Onit Zisserman has been a beloved teacher for over 20 years. She has taught at OROT, Ben Porat Yosef, SINAI, Chabad Garden School, Cheder, has been the Jewish Educational Consultant for Federation Early Learning Services and is now the programming coordinator at Adath Jeshurun Preschool in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Onit has been organizing and running summer and Pesach day camps for 5 years. During the pandemic lockdown, Morah Onit began a sing-along program for children stuck at home. It attracted over 2,000 viewers for her daily show!
Gems:
- Expose children to Hebrew at a young age.
- Nobody is static; we are all on a journey.
- Find a guide, or mentor who really knows you.
- Our experience as a student can often be our greatest gift as an educator.
- When you’re an educator, you can bring your interests into the classroom.
- It’s the little things that matter.
- Everyone needs to hear compliments.
- Look for ways to collaborate with other educators.
- Use the power of song to talk about G-d with children.
- Ask questions.
- Make information accessible.
- Encourage open conversation.
- We can learn from each other.
- Be a model to others and lead by example.
- There are learning experiences with everything we do.
- Talk about what the Torah says.
- Inspire in your students a love of learning.
- Taking care of children is an enormous responsibility.
- Educators need encouragement.
- Show students how to take responsibility and guide them.
- We’re still molding children.
- The Torah is not black and white.
- Allow your students to draw a connection that the stories we’re telling come from the Torah.
- We must never stop learning more.
- Stop to listen to what your students are saying.
- Let your children know that they are important.
- Be honest.
- The more real-life things we can give children, becomes a part of their entire, holistic learning approach.
- Everything we learn is from the Torah.
- There must be a collaboration between the home and school.
- Shabbat and holidays should we filled with joy.
- Be kind to yourself also.
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