Director of Religious School and Sinai High

Temple Sinai of Dresher, PA seeks an experienced educator to serve as part-time (25 hours per week) Director of Religious School and Sinai High (our Hebrew High School program through 10^th grade), comprising approximately 110 students. Religious School meets on Sunday mornings from 9:30 am – 12:45 pm and Tuesday afternoons from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Sinai High meets on Tuesday evenings from 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm.

Temple Sinai is a vibrant inclusive egalitarian Conservative synagogue comprising roughly 400 households in the Philadelphia suburb of Montgomery County. Temple Sinai provides a variety of worship opportunities and programs including daily minyanim, Shabbat and festival services, a year-round Preschool (including a Summer Camp program), social action programs, an active adult education program, as well as Sisterhood, Mens Club and Hazak groups.

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter to [email protected]. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Curriculum

• Monitor and report on effectiveness of the curriculum.
• Supervise and work with teachers to ensure that their instruction of the curriculum is as effective and engaging as possible.

Personnel

• Responsible for Religious School/Sinai High staff hiring, development, and retention.
• Assure that necessary plans are in place for staff training, certification, evaluation, record keeping, and administration.
• Develop and implement professional development for teachers.

Finances

• Create annual operating budget for the Religious School and Sinai High.
• Monitor year-to-date expenditures and provide suggestions for remediation when expenditures outpace budgeted projections.

Student Development

• Maintain standards for student attendance, participation, learning, evaluation, and testing.
• Assist teachers in identifying and responding to individual student needs.
• Introduce age-appropriate programming and services that promote Jewish values and identity.
• In collaboration with clergy, coordinate Religious School and family programs such as grade-based dinners, grade Shabbatot, Family education programs, etc.
• In collaboration with clergy and Professional Staff, coordinate High Holiday programming for RS and SH students ensuring there is appropriate staffing.
• In collaboration with clergy and Sinai High teachers, prepare and implement lessons for Sinai High students 7th-10th grade.

Communication

• Maintain regular communication with parents through emails, Constant Contact newsletters, updated website content, mailings, and face to face meetings.

Administration

• Supervise Religious School administrative assistant.
• Attend weekly professional staff meetings.
• Assist in the transition of Preschool families to Religious School.
• Collaborate with Professional staff around calendar requests, schedules and facilities.
• Submit status reports for Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings. 
• Participate in Religious School and Youth Programming committees.

Community Relations

• Represent Temple Sinai in community wide programs involving Religious School students, promoting membership involvement and recruitment.
• In collaboration with clergy, serve as a community partner to various organizations including Jewish Learning Venture, Bux-Mont Kehillah, and Moving Traditions with initiatives involving Religious School aged children.