Presentation on Jewish Education in Metropolitan Detroit for Federation's December 16th NEXTGen Board meeting

1. Jewish Education in Metropolitan Detroit
Jeffrey Lasday
Director, Federation’s Alliance for Jewish Education
“You shall teach them diligently to your children” Shema

2. What is Our Jewish Education Experience?
1. Did you attend a Jewish Preschool? Yes ___ No ____
2.
Did you ever attend:
A. Hebrew or Sunday School ____
B. Jewish Day School
____
C. Neither ______
D. Both
______
3.
Did you go to a Jewish Overnight camp?
Yes ___ No ____
4.
Did you participate in a Jewish youth group? Yes ___ No ____
5.
Have you ever been to Israel?
Yes ___ No ____
6. What is your highest level of formal Jewish education? (Congregational school, Hebrew school,
day school or college)
A. I have never studied in a formal Jewish education setting/classroom ___
B. Preschool
________
C. 3rd grade
________
D. 7th grade (Bar or Bat Mitzvah) ________
E. 10th grade
________
F. 12 grade
________
G. College Judaic/Hebrew courses ________

3. Jewish Federation annually invests close to
$8 MILLION
in Jewish Education
Why?

4. 1. Jewish Education is a Core Jewish Value
“You shall teach these words diligently to your children. You
shall recite them at home and away from home, when you lie
down at night and when you rise up in the morning.”
Mission Statement of the Jewish People: The Shema
There’s a reason he’s called,
“Moshe Rabainu”,
Moses our Teacher

5. 2. More Jewish Education = More Jewish Involvement

6. More = More
More Jewish education leads directly to:
• Stronger Jewish identity
• More giving to Jewish causes and organizations
• More participation in Jewish organizations
• More practice of Jewish rituals at home
• Stronger connections to the Jewish people

7. What is Jewish Education?

8. What is Jewish Education?
Jewish education is . . . . .
Formal
•
•
•
•
Hebrew/Religious School
Day Schools
Preschools
Adult Education Classes
Informal
•
•
•
•
Camp
Youth Group
Israel
In the home

9. 2012-13 Snap Shot of Jewish Education
• Early Childhood
13 Schools = 1,148 children
• Congregational Schools
17 Schools = 3,119 children
• Day Schools
6 Schools = 1,983

10. Federation Funding for Jewish
Education Provides
• Scholarships for children to attend day school, congregational
school, camp and Israel programs
• Support for children with special needs
• Professional development for Jewish educators
• Innovation funds for rethinking Jewish education
for 21st century learners

11. Jewish School Enrollment Trends
2001 - 2013
ENROLLMENT COMPARISONS OVER 12 YEARS
9,000
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS
8,000
8133
7249
6988
7,000
6690
6404
6330
6250
3409
3218
3119
6,000
5,000
4919
3924
4,000
3819
3631
3,000
2061
2066
2035
1926
1908
1153
1259
1134
1133
1087
2,000
1,000
0
YEARS
1932
1180
1983
1148
TOTAL EARLY
CHILDHOOD
ENROLLMENT
TOTAL CONG.
SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
TOTAL DAY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
TOTAL
ENROLLMENT

12. Enrollment by Denomination
12 Year Comparison
2001-2002
993
12%
1444
18%
3829
47%
1867
23%
2012-2013
972
16%
2824
46%
1721
28%
640
10%
TOTAL REFORM ENROLLMENT
TOTAL REFORM ENROLLMENT
TOTAL CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT
TOTAL CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT
TOTAL ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT
TOTAL ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT
TOTAL NON-DENOM. ENROLLMENT
TOTAL NON-DENOM. ENROLLMENT
8,133 TOTAL STUDENTS
2001-2002
6, 250 TOTAL STUDENTS
2012-2013

13. NUMBER OF STUDENTS
TOTAL EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT
2012-2013
550
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
0
TOTAL EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT 2012-2013
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
410
225
Day
Schl
393
78
111
167
1,148 EARLY CHILDHOOD
225 DAY SCHOOL-K
141 CONG. SCHOOL-K
1,514
POTENTIAL
ENROLLMENT
3,800
355
141
Cong
44
CURRENT
MARKET
PENETRATION
39%

14. 2012 -13 TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE
CONGREGATION & DAY SCHOOLS
GRADE PRE K-12
600
523
234
172
143
70
34
Pre
K
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
26
163
227
291
5th 6th
Grades
7th
8th
9th
10th 11th 12th
340
274
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
500
36
65
400
300
200
100
0
BLUE = 5,102 ENROLLED
RED = 2,598 NOT ENROLLED

15. Program Overview
FedEd
Adult Jewish
Education
Jewish
Experiences for
Families
Alliance
for Jewish
Education
Educational
Services
Opening the
Doors
Special Needs
Education
Policy, Planning
and Innovation
for Change
Total Alliance Budget
2013-2014: $2,723,924
Direct Service:
Students, Teachers, Families:
9,000 people

16. School Services
• Helping schools define their vision for excellence in Jewish education
and then helping them reach their goals through providing
consultation and resources
• Services include curriculum development, teacher training,
and strategic planning

17. Policy and Planning and
Innovation for Change
• Federation’s “R & D” for innovation and
change in Jewish education
• Strategizing for how to best invest $8
million in Jewish education
• Exploring how to best serve the Jewish
educational needs of the community

18. Opening the Doors
Special Needs Jewish Education
Opening the Doors enables
over a 1,000 children with
special needs receive a Jewish
education.

19. jfamily Detroit
Jewish Family Education
“Educating a child without educating the family is like heating
a home while keeping open all of the windows.”

21. FedEd annually provides
quality adult Jewish
education to over 1,000
students.

22. Florence Melton School
of Adult Jewish Learning
• “Melton is my two hours each week of pure Jewish learning. No
homework, no tests, no papers. I just show up and listen to amazing
instructors whose knowledge seems endless…It is the highlight of
my week.” – Amanda Warner
• Providing adult learning for the wondering Jew

24. “With great power comes great responsibility!”
(for Jewish learning)

25. What “Jewish” knowledge and skills does a person need
to posses in order to be a “Formidable” Jewish leader?
If you could spend some time expanding your own Jewish
knowledge, what would you like to learn more about?
“Don’t worry about preserving your traditions,
let your traditions preserve you”
Native American Saying