ConventionProgram
ConventionProgram
5:45 pm
DINNER AND AWARDS
The Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, Z”TL Memorial Award Recipient: Rabbi Ephraim Leizerson
The Rabbi Dr. Joel Rosenshein Chinuch
Mental Health AwardRecipient: Rabbi Shlomo Sabo The Mrs. Chaya Newman, A”H, New Teacher
Appreciation AwardRecipient: Mrs. Malky Goldstein
5:45 pm
DINNER AND AWARDS
The Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, Z”TL Memorial Award Recipient: Rabbi Ephraim Leizerson
The Rabbi Dr. Joel Rosenshein Chinuch
Mental Health AwardRecipient: Rabbi Shlomo Sabo The Mrs. Chaya Newman, A”H, New Teacher
Appreciation AwardRecipient: Mrs. Malky Goldstein
7:30 pm

Major Address
Rabbi Hillel David, shlita
7:30 pm

Major Address
Rabbi Hillel David, shlita
7:45 pm

LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF
RABBI MATISYAHU SOLOMON, Z”TL
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, shlita
7:45 pm

LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF
RABBI MATISYAHU SOLOMON, Z”TL
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, shlita

Hesped
RABBI SHLOMO HALIOUA, ZT"L

Hesped
RABBI SHLOMO HALIOUA, ZT"L
8:15 pm

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Chaim Y. Hoberman, shlita
8:15 pm

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Chaim Y. Hoberman, shlita
8:30 pm

SHAILOS U’TESHUVOS PANEL
Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaModerator: Rabbi Shea Ryback
8:30 pm

SHAILOS U’TESHUVOS PANEL
Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaModerator: Rabbi Shea Ryback
9:45 pm
TECHNOLOGY: LET’S FIGURE IT OUT
Addressing the technology challenges facing our students.
9:45 pm
TECHNOLOGY: LET’S FIGURE IT OUT
Addressing the technology challenges facing our students.

A Strategy for Our Next Generation
Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro

A Strategy for Our Next Generation
Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro

Bringing the Message to Reality
Mr. Ronnie Adjmi
Accompanied by a video presentation

