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2024 - 2025 |
| June |
Summer Self-Care Plan for Educators • The Importance and Benefits of Having Animals in the Classroom • ECE-RJ has been named a 2025-2026 YES Fund Grantee • 2026 ECE-RJ Conference in Philadelphia • Announcing Our Intensive Leaders • Announcing Our Artist In Residence • ECE-RJ Membership Renewal for the 2025-2026 Membership Year Has Begun! • Get Your ECE-RJ Swag On! • Upcoming Events • New Directors' Institute 2026 |
| May |
And If You’re Thinking about Retirement, Consider This • Nurturing Ourselves as We Nurture Our Students: The Call for Continued Professional Learning • Looking Back, Moving Forward: 25 Years of ECE-RJ • You Are Invited to the ECE-RJ Annual Celebration on Tuesday, May 20th, at 4 PM EST • Save the Date for the 2026 Annual Conference • ECE-RJ Membership Renewal Begins June 1! • Get Your ECE-RJ Swag On! • Upcoming Events • New Directors' Institute 2026 • Birthright for Educators |
| April |
Running a Successful Early Childhood School Year & Summer Program • Making the Most of Rainy Days • Save the Date for our Annual Celebration • Birthright for Educators • NEW DIRECTORS INSTITUTE 2026 • Vote Reform Today! • Save the Date for the 2026 Annual Conference • Get Your ECE-RJ Swag On! • Upcoming Events • ECE-RJ Membership Renewal Has Its Rewards! |
| March |
Israel Through the Lens of an Early Childhood Educator • Succession Planning Helps Avoid Scramble to Find New ECE Leader • Honor an Early Childhood Educator’s Dedication—Submit Your Nomination Today • Support our 25th Anniversary Tree of Life Tallit Project! • Reflections On Twenty-Five Years Of Success • Save the Date for the 2026 Annual Conference • Save the Date for our Annual Celebration • Get Your ECE-RJ Swag On! • Vote Reform Today • Upcoming Events • Give the Gift of ECE-RJ Membership to Your Early Childhood Director and Staff • Empower Your Team with ECE-RJ Membership! |
| February |
Building a Culture of Collaboration: Insights from an Intensive • Purim Activities for the Early Childhood Classroom • The Story of ECE-RJ: Imagining the Possibilities • Gratitude for the WRJ YES Fund’s Support • Thank You for Supporting the Yom Chadash 2025 Ad Journal! • Announcing 2025-2026 Membership Pricing • Upcoming Events • Give the Gift of ECE-RJ Membership to Your Early Childhood Director and Staff |
| January |
A Prayer of Healing and Hope• Sheriff or Ally? Rethinking Our Relationships with Young Children • It’s All About Trees! Resources for Tu B’Shevat • ECE-RJ is Turning 25! • Thank you to our Yom Chadash Sponsors • Upcoming Events • Why You're A Proud Member of ECE-RJ |
| December |
It’s Time to Say Thank You. Are You Ready? • Advocacy and Equitable Hiring Practices • Our Journey in Early Childhood Jewish Education: A Sacred Partnership • ECE-RJ is Turning 25! • Virtual Ad Journal • CELEBRATING JOY AND INSPIRATION: HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOM CHADASH 2025 • Celebrations and Retirement • Upcoming Events |
| November |
Reflections on Our Time with the Remarkable Jonathan Chapman • These Are a Few of My Favorite Things • ECE-RJ is Turning 25! • Virtual Ad Journal • 'New-ish' Director Cohort #2 • Upcoming Events • Support Teacher Retention through Professional Growth |
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| September |
Professional Development at Your Fingertips! • Rosh Ha-Shanah. Stop and Smell the Honey • October 7th and After: A Reflection on Our Task Ahead • A Celebration of Growth, Achievement, and Vision • Conference Format • Yom Chadash Schedule • Last Chance To Join 'New-ish' Director Cohort #2 • Upcoming Events • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| August |
Have I Got a Story for You! • Setting the Tone for the School Year • The Power of Mentoring in Early Education • Conference Updates • Last Chance To Sign Up For The ECE-RJ Mentor Program • Upcoming Events • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| June |
