The Jewish Education Experience Podcast

89: Preparing Our Students for the Future with Michelle Farbman

Michelle Farbman Season 2 Episode 89

Michelle Farbman is the Dean of Students at Shulamith school for girls in Long Island, NY. She began teaching in 2008 at YCQ in NY. She was a morah there for 6 years and continued on to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY where she was a morah and became director of Middle school girls. After being there for 7 years, Michelle came to Shulamith as a new administrator.  She received her Bachelors in education from Stern college, a masters in education from Queens college, and completed the YU leadership program. 

Gems:

  • As a new educator, take advantage of the opportunity to be out in the field, learning while teaching.
  • Veteran teachers should mentor and guide new teachers. 
  • Join with other educators who support each other.
  • Learn ways to bring that excitement of Torah and classroom management all into one.
  • Appreciate the privilege that you get to teach others about Hashem and Torah.
  • Feed off your students.
  • Encourage students to think about how they can develop their own relationship with Hashem.
  • Connect with your students.
  • Help students understand what they’re learning and how to apply it to their own lives.
  • We are preparing our children to live their lives as Jews.
  • Prepare students to take ownership of who they are.
  • Teach them why we do what we do.
  • Teach them respect for Hashem, Torah, and the shul.
  • Show them that there is nothing we can do that will prevent us from returning to Hashem.
  • Each child must be taught in their own way.
  • Ask for help.
  • Support our teachers.
  • Teach children resilience.
  • Don’t give up! 
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