Resources
These resources from the Orchard will be housed on this page until they move to the Orchard's new website in fall 2023. www.theorchardece.org
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Advocacy Grassroots Advocacy, 7/23/20 📁 Hear Our Voices: The Power of Playful Inquiry, with Matt Karlsen of the Opal School, 10/26/20 📁 To Lead Is To Advocate, with Amy O'Leary, 1/25/21 🎥📁 A Jewish Voice at the Advocacy Table, with NCJW, 3/8/21 🎥 The Role of Childcare in the Lives of Women, with the National Women's Law Center, 4/12/21 🎥 Universal Preschool; What could this mean for Jewish ECE? 5/24/21 🎥📁 Holidays Sharefest: High Holiday Edition, 9/24/20 🎥 Thinking Together Before We Teach: Conversations for developing an antiracist approach to Thanksgiving, 10/29/20 🎥📁 Chanukah Exploration. Found Paper & Light, 11/19/20 🎥📁 Purim Paper Play, with the Eric Carle Museum, 2/11/21 📁 Seder in the Sandbox: Infant and Toddler Edition, 3/4/21 🎥📁 Seder in the Sandbox: Pre-K and Kindergarten Edition, 3/11/21 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Chanukah edition, 10/28/21 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Tu B'Shvat edition, 12/9/21 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Purim edition, 1/27/22 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Passover edition, 3/24/22 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Omer and Yom Ha'Atzmaut edition, 4/7/22 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Shavuot edition, 4/28/22 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Chanukah edition, 10/27/22 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Tu B'Shvat edition, 1/5/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Purim edition, 1/26/23 🎥📁 Purim Through a Lens of DEI, 2/23/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Passover edition, 3/9/23 🎥 Passover Through a Lens of DEI, 3/23/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: The Omer edition 4/20/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Shavuot edition 5/4/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur edition 8/17/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Sukkot edition 9/21/23 🎥📁 Rhythms of the Jewish Year: Shabbat edition 10/12/23 🎥📁 Leadership Seeing Past the Present: Leadership and Vision; with Erica Brown. In partnership with the Covenant Foundation, 5/11/20 🎥📁 The Innovator’s Process: Live case studies in designing for an evolving future; with Erik Ludwig, 6/22/20 🎥📁 Keys to Rebuilding Enrollment in the Wake of COVID-19; with Julie Wassom, 7/20/20 🎥📁 'Tis the Season for Reflective Supervision, 9/14/20 🎥📁 Finding and Kindling the Light, with the Jewish Studio Project. A reflective session for leaders. Brought to you by The Jewish Education Project, 11/16/20 🎥📁 Empowering Teachers & Building Motivation, with Bamidbar Wilderness Therapy, 2/8/21 🎥📁 We Did It: Reflecting on our accomplishments & looking ahead, with Tamar Andrews and AJU, 5/3/21 🎥📁 Recovering from the Trauma of the Pandemic, with Betsy Stone, 6/7/21 🎥 Blessing Our Year with Intention and Celebration, with Kendell Pinkney, Yanira Quinones, & Heather Miller, 10/4/21 🎥📁 Teachers Supervision & Observation, 11/8/21 🎥📁 Approaches & Strategies for Budgeting in Early Childhood Centers, 11/15/21 🎥📁 Advocating for Higher Wages and Compensation, 12/13/21 🎥 Developing Alternative Revenue Streams: Fundraising, 1/24/22 🎥📁 Financial Benchmarking, 3/28/22 🎥 Elevating Faculty & Staff Development, 11/07/22 🎥 Fostering an Extraordinary Staff Culture, 11/28/22 🎥 What the Torah Can Teach Us About Leading Change, 12/05/22 🎥 Welcoming: Beginning our Professional Relationships with Intention 1/9/23 🎥 Running Engaging & Impactful Staff Meetings 10/23/23 🎥 Pandemic The Jewish Education Project. Supporting Socialization and Parents During a Time of Isolation, 4/27/20 🎥 Emerging Thinking about ECE Day