Our congregation is in the beginning stages of a complete overhaul of the Sunday morning Judaics curriculum for our religious school, and we are seeking a curriculum consultant/writer. We are located in Cincinnati, Ohio, but are open to virtual collaboration with a curriculum partner in another location.

Our school serves approximately 230 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and employs approximately 20 teachers and 40 teen madrichim. During the 2020-2021 school year we are meeting virtually due to the pandemic, but normally we gather from 9:15-11:45 a.m. on Sundays.

Our intention is to move from a traditional religious school model to an integrated model of educational, social, and spiritual experiences for youth that redefines what Sunday morning means for our students and their families, and maximizes the impact of the two and a half hours we have together as a community each week.

If we are successful, our transformed learning community will reflect the following sacred values that we have identified as essential and distinctive to Wise Temple. We are committed to integration, inclusion, and relating to each member of our learning community as a whole person. We believe we can make profound improvements in each of these areas and we are seeking a guide and a partner who will help us move in the directions we have identified:

Integration of Educational, Social, and Spiritual Experiences
Welcoming and Inclusion
Focus on Social and Emotional Learning

Our partner(s) in this project will collaborate closely with the Director of Religious School and the Senior Rabbi to explore possible ways that the above goals could be implemented in a comprehensive curriculum for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. We envision that this will be a multi-step process including:

Consultation
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Creation

We look forward to engaging in a partnership with someone who can help us to achieve these goals!

For more information, please contact Ms. Courtney Anthony at [email protected]