Bringing the Message to Reality
Mr. Ronnie Adjmi
Accompanied by a video presentation
7:45 am -9:45 am
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
7:45 am -9:45 am
NETWORKING BREAKFAST
10:00 am - 11:15 am
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1
Lower Elementary Boys
Ten Ways to Empower Your Students by Reducing Their Stress
Rabbi Moshe Weinberg
Learn practical strategies to help students manage stress, boost resilience, and improve their overall well-being for academic and personal success.
Upper Elementary Boys
Ready, Set, Grow:
Navigating Social and Emotional Changes from Child to Teen
Rabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum, MSMFT
Understand and support the critical social and emotional transitions that children experience as they move into adolescence.
Mesivta
Identifying the Emotional Struggles of Today’s High School Students
Rabbi Chaim Kolodny, LCSW
Learn to identify the emotional struggles of today’s high school students and explore ideas that can help, even with challenges we don’t recognize or discuss.
Leadership (Men)
Girsa d’Yankusa and the Elementary Kodesh Curriculum Goals
Rabbi Aryeh Sherwinter
The things learned when a child is very young have a deep quality that later knowledge cannot match. Learn how to help your students meet their educational goals.
Early Childhood
The Preschool Experience: Part 1
Tried and True Tips and Tricks for Running a Successful Early Childhood Classroom
Mrs. Rivka Dear, Mrs. Chani Silverstein
This interactive workshop will keep participants involved and engaged throughout the experience. From practical tips to elevate daily preschool activities and routines to understanding and shifting challenging behaviors, this workshop will allow participants to fill their Teacher Toolbox with new tools through a child’s lens and a teacher’s lens.
Lower Elementary Girls
My Student Can’t Focus. Now What?:
Managing Attention Disorders in the Classroom
Mrs. Zahava Deutsch
Participants will gain insights into student behaviors and learn to implement strategies that work to help them stay focused effective classroom strategies and tools for managing attention disorders, which will help students stay focused, engaged, and successful.
Upper Elementary Girls
Is it Chutzpa?
Understanding Children with Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and Defiant Behaviors
Dr. Leah Dembitzer
Even in a well-run classroom, teachers can encounter children who act out defiantly. In this workshop, participants will learn some possibilities of what may be behind the defiance. Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and defiance can look similar but may need different approaches. Participants will learn practical strategies for addressing the needs of these students within the flow of the classroom.
Girls High School
Until the Light Ascends of Itself:
Pathways to Fueling Students Engagement and Motivation
Dr. Oshra Cohen, Ph.D.
Explore strategies and techniques to create a classroom culture that fosters student engagement, motivation, and active participation in learning.
Leadership (Women)
K’mayim Hapanim El Panim
The Transformative Power of Leadership Intention
Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein
Journey through the five transformative education principles. The late Rabbi Shlomo Hoffman articulated and practiced these principles with unprecedented success, captured in the newly published book KMAYIM.
General Studies (Women)
Tackling the PM Classroom Challenge:
Shift Afternoon Antsiness into Peak Engagement
Mrs. Ruti Hertz
Afternoon classes often bring fidgety, tired, unfocused students with dwindling attention. Discover actionable strategies to shift waning focus into dynamic participation. Unleash the power of your afternoon class.
10:00 am - 11:15 am
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1
Lower Elementary Boys
Ten Ways to Empower Your Students by Reducing Their Stress
Rabbi Moshe Weinberg
Learn practical strategies to help students manage stress, boost resilience, and improve their overall well-being for academic and personal success.
Upper Elementary Boys
Ready, Set, Grow:
Navigating Social and Emotional Changes from Child to Teen
Rabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum, MSMFT
Understand and support the critical social and emotional transitions that children experience as they move into adolescence.
Mesivta
Identifying the Emotional Struggles of Today’s High School Students
Rabbi Chaim Kolodny, LCSW
Learn to identify the emotional struggles of today’s high school students and explore ideas that can help, even with challenges we don’t recognize or discuss.
Leadership (Men)
Girsa d’Yankusa and the Elementary Kodesh Curriculum Goals
Rabbi Aryeh Sherwinter
The things learned when a child is very young have a deep quality that later knowledge cannot match. Learn how to help your students meet their educational goals.
Early Childhood
The Preschool Experience: Part 1
Tried and True Tips and Tricks for Running a Successful Early Childhood Classroom
Mrs. Rivka Dear, Mrs. Chani Silverstein
This interactive workshop will keep participants involved and engaged throughout the experience. From practical tips to elevate daily preschool activities and routines to understanding and shifting challenging behaviors, this workshop will allow participants to fill their Teacher Toolbox with new tools through a child’s lens and a teacher’s lens.
Lower Elementary Girls
My Student Can’t Focus. Now What?:
Managing Attention Disorders in the Classroom
Mrs. Zahava Deutsch
Participants will gain insights into student behaviors and learn to implement strategies that work to help them stay focused effective classroom strategies and tools for managing attention disorders, which will help students stay focused, engaged, and successful.
Upper Elementary Girls
Is it Chutzpa?
Understanding Children with Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and Defiant Behaviors
Dr. Leah Dembitzer
Even in a well-run classroom, teachers can encounter children who act out defiantly. In this workshop, participants will learn some possibilities of what may be behind the defiance. Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and defiance can look similar but may need different approaches. Participants will learn practical strategies for addressing the needs of these students within the flow of the classroom.
Girls High School
Until the Light Ascends of Itself:
Pathways to Fueling Students Engagement and Motivation
Dr. Oshra Cohen, Ph.D.
Explore strategies and techniques to create a classroom culture that fosters student engagement, motivation, and active participation in learning.
Leadership (Women)
K’mayim Hapanim El Panim
The Transformative Power of Leadership Intention
Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein
Journey through the five transformative education principles. The late Rabbi Shlomo Hoffman articulated and practiced these principles with unprecedented success, captured in the newly published book KMAYIM.
General Studies (Women)
Tackling the PM Classroom Challenge:
Shift Afternoon Antsiness into Peak Engagement
Mrs. Ruti Hertz
Afternoon classes often bring fidgety, tired, unfocused students with dwindling attention. Discover actionable strategies to shift waning focus into dynamic participation. Unleash the power of your afternoon class.
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 2
Lower Elementary Boys
Developing Systems:
Empowering Educators and Students to Reach Their Classroom Goals
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Horowitz
Systems help create clarity and procedures to achieve goals. By implementing effective systems, teachers can better support students who need more assistance, enhancing overall class success.
Upper Elementary Boys
Empowering Educators:
Teaching Healthy Boundaries to Children and Teens
Rabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum, MSMFT
Explore the tools and strategies to teach children and teens the importance of setting and respecting boundaries.