Camp 2020, 4/30/20 📁 JCCA & URJ. Conversation about childcare strategy: How do we approach reopening?, 5/1/20 📁 A Legal Lens for the Journey Ahead with Tom Copeland, plus reflections on reopening from the San Antonio JCC, 5/18/20 🎥📁 The Pillars of Cloud and Fire: Guidance and Light for the Journey, with Meir Muller, Ellen Dietrick, Monica Wiedel-Lubinski, and Noah Hichenberg, 5/4/20 🎥📁 Envisioning the Future of Education: Journalist Anya Kamenetz, 5/21/20 🎥📁 International Perspectives: Educators from Israel, Denmark, & Norway reflect on reopening, 6/1/20 🎥📁 Reflections on Reopening from the Boulder Journey School, 7/13/20 🎥📁 We Did It: Reflecting on our accomplishments & looking ahead, with Tamar Andrews and AJU, 5/3/21 🎥📁 How Are Our Families Faring, with Debbi Cooper and PJ Library, 5/10/21 🎥 Virtual learning Emerging Practices in Virtual Jewish Toddler Education, 3/31/20 📁 Passover Planning for Virtual Jewish Early Childhood Ed, 3/21/20 📁 Emerging Practices in Virtual Jewish Early Childhood Ed, 3/19/20 🎥 Revisiting Online Teaching & Learning, 8/13/20 🎥📁 Screen Time During a Pandemic: Supporting Children and Families, 4/21/20 📁 |
Child development Social-Constructivism Developing Provocations for Children, 10/7/21 🎥📁 Literacy Learning with Teaching Beyond the Square, 10/14/21 🎥📁 Power Play with Teaching Beyond the Square, 11/4/2021 🎥📁 Long-Term Investigations with Teaching Beyond the Square, 11/7/2021 🎥 Implementing a Cycle of Observation, Documentation, and Assessment with Boulder Journey School, 10/6/2022 🎥 Developing Emergent Curriculum with Teaching Beyond the Square, 10/20/2022 🎥 Other Approaching Transitions: Ending our Year with Positivity, Reflection, and Ritual, 4/30/20 🎥 The Atelier of Taste: Ethics, Traditions, and Stories, 12/3/20 🎥📁 Newish to Jewish, session 1, 12/16/21 🎥 Newish to Jewish, session 2, 3/3/22 🎥 Newish to Jewish, session 3, 4/14/22 🎥 Newish to Jewish, session 4, 6/8/22 🎥 Newish to Jewish, session 1 9/15/22 🎥 Newish to Jewish, session 2, 11/17/22 🎥 Spirituality: Torah Godly Play with Rabbi Michael Shire, 11/03/22 🎥 Newish to Jewish, Torah and Text, 10/26/23 🎥 |
Communication The Role of Communication in the Wilderness; with West End Strategy Team, 6/8/20 🎥📁 Shared Pride, Shared Partnership: Meaningful Parent Communications, 7/16/20 🎥📁 Families Exploring the Associations between Jewish Early Care and Education and Jewish Engagement: Research to Inform Practice; with CASJE and Child Trends, 6/29/20 🎥📁 New Year, New Partnership. How educators can support families in achieving shalom bayit, with Wendy Mogel, 10/19/20 📁 How Are Our Families Faring, with Debbi Cooper and PJ Library, 5/10/20 🎥 Screen Time During a Pandemic: Supporting Children and Families, 4/21/20 📁 Building Community in Socially Distant Times, 8/6/20 📁 Visions of Family Engagement, 11/14/22 🎥 Working with Families to Support Child Development, 10/16/23 🎥 Justice, equity, & diversity Talking About Race and Racism with Children, 6/9/20 🎥📁 Embarking on the Anti-Bias Journey, 7/2/20 🎥📁 Black Lives Matter. Racial Justice in ECE, 9/3/20 🎥📁 Creating Welcoming Environments for Young Children with Gender Expansive Behavior and/or Identity and for Families and Staff of all Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities, 10/15/21 📁 Embracing all Cultures & Identities: Welcoming Interfaith Families, 1/6/22 🎥📁 Being a More Inclusive and Anti-Racist Leader, 1/31/22 🎥📁 Preparing Ourselves and Our Spaces for A year Rooted in Equity , 9/22/22 🎥📁 Frameworks for Exploring Race in the Early Childhood Classroom , 12/15/22 🎥📁 American Holidays Through the Equity Lens: Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day 9/28/23 🎥 Nature Get Back to the Wilderness: Leveraging the crisis to live our pro-nature values; with Eric Nelson and the Boulder JCC, 7/27/20 🎥📁 Jewish Education Project. Intro to Outdoor Teaching, 8/18/20 🎥📁 |