AJC Educational Programs and Workshops for K-12 Independent Schools
Sound counsel, strategic guidance, and nuanced educational programs about the Jewish people and antisemitism.
The Center for Education Advocacy at American Jewish Committee (AJC) consists of a team of content experts and experienced educators who are eager to support you and your school with sound counsel, strategic guidance, and nuanced educational programs about the Jewish people and antisemitism. We offer a range of educational resources and workshops for administrators, faculty, students, and parents that we curate to meet your institution’s specific needs, culture, and academic goals.
To learn more about AJC visit: AJC.org.
Contact us for counsel or to request a presentation: education@ajc.org.
Strategic Guidance for Administrators:
We partner with K-12 administrators to create and sustain school cultures that are inclusive of Jews and Jewish identity, resilient against antisemitism, and deeply committed to civic education, democratic values, and fact-based inquiry.
- AJC’s Action Plan for Heads of Independent Schools details proactive strategies and concrete steps to ensure Jewish students can safely thrive.
- Our curricular guidance ensures the Jewish experience over time is included throughout the curriculum (beyond the Holocaust), and that Israel and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian relationship and conflict is taught with nuance through multiple narratives and primary sources.
Educational Workshops for:
- Faculty: “Antisemitism in the Classroom: Recognize and Confront with Empathy”
- Students: “Who are the Jews? Jewish Identity and Antisemitism in the 21st Century”
- Parents: “Understanding Antisemitism and our Jewish Students and Families”
AJC’s Center for Education Advocacy is led by Laura Shaw Frank, PhD, a seasoned educator and public speaker with over 20 years of teaching, curricular, and education administration experience, including 17 years in the classroom.
AJC educators have presented in dozens of independent schools across America, including:
- Brearley School, New York, NY
- Buckley School, Los Angeles, CA
- Chapin School, New York, NY
- Dalton School, New York, NY
- Friends Seminary, New York, NY
- Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT
- Harvard-Westlake, Los Angeles, CA
- Horace Mann, Bronx, NY
- Laurel School, Beechwood, OH
- Lycee Francais de New York, New York, NY
- Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
- Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ
- Ransom Everglades, Miami, FL
- Rye Country Day School, Westchester County, NY
- Spence School, New York, NY
- Trevor Day School, New York, NY
Schools whose heads have gone to Israel with AJC’s award-winning Project Interchange:
- Beaver Country Day, Boston, MA
- Brentwood School, Los Angeles, CA
- Cary Academy, Cary, NC
- Dalton School, New York, NY
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York, NY
- Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL
- Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY
- Indian Springs School, Pelham, AL
- Isidore Newman School, New Orleans, LA
- McDonogh School, DC
- Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA
- Pace Academy, Atlanta, GA
- Savannah Country Day School, Savannah, GA
- St. John’s School, Houston, TX
- The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA
- Trinity School, New York, NY
