New Hidden Sparks Internal Coaches Course
19 new "Internal Coaches" began training last week in the Internal Coach Program (ICP) training. Among them are teachers, assistant principals and resource room teachers from 9 schools in New York and New Jersey. The five-day training program deepens understanding of learning, behavior and temperament in working with diverse learners, and prepares participants to be coaches in their schools. A year-long school-based mentoring program is included.

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Hidden Sparks programs reflect the belief that all children learn differently and that the most effective way to help those with learning difficulties is to design programs that help all children in the school

External Coach Program (ECP) offers school-based training, coaching, and mentoring in understanding and teaching to diverse learner.

Internal Coach Program (ICP) trains a member of the school faculty to become a resident expert in teaching students with diverse learning styles.

School Change Administrative Leadership Endeavor (SCALE) provides an overview of the Hidden Sparks professional training and guidance at a leadership level to principals from participating Hidden Sparks schools.

Hidden Sparks Hosts Its Third Annual Coach Retreat
Hidden Sparks, an innovative new organization at the forefront of advancing Jewish education, hosted its Third Annual Coach Retreat on January 13, 2010 at the Queens Botanical Garden. Thirty Yeshiva/Jewish day school educators...

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First Hidden Sparks SCALE Meeting of the Year
Twenty-two principals and educational leaders gathered January 12, 2010 for an engaging and interactive Hidden Sparks SCALE evening on the topic of Communicating For and About Students held at Yeshiva Har Torah. SCALE is the leadership program offered to schools participating in the External and Internal Coach programs.

Jewish Day School Teachers Explore How Children Learn
“Taking a close look at how children learn by breaking down the learning process into specific problem areas really helped me to think about ways to work around a child's weaknesses and support his or her strengthens in a focused, disciplined ”

One of 50 Most Innovative Jewish Nonprofits in America
Hidden Sparks has been named one of the nation's 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot '09 - '10, a resource guide for Jewish innovation.

Hidden Sparks Awarded A Milstein Foundation Grant
Working together with The Churchill School, a grant from the Milstein Foundation

A Visionary Transition
PEJE's Diverse Learners Community of Practice (CoP) Absorbed By Hidden Sparks and Hebrew College

What People are Saying
Feedback from Hidden Sparks participants highlights the impact it’s making on teachers and their students

Reflections from Our Teachers
The Hidden Sparks Program is an educator’s dream. It provides the opportunity to