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Mission & Vision סתיו תשע"ה • AUTUMN 2014 Mission & Vision Reenvisioning Day Joseph Telushkin 10 School & Responses 50 on the Rebbe’s Mission The reason we innovate. Student success is at the heart of every FACTS innovation. We provide cutting-edge technology, personalized customer service, and the highest security standards in the industry. You provide a learning environment to prepare students for the future. Together, we help make educational dreams possible. TUITION MANAGEMENT | GRANT & AID ASSESSMENT | DONOR SERVICES Learn more at FACTSmgt.com. fb.com/FACTSmgt @FACTSmgt FACTS Management in this issue: RAVSAK News COLUMNS: From the Editor, page 5 • From the Board, page 6 • Good & Welfare, page 7 • Dear Cooki, page 8 • Jonathan Woocher, Keeping the Vision, page 34 PROGRAMS: Hebrew Poetry Contest, page 17 • North American Jewish Day School Conference, page 19 • Moot Beit Din, page 23 • RAVSAK Welcomes Yael Steiner, page 29 • HoS PEP, page 38 • Judaic Art Contest, page 53 • Head of School Survey, page 60 • Thank You to All Our Donors, pages 66-67 • Nevatim Conference, page 69 • JCAT, page 71 • Reshet Roundup, page 75 A Bold New VisioN Beyond Continuity, Literacy and Identity: Making a Compelling 10 Case for Jewish Day Schools to 21st Century American Jews Daniel L. Lehmann A Bold New VisioN: RespoNses 18 The Creativity Imperative Miriam Heller Stern A Compelling, Yet More Demanding, 21 Vision for 21st Century Day Schools Michael S. Berger 24 Enacting the Case: A Response from a Practitioner’s Perspective Susie Tanchel 26 Pluralism: An Inquiry Steven Lorch 28 Pluralism, Ethnos, Creativity and Israel Shaul Magid 30 A Mission and Vision of the Present Rivy Poupko Kletenik 32 A New Theory of Vision Jon Levisohn 36-37 MissioN stAteMeNts fRoM ouR schools Bialik College, Melbourne, Australia • B’nai Israel Community Day School, Gainesville, Florida • Hillel Academy, Tampa, Florida • Bialik Hebrew Day School, Toronto, Ontario • New Community Jewish High School, West Hills, California • Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Northridge, California pRoduciNg MissioNs 40 The Power and Practice of Visioning Robert Leventhal 44 Crafting Effective Mission and Vision Statements Ray Levi 46 Establishing an Integrated Community and School in Israel Ayelet Lehman 50 Leadership Lessons from the Rebbe Interview with Joseph Telushkin usiNg MissioNs 54 Mission Driven Teachers Tzivia Garfinkel 56 From Mission Statement to Disciplinary Policy Mark H. Shpall 58 Partnering with Parents: It’s All About Mission Alli Debrow thiNkiNg ABout MissioNs 62 הידיעון Giving Our Missions a Why Jeffrey Schrager 64 Eliana Lipsky The Pluralistic Mission in Everyday Practice • HaYidion 72 Building Community Using Mission Statements Menachem Hecht and Pinchos Hecht 76 Complexity Leadership for Complex Day Schools Sharon Pollin [3] HaYidion: The RAVSAK Journal is a publication of RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network. It is published quarterly for distribution to RAVSAK member schools, associate members, and other Jewish and general education organizations. No articles may be reproduced or distributed without express written permission of RAVSAK. All rights reserved. Subscriptions are $36/year. Executive Editor: Dr. Barbara Davis Editor: Elliott Rabin, PhD Design: Adam Shaw-Vardi Editorial Board Rabbi Marc Baker, Gann Academy, Waltham, MA Rabbi Matthew Bellas, Vancouver Talmud Torah, Vancouver, BC Tali Rosenblatt Cohen, Beit Rabban, New York, NY Dean Goldfein, Contra Costa Jewish Day School, Lafayette, CA Jerry Isaak-Shapiro, Agnon School, Beachwood, OH Dr. Andrea Lieber, Silver Academy, Harrisburg, PA Rabbi Jack Nahmod, Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York, NY Rabbi Harry Pell, Schechter Westchester, Hartsdale, NY Eric Petersiel, Leo Baeck Day School, Toronto, ON Nancy Pryzant Picus, Schlenker School, Houston, TX Dr. Lila Pinto, Colegio Hebreo Maguen David, Cuajimalpa, MX Daniella Pressner, Akiva School, Nashville, TN Dr. Sarah Shulkind, Sinai Akiba Academy, Los Angeles, CA Stacey Sweet, The Brandeis School, Lawrence, NY שנה Amy Wasser, Hillel Academy, Tampa, FL Advisory Panel Sandee Brawarsky, Dr. Jeremy Dauber, Rabbi Eddie Harwitz, Aron Hirt-Manheimer, Mark Joffe, Margot Lurie, Alana Newhouse, Dr. Renee Rubin Ross, Daniel Septimus, Dr. Jonathan Woocher RAVSAK Board of Directors טובה Rebekah Farber (Chair), Uri Benhamron, Lisa Breslau, Dr. N. Shira Brown, Dr. Barbara Davis, Cassandra Gottlieb, Matt Heilicher, Dr. Marc N. Kramer, Paul Levitch, Zipora Schorr, Joseph Steiner, Arnee Winshall (founding chair), Lesley Zafran Advertising Information Please contact Marla Rottenstreich at [email protected] or by phone at 646-450-7280. RAVSAK 254 West 54th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10019 p: 212-665-1320 • f: 212-665-1321 • e: [email protected] • w: www.ravsak.org The views expressed in this journal do not necessarily reflect the positions of RAVSAK. RAVSAK would like to thank our associate members: RAVSAK’s Board and Staff wish you a sweet New Year הידיעון HaYidion • HaYidion [4] ¿From by Barbara d avisthe Editor A man came up to me at a party recently