Chavi Abramson, born and raised in Baltimore, MD, is a middle school Judaics teacher at Ohr Chadash Academy in Baltimore. She has been in education for 15 years. Chavi has a Masters in Negotiations and Conflict Management. Throughout her career in education, she has taught high school Judaics, kindergarten general studies, and more recently began teaching middle school Judaics. Chavi is involved as a lay leader in Baltimore's Associated and currently CO-chair their Young Leadership Council.
Gems:
- Don’t be afraid to teach different grade levels.
- Build relationships with your students.
- Look for different ways to challenge your brain.
- Figure out how to bring Torah to life.
- A teacher who has a strong, trusting, and mutually respectful relationship with their students will be able to create a classroom that is conducive to learning.
- Learn from the best teachers and use their ideas.
- Hold students to very high standards.
- Transform your classroom so that it aligns with the standards you’re trying to teach.
- Make your classroom more interactive.
- Give your students autonomy over their learning.
- If we believe in the potential of our students, they will strive to reach that level.
- Be willing to change.
- Set the tone from the beginning.
- Ask questions.
- Validate your students.
- Highlight the things that are joyful and enjoyable within Judaism.
- When we look for Hashem, we’ll see him more.
- The little things matter.
- Admit when you don’t know the answer.
- We’re all on our own journey.
- Become a master at what the students are interested in.
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