Creating an Inclusive School Environment • How to Unwind and Re-charge Your Batteries for Next Fall • Lisa Samick's Reflections From Our ECE-RJ Annual Celebration • ECE-RJ Mentor Program is Kicking Off for 2024-2025 • New Directors' Institute • New-ish Director Cohort #2- Forming Now! • Yom Chadash Pricing and Early Bird Registration Information • ECE-RJ Pre-Conference: Celebrating CONNECTIONS • Upcoming Events • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| May |
Time to Reflect • ECE-RJ Mentorship Program • New Directors' Institute • Woman of Valor • The Marc Newman Shomrei Or Award • New-ish Director Cohort #2- Forming Now! • Yom Chadash Pricing and Early Bird Registration Information • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| April |
First Timers, Ducks, and the Most Welcoming Space Imaginable • Teachers Take Manhattan - Lessons from the Field • Nominations Are Now Open • New-ish Director Cohort #2- Forming Now! • Save The Date - Yom Chadash 2025 • Call For Volunteers • Upcoming Events • Equitable Hiring Training • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| March |
Beyond the Dollars and Cents • How Sabbatical Can Be an Important Investment in Your Early Childhood Director • Passover Resources for the Early Childhood Classroom • Save The Date - Annual Meeting and Celebration • Save The Date - Yom Chadash 2025 • Call For Volunteers • Upcoming Events • Invest In The Gift Of ECE-RJ Membership |
| February |
Multigenerational Programing • Save The Date - Annual Meeting and Celebration • Save The Date - Yom Chadash 2025 • Call For Volunteers • Upcoming Events • 2024-2025 ECE-RJ Membership Dues |
| January |
Everyone Who Feels Blindsided, It's Time To Wake Up Before It's Too Late • A Story About Values, About Israel, and Israeli Early Childhood Centers During the War • Yom Chadash D'Var Torah • Did You Attend Yom Chadash 2024? • 2024 Yom Chadash Virtual Ad Journal • Upcoming Events • Yom Chadash Sponsors • Yom Chadash 2025 SAVE THE DATE |
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2023 |
| November |
The Measureless Challenge Of Teaching In Dark Times • My Journey to the March ~ Reflections on D.C. From an Early Childhood Professional and Member of ECE-RJ • Yom Chadash – The New Gathering Registration Ending Soon! • Helpful Yom Chadash Links • Upcoming Events • Invest In The Gift Of ECE-RJ Membership |
| October |
I Am Not Ok • Enriching Connections between School, Home, & Jewish Values • Yom Chadash – The New Gathering Registration Now OPEN! • Details to Help Plan Your Travel • Helpful Yom Chadash Links • Upcoming Events • I found my people at the ECE-RJ Conference in 2015 |
| September |
Can You Bring The Green Jello? • Hachnasat Orchim: Welcoming Guests • Pop-up Conferences Provide Unplanned Access to Professional Development • Yom Chadash – The New Gathering Registration Now OPEN! • Request for Proposals • Details to Help Plan Your Travel • Helpful Yom Chadash Links • The Orchard Learning Grants • Upcoming Events • New Year = New ECE-RJ Opportunities |
| July/August |
Getting Your Mind and Soul Ready for the New School Year • Tikkun Olam, Mitzvot, and Tzedakah as the Inspirations to Design Early Childhood Play Ecosystems • Exciting New Opportunity for New(ish) and Experienced Directors! • New Director Co-Hort #2 starts this fall! • Survey-What are you looking for in terms of Professional Development this year? • Dues Should Not Be a Barrier to Membership • Upcoming Events |
| June |
3-Part Professional Development Summer Series • The Best of...Summer Reading • Yom Chadash - The New Gathering • New Directors' Institute • Upcoming Events • URJ Pulse+ Survey • Membership in ECE-RJ: Unlocking Valuable Resources |
| May |
The Best of Professional Development • Jewish in the Summer • Save The Date: Yom Chadash - The New Gathering • ECE-RJ Annual Celebration • We want to celebrate YOU!!! • Upcoming Events • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| April |
What’s Jewish about Pre-K Graduation • ECE-RJ Annual Celebration • ECE-RJ Annual Award Nominations are OPEN! • 2023-2024 ECE-RJ Board • We want to celebrate YOU!!! •Upcoming Events • Renew your ECE-RJ Membership for a chance to win! |
| March |
