioral Specialist
Discover actionable strategies and evidence-based interventions to address the escalating social-emotional and mental health demands across all student age groups. In this session, we will delve into targeted classroom activities and proactive approaches proven effective in bolstering the mental well-being of children in early learning settings. Gain insights into methodologies such as mindfulness practices, trauma-informed teaching techniques, and cognitivebehavioral strategies that will support your most vulnerable students and create strong, lasting relationships.
How can educators feel less overwhelmed by challenging behaviors in their classroom? In this session, participants will learn how behavior is a form of communication and how to identify what purpose unexpected classroom behaviors might be serving. You will learn the functions of behavior and how to address each one systematically. The session will empower early childhood educators to utilize proactive strategies to challenging behaviors and, when challenging behaviors do occur, to find the right tools for all to succeed.
Creating an Inclusive Early Learning Classroom
Supporting Neurodivergent Students in the Early Childhood Classroom
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Supporting Autistic Students in the Early Childhood Classroom
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Supporting all students in the early childhood classroom, regardless of their needs, learning styles, and areas of challenge, is not an easy task. In this workshop, participants will explore inclusive ways to set up the early childhood classroom environment and to create curriculum so that all students can find success.
People experience and interact with the world around them in many ways. There is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and differences should not be viewed as deficits. This session will help educators understand neurodiversity and create preschool learning environments in which neurodivergent students can thrive.
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
*Instructors are subject to change
Often, the burden is placed on Autistic students to adapt to neurotypical settings that are not designed with their profiles and needs in mind. This workshop will lay the foundation for creating classrooms, lessons, activities, and systems that proactively set Autistic students up for success.
Workshop Gateways Instructor*
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) — Jewish Day Schools
Inclusive Lesson Planning in Jewish Day Schools
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
In this workshop, participants will learn the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework used to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all students. In this workshop educators will learn how to provide students with multiple means to engage with, represent, and express their learning. By using these principles, educators can create accessible learning environments for all students.
Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Jewish Day Schools
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Supporting Student Social-Emotional and Mental Health Needs in Jewish Day School
Elana Naftalin-Kelman, Special Education Consultant
Creating thoughtful and inclusive lessons requires intentionality and skill. Gateways will work with your educators on a process that will enable them to develop engaging lessons that support all students in their classrooms.
Proactive Behavior Management in Jewish Day Schools
Ali Shwartz, Mental Health Specialist
People experience and interact with the world around them in many ways. There is no one "right" way of thinking, learning, and behaving, and differences should not be viewed as deficits. This session will help educators understand neurodiversity and create Jewish day school learning environments in which neurodivergent students can thrive.
Discover actionable strategies and evidence-based interventions to address the escalating social-emotional and mental health demands across all student age groups. In this session, we will delve into targeted classroom activities and proactive approaches proven effective in bolstering the mental well-being of children within the school setting. Gain insights into methodologies such as mindfulness practices, trauma-informed teaching techniques, and cognitivebehavioral strategies that will support your most vulnerable students and create strong, lasting relationships.
Jodi Katz, Behavioral Specialist
*Instructors are subject to change
How can educators feel less overwhelmed by challenging behaviors in their classroom? In this session, participants will learn how behavior is a form of communication and how to identify what purpose unexpected classroom behaviors might be serving. You will learn the functions of behavior and how to address each one systematically. The session will empower educators to utilize proactive strategies to challenging behaviors and, when challenging behaviors do occur, to find the right tools for all to succeed.
Beyond our Core Workshops, Gateways continues to offer other customizable professional development and support. If you are interested in one of these offerings, please email cplinfo@jgateways.org to discuss a proposal and our pricing model for these offerings.
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