The Fanny
and Ezra Battat Educational Resource Center
639 14th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415.751.6983 x 135
Fax: 415.668.1816
Director: Michael
Lederman
Hours
(appointments are recommended)
Mondays* and Tuesdays: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Wednesdays & Thursdays: by Appointment Only
*Closed 2nd Monday of each month.
Please call
ahead, as this schedule is subject to change.
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the Battat Center's catalog
Peninsula
Learning Resource Center
5150 El Camino Real, Building D, Suite 14
Los Altos, CA 94022
Tel: 650.938.1843
Fax: 650.938.1847
Director: Shlomit Blum
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Hours: Appointments are needed in advance.
Please plan for either:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Please call ahead as there are periodic hour changes.
Resources
for educators at both locations include:
Consultation:
personal guidance tailored to meet educators' particular needs
Books: all topics pertaining
to Jewish education
Media: video and audio
materials, including feature-length films and contemporary Jewish and
Israeli music
Software: from the Bible and
Talmud to the newest Hebrew learning programs
Posters, Games, Accessories:
to enhance the classroom environment and diversify the learning
experience
Computer Access: Computers
with Hebrew capacity and DSL Internet access
Equipment: copy machine,
multi-system TV/VCR/DVD, and CD/tape player
Workshops: ongoing
professional development workshops and events
Laminator: $1.50/foot charge
applies
The BJE Jewish Community Library is
your source for Jewish books, DVD's, videos, CD's, and literary events.
Bringing Israel into the classroom is vital to creating a strong sense of Jewish identity and peoplehood.
The Israel Education
Initiative offers a variety of curriculum resources and learning
opportunities, including speakers, exhibits, cultural activities,
seminars in Israel, and Living Bridge connections. For details, visit
the Israel Center of the SF-based JCF.
To help you find a specific
curricular material, search the Battat
Educational Resource Center catalog or the extensive BJE Jewish Community Library collection.
Click here for a complete list of Israel programs and exhibits available for your classroom.
Contact Ilan Vitemberg,
Israel Education Initiative Associate Director to learn more:
415.751.6983 x 149.
BJE Special
Education Consultant Flora
Kupferman is available to assist you in working successfully
with all the children in your classroom.
If you are teaching a typical
group of children, you might be interacting with students who pose
behavioral challenges or who have a variety of learning disabilities,
Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, or something without a
specific description.
The Special Education
Consultant is also available to come to schools to provide professional
development workshops or courses on Sensitivity to Special Needs,
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences, Teaching Hebrew to Children
with Learning Disabilities, and other topics according to your needs.
Contact Flora Kupferman,
415.751.6983 x 122 for a consultation. You will receive resources,
strategies, teaching tips, and a shoulder to cry on.
- Special Education
Handbook
The "Handbook for Special Education Programs in the Synagogue Schools"
is designed for rabbis, educators, chairpersons of education
committees, and other people who care about providing a meaningful
Jewish educational experience to all children regardless of their
abilities. Whether you want to start a dialog about special education,
put a clear policy in place, or improve an existing program, you will
find this handbook to be a valuable tool. It contains both general
guidelines and specific forms.
Click to
download a pdf of the Handbook
Click to download a word doc of Special Needs useful forms and reports
- Special Education Useful Links:
LD Online
Informative site about learning disabilities, filled with articles,
news, research, ideas for teachers
Specialed.about.com
Large collection of articles about special education
Schwablearning.org A Parents' Guide to
Helping Kids with Learning Difficulties
National
Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Information
Center on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Battat
Educational Resource Center catalog contains many
special education books and resources.
Bay Area Jewish Educators Listserv (Edulist)
This discussion group allows educators throughout the Bay Area to share
their queries, comments, and announcements about issues and events in
Jewish education. It works only when there is active participation, so
please don't be shy!
To subscribe to Edulist, send your e-mail requests to edulist2-request@npogroups.org.
More information about Edulist can be found at http://npogroups.org/lists/info/edulist2.
Association of Jewish Libraries, Jewish Values
Jewish
Heritage online magazine (topic of the month)
Lehrhaus
Judaica
Babaganewz
provides lesson plans to accompany articles.
The
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
(CAJE) maintains an excellent curriculum bank.
E-Chinuch
features a searchable database of
thousands of copyright-free, educator-created materials in various
areas of Jewish studies.
DataJem
is a database of Jewish educational materials, searchable by subject,
material type, age group, language, keywords, title, author, and
publisher.
The
Lookstein Center provides lesson plans on several
topics, divided by grade levels.
Melton
Arts is all about learning about Judaism through
the Arts. Contains teaching units on Holidays, Bible, Israel, Prayer,
Life Cycle and more.
Morim
is a resource center with many programs and activities for community
professionals.
The
Jewish Education Service of North America's Sosland Resource Center
contains an extensive searchable curriculum database.
Planitjewish.com
Community event calendar.
Resource
Guide to Jewish life in the Bay Area.