Even YOU can be an Advocate (and you should!) • Ani Kemach Ani Torah, Providing for Our Educators • ECE-RJ Annual Meeting • ECE-RJ Annual Award Nominations are OPEN! • We want to celebrate YOU!!! • Let's catch up over coffee! • Upcoming Events |
| February |
PURIM— Send in the clowns • Honoring the Whole Child: What’s Jewish About Secular Holidays? • ECE-RJ Membership Rates for July 2023 - June 2024 • Upcoming Events |
| January |
‘In God’s Image’: The Basis for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion • It’s All About Trees! Resources for Tu B’Shevat • ECE-RJ Membership is Essential for You and Your Staff • Calendar of Events |
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Everyone Old is New Again • A Conference Junkie’s Guide to the 2022 ECE-RJ Annual Conference • Opportunities abound! • A $3,250 Gift for Your B’nei Mitzvah Teens • UPCOMING EVENTS • A Special Shout-Out to First Time Attendees! |
| November |
Being Like the Shamash: A Focus in Social-Emotional Learning, Jewish Values and Inspiring Others this Hanukkah • To Gather: Together: With Intention • Lead To: A reflection of Gratitude to ECE-RJ • 2022 Conference Recap • UPCOMING EVENTS • Friends Don't Let Friends Miss Out On ECE-RJ |
| October |
If You Give A Four-Year-Old A Hammer: Teaching Collaboration in Early Childhood • The 2022 ECE-RJ Conference • Thank You To Our Sponsors • Upcoming Events • What are you thinking about as we move forward past the High Holy Days and into the new year? |
| September |
Sustaining Our Practice, Sustaining Ourselves - Individual Coaching for Educational Leaders • Building the Happiness Norm • Why is it Important for Teachers to Take Part in Quality Professional Learning Conferences? • Register Now For The 2022 ECE-RJ Conference • Thank You To Our Sponsors • Upcoming Events • From Surviving to Thriving: How ECE-RJ Membership Can Support You! |
| July/August |
Loose Parts in the Early Childhood Classroom • The Mitzvah of Hospitality • Complete National Jewish ECE Compensation Study • Register Now For The 2022 ECE-RJ Conference • Thank You To Our Sponsors • Upcoming Events • Dues Should Not Be a Barrier to Membership |
| June |
An Unprecedented Two Years • Examples of Scaffolding in the Early Childhood Classroom • Women of Reform Judaism Awards ECE-RJ a YES Grant • National Early Childhood Compensation and Benefits Survey – COMING SOON! • REGISTRATION IS OPEN: ECE-RJ 2022 Conference • Thank You To Our Sponsors • Upcoming Events • Your Membership Expires at the End of June |
| May |
Dreaming of Summer and Life Beyond the Early Childhood Center • How to Unwind and Re-charge Your Batteries for Next Fall • ECE-RJ Annual Plenary • Registration for the 2022 ECE-RJ Conference • Membership renewal Reminder • Upcoming Events |
| April |
Tribute to Fern Katz, Outgoing President • Congregations Need to Be The Agent Of Change • Gardening with Young Children • ECE-RJ Annual Plenary • New Fellowship Places ECE Director On Camp Faculty • Registration begins early May for the 2022 ECE-RJ Conference • Miriam Beloglovsky Announced as Scholar In Residence for 2022 Conference • Early Childhood Education is a Profession Worthy of Investment • Upcoming Events |
| March |
I Have Missed Relationships the Most • Beyond the Stereotype – Stories that Empower • Succession Planning Helps Avoid Scramble To Find New ECE Leader • Child-led Curriculum Leads To Havdalah Candles • ECE-RJ Annual Award Nominations are OPEN! • We want to celebrate YOU!!! Are you Celebrating a milestone this year? • 2022 Kallah Recordings NOW AVAILABLE! • Save the Date for the 2022 ECE-RJ IN-PERSON Conference November 2-5, 2022, in San Diego, CA • Upcoming Events • Membership Rates for July 2022 - June 2023 • Tales of Glitter and Glue |
| February |
The Board Is Working on A New Organizational Mission and Vision • Reflecting on This Year's Kallah • Making Sure My Teachers Were Compensated Fairly • Author Shares Ways To Confront Disability Bias • ECE-RJ Annual Award Nominations are OPEN! • We want to celebrate YOU!!! Are you Celebrating a milestone this year? • 2022 Kallah Recordings NOW AVAILABLE! • Save the Date for the 2022 ECE-RJ IN-PERSON Conference November 2-5, 2022, in San Diego, CA • Upcoming Events • Membership Rates for July 2022 - June 2023 • Tales of Glitter and Glue |