Mesivta
Contemporary Challenges Facing Our Talmidim:
A Panel Discussion
Rabbi Simcha Cook & Rabbi Chanoch Posy
Discover the tools educators and parents need to address the most pressing challenges facing high school students today, offering tips and strategies to support their emotional, social, and academic well-being.
Leadership (Men)
How the Perception of Our Talmidim (and Faculty!) Impacts Their Performance
Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein
Explore how educators’ perceptions and expectations influence student motivation and performance. Provide strategies for fostering a more empowering and supportive learning environment.
Early Childhood
The Preschool Experience: Part 2
Tried and True Tips and Tricks for Running a Successful Early Childhood Classroom
Mrs. Rivka Dear, Mrs. Chani Silverstein
This interactive workshop will keep participants involved and engaged throughout the experience. From practical tips to elevate daily preschool activities and routines to understanding and shifting challenging behaviors, this workshop will allow participants to fill their Teacher Toolbox with new tools through a child’s lens and a teacher’s lens.
Lower Elementary Girls
Is it Chutzpa?
Understanding Children with Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and Defiant Behaviors
Dr. Leah Dembitzer
Even in a well-run classroom, teachers can encounter children who act out defiantly. In this workshop, participants will learn some possibilities of what may be behind the defiance. Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and defiance can look similar but may need different approaches. Participants will learn practical strategies for addressing the needs of these students within the flow of the classroom.
Upper Elementary Girls
My Student Can’t Focus. Now What?:
Managing Attention Disorders in the Classroom
Mrs. Zahava Deutsch
Participants will gain insights into student behaviors and learn to implement strategies that work to help them stay focused effective classroom strategies and tools for managing attention disorders, which will help students stay focused, engaged, and successful.
Girls High School
A Mental Health Panel – Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh:
The Power of a Teacher’s Mindset, Words, and Attitude
Mrs. Esther Gendelman, Dr. Marcy Forta, Mrs. Cheryl Epstein
Participants will explore the power of teacher mindset language and reactions to the shaping of their motivation, resilience, and levels of anxiety.
Leadership (Women)
Team Genius:
Using Working Genius to Take Your Team to the Next Level
Rabbi Elie Tuchman, Ed.D.
This session will focus on enhancing team communication and creating a positive interdependence among the members of your team. You will learn to ensure that the right people are at every meeting and to make meetings more targeted and effective. Through interactive exercises, you’ll acquire practical tools to nurture each of the Geniuses and increase your team members’ engagement and productivity. This session assumes familiarity with the Working Genius™ Model. It is recommended that participants have a formal Working Genius profile. For those that do not yet have one, the assessment takes approximately 10 minutes and is available at workinggenius.com for a nominal fee ($25).
General Studies (Women)
Brains On / Thinking Classrooms
Strategies to Develop Higher Thinking
Mrs. Leah G. Lefkowitz
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the teacher mindsets and strategies that build higher levels of thinking in the classroom, opportunities will be given for participants to apply the strategies in the subject area they currently teach.
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 2
Lower Elementary Boys
Developing Systems:
Empowering Educators and Students to Reach Their Classroom Goals
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Horowitz
Systems help create clarity and procedures to achieve goals. By implementing effective systems, teachers can better support students who need more assistance, enhancing overall class success.
Upper Elementary Boys
Empowering Educators:
Teaching Healthy Boundaries to Children and Teens
Rabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum, MSMFT
Explore the tools and strategies to teach children and teens the importance of setting and respecting boundaries.
Mesivta
Contemporary Challenges Facing Our Talmidim:
A Panel Discussion
Rabbi Simcha Cook & Rabbi Chanoch Posy
Discover the tools educators and parents need to address the most pressing challenges facing high school students today, offering tips and strategies to support their emotional, social, and academic well-being.
Leadership (Men)
How the Perception of Our Talmidim (and Faculty!) Impacts Their Performance
Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein
Explore how educators’ perceptions and expectations influence student motivation and performance. Provide strategies for fostering a more empowering and supportive learning environment.
Early Childhood
The Preschool Experience: Part 2
Tried and True Tips and Tricks for Running a Successful Early Childhood Classroom
Mrs. Rivka Dear, Mrs. Chani Silverstein
This interactive workshop will keep participants involved and engaged throughout the experience. From practical tips to elevate daily preschool activities and routines to understanding and shifting challenging behaviors, this workshop will allow participants to fill their Teacher Toolbox with new tools through a child’s lens and a teacher’s lens.
Lower Elementary Girls
Is it Chutzpa?
Understanding Children with Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and Defiant Behaviors
Dr. Leah Dembitzer
Even in a well-run classroom, teachers can encounter children who act out defiantly. In this workshop, participants will learn some possibilities of what may be behind the defiance. Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, and defiance can look similar but may need different approaches. Participants will learn practical strategies for addressing the needs of these students within the flow of the classroom.
Upper Elementary Girls
My Student Can’t Focus. Now What?:
Managing Attention Disorders in the Classroom
Mrs. Zahava Deutsch
Participants will gain insights into student behaviors and learn to implement strategies that work to help them stay focused effective classroom strategies and tools for managing attention disorders, which will help students stay focused, engaged, and successful.
Girls High School
A Mental Health Panel – Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh:
The Power of a Teacher’s Mindset, Words, and Attitude
Mrs. Esther Gendelman, Dr. Marcy Forta, Mrs. Cheryl Epstein
Participants will explore the power of teacher mindset language and reactions to the shaping of their motivation, resilience, and levels of anxiety.
Leadership (Women)
Team Genius:
Using Working Genius to Take Your Team to the Next Level
Rabbi Elie Tuchman, Ed.D.
This session will focus on enhancing team communication and creating a positive interdependence among the members of your team. You will learn to ensure that the right people are at every meeting and to make meetings more targeted and effective. Through interactive exercises, you’ll acquire practical tools to nurture each of the Geniuses and increase your team members’ engagement and productivity. This session assumes familiarity with the Working Genius™ Model. It is recommended that participants have a formal Working Genius profile. For those that do not yet have one, the assessment takes approximately 10 minutes and is available at workinggenius.com for a nominal fee ($25).
General Studies (Women)
Brains On / Thinking Classrooms
Strategies to Develop Higher Thinking
Mrs. Leah G. Lefkowitz
In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the teacher mindsets and strategies that build higher levels of thinking in the classroom, opportunities will be given for participants to apply the strategies in the subject area they currently teach.
1:45 pm

