Leo Baeck College Courses

Wednesdays 19, 26 April, 3, 10, 17, 24 May 

The 6 weeks course covers the basics of pedagogy including, child development, differentiation, classroom management, classroom environment and lesson planning. Different pedagogical methods and
approaches are showcased. Between each session, students are asked to do some reading around the topic for the following week.

The course costs £45 (instead of full price of £90) To register and make payment, please click on the sign up button below.

Wednesdays 7, 14, 21, 28 June, 5, 12 July 

This course will focus on how to teach festivals and life cycle events with practical ideas using different teaching and learning methods. For example, the Jewish calendar will be taught through the use of drama, Israel will be taught using different arts and crafts techniques, the Torah will come alive through the art of storytelling, music will be the medium to teach different festivals, the Shoah will be the focus of Jewish history, and Bnei Mitzvah teaching will be approached through creative writing. In addition, the use of simple Hebrew will be used as much as possible in all sessions. 

Between each session, students will be asked to do some reading around the topic for the following week.

The sessions will be taught by Pamela Hartog and a variety of specialist teachers.

The course costs £45 (instead of full price of £90) To register and make payment, please click on the sign up button below.

Wednesdays 13, 20, 27 Sept and 4 Oct 

1. This course highlights how arts and crafts can be used to enhance teaching and learning in any Jewish educational setting for different ages.
The first session examines why we may want to use arts and crafts in our lessons gives guidance in planning an art session. It also covers integrating arts and crafts into other topics and themes. The remaining three sessions will focus specifically on Shabbat, festivals and Israel giving practical ideas for art projects in these topics.
The course helps students to create lesson plans so that participants will come away with ready-to-use lessons for different settings.
Everyone will have the opportunity to create some artwork based on the various techniques demonstrated during the course.
A list of arts and crafts materials will be sent out to all participants before each session.

The course costs £30 (instead of full price of £60)To register and make payment, please click on the sign up button below.