EPISODE · Jan 8, 2026 · 49 MIN
Podcast Live: When Teachers Are Learners-Making Professional Growth Visible in Jewish Education
from Prizmah Podcasts: Podcasts by Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools · host Prizmah:CJDS
After receiving a grant for professional development, Sulam teachers were able to deepen their learning and create Presentations of Learning (POL). Learn how the teachers started to take pride in their own learning, while teaching their team new and innovative strategies, encouraging others to deepen their own professional development. Presenters Lisa Houben is the upper school director at Sulam, a program that fosters and provides inclusive, high quality special education support for diverse learners in grades K-12 within Jewish day schools across the Greater Washington area. Having recently completed Prizmah’s YouLead program, she is now entering her fourth year at Sulam. Lianne Heller is in her eleventh year as executive director at Sulam, a program that fosters and provides inclusive, high quality, special education support for diverse learners in grades K-12 within Jewish day schools across the Greater Washington area. She is deeply committed to providing her faculty and staff opportunities to grow as professionals.
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After receiving a grant for professional development, Sulam teachers were able to deepen their learning and create Presentations of Learning (POL). Learn how the teachers started to take pride in their own learning, while teaching their team new and innovative strategies, encouraging others to deepen their own professional development. Presenters Lisa Houben is the upper school director at Sulam, a program that fosters and provides inclusive, high quality special education support for diverse learners in grades K-12 within Jewish day schools across the Greater Washington area. Having recently completed Prizmah’s YouLead program, she is now entering her fourth year at Sulam. Lianne Heller is in her eleventh year as executive director at Sulam, a program that fosters and provides inclusive, high quality, special education support for diverse learners in grades K-12 within Jewish day schools across the Greater Washington area. She is deeply committed to providing her faculty and staff opportunities to grow as professionals.
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