Empowering Our New Teachers
Mrs. Chumi LevitanskyMrs. Baily StefanskyMrs. Rochel Zimmerman
This special session is tailored to our newest moros – with 0-5 years of experience – to check in, discuss, and share mindsets and skill sets that have worked well in the classroom.
1:45 pm

Empowering Our New Teachers
Mrs. Chumi LevitanskyMrs. Baily StefanskyMrs. Rochel Zimmerman
This special session is tailored to our newest moros – with 0-5 years of experience – to check in, discuss, and share mindsets and skill sets that have worked well in the classroom.
4:15 pm

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Yaakov Bender shlita
4:15 pm

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Yaakov Bender shlita
After Kabbalas Shabbas

Divrei Bracha
Rabbi Dovid Nojowitz, shlita
After Kabbalas Shabbas

Divrei Bracha
Rabbi Dovid Nojowitz, shlita

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlita

MAJOR ADDRESS
Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlita
8:15 pm

Special Shiur
סדר לימוד לזכות אחינו בני ארץ ישראלשיעור בענין המוציא חבירו בברכת הגומל
Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlita
8:15 pm

Special Shiur
סדר לימוד לזכות אחינו בני ארץ ישראלשיעור בענין המוציא חבירו בברכת הגומל
Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlita

TISH & ONEG SHABBOS FOR MEN
Rabbi Chaim Nosson Segal, shlita

TISH & ONEG SHABBOS FOR MEN
Rabbi Chaim Nosson Segal, shlita
8:15 pm

Unique Messages for Chinuch HaBanos
Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaRabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita, Chairman: Rabbi Chaim Shimon Neuberger, shlita
8:15 pm

Unique Messages for Chinuch HaBanos
Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaRabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita, Chairman: Rabbi Chaim Shimon Neuberger, shlita
Kumzitz
Kumzitz
Before Krias Hatorah

Address
Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlita
Before Krias Hatorah

Address
Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlita
Before Mussaf

Address
Rabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita
Before Mussaf

Address
Rabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita
After Seudos Shabbos