| January |
A New Year Brings Hope • Another Successful Kallah is in the Books • Funding Possible To Compensate Us Like Public School Counterparts • Answering the Question: Why Do Synagogues Need Preschool? • ECE-RJ Kallah Recap • Save the date: 2022 Conference • Upcoming Events • Advocate for ECE-RJ membership • Tales of Glitter and Glue |
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| 2021 |
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| December |
Grateful to Have ECE-RJ Leading Us Into 2022 • The Pandemic Has Changed How Things Are Done • The ECE Teacher Crisis • How We Tackle Equity and Diversity in Our Classrooms • Hiring Help for a New Lay Leader • Learn to Read Hebrew for Adults is now enrolling! • Why you should attend the ECE-RJ Kallah • Upcoming Events • It's Never Too Early To Start Planning For Your Retirement. |
| November |
How A Lack of Qualified Teachers Impacts Families and the Economy
• Take Action to Help Early Childhood Education, We Need Your Voice • The Loneliness of New Staff Members • Tips to Help Build Attention Span in Students • Getting The Religious School and the ECE Center To Work Together • Tales of glitter and glue • 2022 Kallah • Celebrate Hanukkah with the Reform Movement • Happy Thanksgivukkah! |
| October |
Opportunity Available To Overcome ECE Teacher Shortage, Raise Pay • Unconscious Bias is a Part of the Hiring Process • Supporting Each Other Judgement Free • Discovery Through Documentation: Learning from the Children’s Point of View. •. Discovery Through Documentation: Learning from the Children’s Point of View •. Building Connections with Your Early Childhood Program and Temple Family During COVID. •. Help Support ECE-RJ •. Tales of Glitter and Glue. •. 2022 ECE-RJ Kallah. •. Kallah Sponsorship Opportunities |
| September |
Joining ECE-RJ Was One Of The Best Decisions Of My Life • A Place For Members To Go During These Stressful Times • Children Need Us More Now Than Ever • The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same • Tales of Glitter and Glue • Save The Date: 2022 ECE-RJ Kallah • Kallah Sponsorship Opportunities |
| July/August |
Blown Away By This Year’s Accomplishments • Directors, Assistant Directors and Now Teachers Can Join the Reform Pension Board • Welcoming New Families Begins Long Before School Starts • COVID Keeper: Being Outdoors As Much As Possible • Finding the Right Director During a Job Search • Save The Date: 2022 ECE-RJ Kallah • Kallah Call for Presenters • Kallah Sponsorship Opportunities • Dues Should Not Be A Barrier To Membership |
| June |
The Long and Winding Road That Was 2020-2021 • I Wish I Had the Help Now Offered to New Directors • Taking the Inside Outside • Everything is Doable if We Listen to Each Other • Tales of Glitter and Glue • New Directors' Institute • Virtual Plenary Session • Affinity Groups Launched |
| May |
Please Attend the ECE-RJ Virtual Plenary Session • Recording of the Virtual Conference Now Available • End-of-Year Reflection Questions • The Stories We Tell • Pivoting in Partnership • Tales of Glitter and Glue • New Directors' Institute • Upcoming Events • Membership Renewal Begins June 1st |
| April |
Post-Passover Reflection on Past Year • Counting the Omer Is Just One Thing We Are Counting This Year • Three Enrollment Recovery Actions You Can Take Right Now • Strengthening Our Relationships Through Mutual Respect • Facilitating Better Collaboration within the Congregation and the Early Childhood Program • The Power of Discussion |
| March |
2021 conference brings light and warmth • FREE membership if looking for ECE Director • Building leadership capacity • Problems with a co-worker? • An early childhood inventory opportunity • Tales of Glitter and Glue • Register for the 2021 ECE-RJ conference. |
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Building Relationship With Families and Between Families • A Peek Inside – Providing Parents a View into Your Classroom • Creating a Culture of Teacher Support and Appreciation |
