JEDCHAT

Rabbi Shira Leibowitz- Shira Leibowitz has served as Lower School Principal of Schechter Westchester in White Plains, New York since August, 2000. She holds a Ph.D in education and a rabbinical degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as a B.A from Cornell University. Rabbi Leibowitz is a speaker and writer on educational topics with particular interest in character and values education. She trains in Tae Kwon Do and has earned her Black Belt. Rabbi Leibowitz lives with her husband and two teenage children. You can follow her on twitter @shiraleibowitz where she is comoderator of the weekly chat #educoach on the topic of instructional coaching or on her blogsharingourblessings.wordpress.com.

Ken Gordon - Ken Gordon is the Social Media Manager at PEJE and the co-editor of Sustained!

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Ross- Rabbi Dr. Aaron Ross serves as the Assistant Principal in the Middle School at Yavneh Academy in Paramus, NJ. In his tenure at Yavneh, he has taught classes in Gemara, Mishna, Chumash, Halacha, and Tefilla, and served for five years as the coordinator of the Middle School Judaic Studies curriculum. He has been a driving force in helping teachers to expand their use of alternative forms of assessment, and he works closely with faculty to help them integrate technology into their lessons and assignments. Rabbi Dr. Ross holds an Ed.D. from Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School, semicha from Yeshiva University, an M.A. in Rabbinic Literature from NYU, and a B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania.  You can follow him on Twitter at @rabbiross and follow his thoughts on education atjewishedd.blogspot.com.