ROSHEI YESHIVA MEET WITH TALMIDIM
Rabbi Yaakov Bender, shlitaRabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaRabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlitaRabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaRabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg, shlita Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlitaRabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita
After Seudos Shabbos

ROSHEI YESHIVA MEET WITH TALMIDIM
Rabbi Yaakov Bender, shlitaRabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaRabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlitaRabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaRabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg, shlita Rabbi Dovid Harris, shlitaRabbi Malkiel Kotler, shlita

Women's Program
The Shabbos Get Together
High School | Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein Middle School | Mrs. Henny PritzkerLower School | Mrs. Rivky BrecherEarly Childhood | Mrs. Chana Chaneles Wives of Rebbeim/Menahalim | Words of Inspiration: Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaMrs. Devora Pruzansky, Mrs. Sara Newman
A valuable opportunity for Mechanchos to share their Hashkafic passion, hear their peers, and leave refreshed with new insights.

Women's Program
The Shabbos Get Together
High School | Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein Middle School | Mrs. Henny PritzkerLower School | Mrs. Rivky BrecherEarly Childhood | Mrs. Chana Chaneles Wives of Rebbeim/Menahalim | Words of Inspiration: Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaMrs. Devora Pruzansky, Mrs. Sara Newman
A valuable opportunity for Mechanchos to share their Hashkafic passion, hear their peers, and leave refreshed with new insights.
3:00 pm

Shabbos Chinuch Panel
Rabbi Chanoch Posy Rabbi Meir Simcha SteinRabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum Chairman: Rabbi Elimelech Chanales
3:00 pm

Shabbos Chinuch Panel
Rabbi Chanoch Posy Rabbi Meir Simcha SteinRabbi Shmuel Tenenbaum Chairman: Rabbi Elimelech Chanales

Live Questioner Panel for Women
Revealing the Neshama: Getting to the Root of Tough Behaviors
Dr. Leah DembitzerMrs. Zahava Deutsch Rebbetzin Esther Reisman

Live Questioner Panel for Women
Revealing the Neshama: Getting to the Root of Tough Behaviors
Dr. Leah DembitzerMrs. Zahava Deutsch Rebbetzin Esther Reisman

SHALOSH SEUDOS
For Men
Address: Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg, shlita

SHALOSH SEUDOS
For Men
Address: Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg, shlita

For Women
Address: Rabbi Meir Yedid, shlita

For Women
Address: Rabbi Meir Yedid, shlita
7:30 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Meir Yedid, shlitaChairman: Rabbi Chaim S. Neuberger, shlita
7:30 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlitaRabbi Yosef Eichenstein, shlitaRabbi Meir Yedid, shlitaChairman: Rabbi Chaim S. Neuberger, shlita
9:00 pm

SHAILOS U’TESHUVOS
FOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Principals | Rabbi Yaakov Bender, shlitaChadorim | Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaDay Schools | Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlitaMesivtos | Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlita
9:00 pm

SHAILOS U’TESHUVOS
FOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Principals | Rabbi Yaakov Bender, shlitaChadorim | Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlitaDay Schools | Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlitaMesivtos | Rabbi Elya Brudny, shlita
9:00 pm
Melava Malka for Women
9:00 pm
Melava Malka for Women
Shailos U'Teshuvos for Chinuch HaBanos
Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaModerator: Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Klien
Shailos U'Teshuvos for Chinuch HaBanos
Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Hoberman, shlitaModerator: Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Klien
A Mind Shift Revolution
Explore Rav Shlomo Hoffman’s approach of כמים הפנים לפנים and connect with the hard-to-reach student.
Experience riveting case-study videos within a two-way interview with Rabbi Menachem M. Karmel and Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein.
Real People, Real Testimonials & Strategies:
Mrs. Surele Buchinger, Mrs. Chana Chaneles
A Mind Shift Revolution
Explore Rav Shlomo Hoffman’s approach of כמים הפנים לפנים and connect with the hard-to-reach student.
Experience riveting case-study videos within a two-way interview with Rabbi Menachem M. Karmel and Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein.
Real People, Real Testimonials & Strategies:
Mrs. Surele Buchinger, Mrs. Chana Chaneles
Musical Presentation
Mrs. Rivky Friedman
Musical Presentation
Mrs. Rivky Friedman
10:30 am

MAJOR ADDRESS
K’Mayim Hapanim El PanimCarrying us back home
Rabbi Meir Simcha Stein, shlita
10:30 am