| January |
New Year, New Opportunities • Reform Pension Board Makes Accessing Information Easy • Introducing JKids Radio • Using Music in the Classroom • A New Way to Gauge Success • Tales of Glitter and Glue |
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| December |
Jewish Engagement for Families with Young Children?; Teaching the Value of Freedom: Herut; Early Childhood Education Center Network Helps Congregations Connect with Young Families |
| November |
President-Elect Biden Needs Our Help • Directors Need to Change Leadership Style • ECE Directors to Congregations: We are struggling |
| October |
Our Congregations Are Starting to Listen to Us • Helping Members Reinvent Mundane Tasks • From Anxiety to Joy • Using the Shutdown to Become a Better Teacher • Laid off? We can help • Tales of Glitter and Glue
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| September |
Watch Out 5781 • We Can Do Anything ECE-RJ Now Has A Seat ON RPB Board • Areas of Focus for This Year |
| August |
Time For Personal Reflection • ECE-RJ's Work During COVID Crisis • If I Knew Then What I Know Now... • Webinar on Online High Holidays for Your Children and Their Families Is Available • Our Focus For the New Year |
| July |
Opening the Preschool during the Covid-19 Pandemic; Adaptive Leadership: A successful shift to virtual camp |
| June |
Moving Forward Together, Mindfulness Resources |
| April/May |
Membership Renewals, Topics From the Forums |
| March |
Capturing our work in the context of four C's: Content, Connection, Continuity, and Community |
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Valentines Day, Supporting Teachers with Struggling Student, Speaking to Parents about Development Concerns |
| January |
Project Excellence for Early Childhood Congregational Education, Biennial |
| 2019 |
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| December |
Schools as Pillars of Support; Mindfulness Through the Holidays; Creating a Culture of Support and Appreciation |
| November |
Different Kind of Back-To-School Night; Relationships; Through Conferences, Pro. Ed. for ECE Staff |
| October |
Help with Using ShulCloud, Wonder In The Early Childhood Classroom; Life Motto Helps Director With Hectic Life |
| September |
Welcoming New Families Begins Long Before School Starts; New Jewish Education Materials Now Available |
| August |
Children In Migrant Detention Centers; Parents Have Learning Styles; Help with Filling Positions |
| July |
Inclusive School Environment; Questions New Teachers Should Ask; Membership Off to Great Start |
| June |
Gender Pay Gap; Developing a Framework; Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements for Early Childhood Educators |
| May |
Membership More Affordable; Reflective Supervision; Discovery Through Documentation |
| April |
Project Excellence for Early Childhood Congregational Education; Sabbaticals; Passover Ideas; Dealing with Stress |
| March |
Observation vs. Interpretation; Make Early Childhood Center a Success; Better Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences |
| January/February |
The 2019 Conference Had It All; Using What Nature Provides as Learning Aids and Tools; Why Temple Lay Leaders Should Partner and Support Their Preschools
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| December |
Making Social Action Meaningful; Tikkun Olam In Our Classroom
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| November |
The December Dilemma; Chanukah Activities for Parents; Making your Congregation Audaciously Hospitable |
| October |
Creating an inclusive school environment; Promote inclusion in the classroom; Ten steps to make your Congregation inclusive |
| September |
Learn from Congregations w/out ECEs; Questions new teachers should ask; Connections between ECE programs and Temple |
| August |
Start the new year right; Connection and dialogue between ECE staff and other staff; Essential oils |
| July |
New name for the newsletter; New scholarship for continuing education; Professional development |
