designer education for new millennium teens part 1
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Designer Education for New Millennium Teens (Part 1)
Coalition for Jewish Learning’s
Teen Days of Discovery,
Social Action, and the Arts
and Mini-Schools Programming
Presented by JoAnne GaudynskiTeen Enrichment CoordinatorCoalition for Jewish Learning7161 N. Port Washington Road / 6255 N. Port Washington RoadMilwaukee, WI 53217Phone: (414) 247-1991 / 963-2728 Fax: (414) 247-5638 / 963-2711E-mail: [email protected]: www.cjlmilwaukee.org/Teens/cjlteens_news.htm
Coalition for Jewish Learning is the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. CJL promotes and advances Jewish education in the greater Milwaukee community, provides a support system for the community's institutions of Jewish learning, and forges coalitions to ensure excellence in Jewish education.
Prior CJL Teen Programming--Some History Tichon-various incarnations Machon/Merkaz—1999-2003 Teen Education Committee-2004 Jewish Teen Day of Discovery-2005, 2006, and
2007 Teen Day of Social Action-2006, 2007 Teen Day of the Arts—2007 Mini-School of the Arts—2007
Growth of CJL’s Teen Days
Jewish Teen Day of Discovery
January 2005, 2006 and 2007
Teen Day of Social Action
April 2006and March 2007
Jewish TeenDay of the ArtsOctober 2006
Mini-School of the Arts--Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project
January 2007
Why did prior programming fail?
Post B’nai Mitzvah attrition rate
Religious “latency period” Competing activities Lack of relevant choices Lack of opportunities to be
“real” and take responsibility
“Territoriality”—need to “Connect the Silos”
Supplementary SchoolCensus
Grade 2005 2006
7th 112 70
8th 85 74
9th 74 83 10th 58 55 11th 3 7 12th 0 0
What do teens want?
High interest topics Low time commitment/drop in-drop out Exciting, non-school settings Interactive activities/hands-on experiences Buy-in to the planning process Novelty Ability to make a real difference
How do we know what teens want?
Teen committees, focus groups, interns On-line surveys, exit surveys Studies Blogs Phone interviews Individual conversations with teens, parents,
youth group leaders, and other educators Help from college marketing students
Some Hallmarks of CJL’s Teen Programming Consensus and buy-in Flexible time frames Niche programming and marketing Diversity and inclusion Leadership development Full scale publicity—local, regional,
national, and on-line
Consensus and Partnerships
Synagogue schools/Principals’ Council Day schools Local agencies, JCC Regional agencies Youth groups—BBYO, NCSY, NIFTY, USY,
Young Judaea, Chabad and others Other youth servers JVibe Magazine
Publicity
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Journal-Sentinel Religious Events Column TV News, radio Website with links to partners Postcards, rave cards and letters Posters and signs—Chinese restaurants, JOBs, coffee houses and
orthodontists! E-mail chains—teens, synagogues, agencies Out of town contacts Synagogue bulletins High school personnel
Jewish Teen Day of Discovery
Format included registration, nosh, 20 learning sessions, lunch, entertainment
Presenters drawn from all segments of the community
Attended by 164 teens in 2005; 184 in 2006 including groups from Madison and Green Bay synagogues; over 150 in 2007
Jewish Teen Day of Discovery Learning Sessions
Physical and Interactive—Krav Maga, Israeli Dance, Jewish/Israeli Cooking, Metalworking
Controversial and Thought Provoking—Jews and Booze, Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality, Evolution vs. Intelligent Design, Diversity in the Jewish Community
Jewish Teen Day of Discovery Learning Sessions
Trendy, but text-based—Kabbalah, Jews and Tattoos, Medical Ethics, Women and Equality
Traditional—A Taste of Yiddish, Midrash, Anti-Semitism
Pop Culture—Jewish Contributions to the Music Scene, Jews and the Media