and said, “Well, there are exists that proves their true value.” at least two families in this community who want their tuition back from the day school.” Taken aback, I asked, “Why?” “Their sons mar- The foci of this issue ofHaYidion are mission and vision. What are ried non-Jewish girls,” he replied and walked away. our ethics, culture and goals as supporters and sustainers of Jewish education? How do we justify our existence in this new century A 1993 essay by Mordechai Rimor and Elihu Katz published by the when, as Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, our conference keynote speaker Guttman Institute in Israel set the stage for this exchange: “Jewish and lead author, says, “Much of the thought and language that ani- day schools,” they wrote, “are the best vehicle for implementing Jew- mates contemporary Jewish day schools does not sufficiently capture ish involvement and are the only the imagination of 21st century type of Jewish education that North American Jews”? How stands against the very rapidly Matrimonial selection is not the do we make ourselves meaning- growing rate of intermarriage.” standard against which we seek ful and relevant when the very underpinnings of our way of life It is very clear to all of us work- to be measured; we do not offer are being called into question? ing in the field of Jewish edu- money-back guarantees against cation that matrimonial selec- This issue ofHaYidion is tion is not the standard against intermarriage. unique. Rabbi Lehmann’s essay, which we seek to be measured; “Beyond Continuity, Identity it is nowhere listed in our mission, vision or values statements, nor and Literacy: Making a Compelling Case for Jewish Day Schools to do we offer money-back guarantees against intermarriage. But what 21st Century American Jews,” forms the basis for a series of brilliant is the mission of a Jewish community day school in the 21st century? responses that both reinforce and challenge his assertions. Some of What is our true purpose, our reason for being? our most renowned thought leaders share their expertise and wis- dom in thoughtful, thought-provoking and compelling essays that In an article entitled “Sex, Lies and Mission Statements,” Cristo- challenge us to reimagine our very core. We tackle the issues on a pher Bart reported that the mission statement was the most pop- spectrum from the conceptual to the pragmatic perspectives, from ular management tool deployed in recent years by nine out of ten the views of the Rebbe to the concerns of a head of school facing a of the world’s leading corporations. However, he notes that while challenge to the established order. We believe that you will find this “most commentaries on mission statements imply that superior issue fascinating, relevant and uplifting and we welcome you to join performance results follow shortly after inception, little evidence us in this existential conversation. ¿ הידיעון Dr. Barbara Davis is the secretary of RAVSAK’s Board of Directors, executive editor of HaYidion and retired head of school at the Syracuse Hebrew Day School in Dewitt, New York. [email protected] • HaYidion [5] FroM the Bo ard Keeping the Mission and Vision Current ¿ By Matt heilicher ow two full years into a five-year business plan, the to form a Mission & Vision Committee in order to ensure that this on- lay and professional leadership of RAVSAK have going review and evaluation becomes standard board practice. The com- realized that evaluation and reflection on progress to mittee will create a framework for the board to use in making decisions date is critical to keeping the mission and vision of the around our strategic mission in a clear and concise way. organization current. We note with pride many ac- complishments and have learned much about timing, The board, guided by the Mission and Vision Committee, will evaluate the slow nature of change, and the inherent challenges our four strategic priorities to ensure they have remained relevant and navigating through a very dynamic time for the field. appropriate: weaving school professionals and lay leaders with their peers Our conversations, both generative and strategic, in networks to enhance their learning while building the leadership pipe- have helped us see that organizational growth and line; representing community day schools interests nationally and equip environmental change require review of the mission school leaders to be advocates for their school locally; educating commu- statement and organizational vision on a regular basis, nity day school professionals and lay leaders in ways that promote Jewish something we very much suggest our member schools engage in as well. leadership and literacy; providing a focused portfolio of direct programs for students that enrich their Jewish literacy and leadership. Are our Not long ago it was possible to create five-year strategic plans and feel actions affirming these priorities? Do they still drive our initiatives and confident they would guide the organization through the ups and downs create the impact that our long term goals require? Can we gather up the of organizational life.
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