Moving Traditions’ trainings for educators, clergy, and mentors who work with youth are practical, fun, and inspiring.
Practical: Our trainings provide participants with clear guidance and field-tested curricular resources that help them to structure successful, ongoing youth-focused educational experiences. Participants learn how to engage diverse learners in group settings and how to connect the life experiences of preteens and teens to Jewish values, texts, and rituals.
Fun: Engaging in play and awakening creativity are core to successful informal Jewish education with youth, and all the trainings that we offer provide a wide range of pedagogical modalities to engage hearts, bodies, and minds in the learning process.
Inspiring: Participants come away from Moving Traditions trainings having explored multiple perspectives on the journey of adolescence, including engaging with questions about social and gender codes that deepen their personal understanding of the mentor-student relationship. They leave feeling inspired to learn from teens and energized by the ways that the Jewish community can create spaces where youth can thrive.
“Learning how Jewish values map onto the goals of social-emotional learning is so exciting. I appreciate Moving Tradition’s whole approach to working with preteens and teens. This training gave a clear picture of how we can meet the needs of today’s teens and increase communication between them and their parents, all in a Jewish way.”
– Trained Educator
Register for Training
No matter which curricular program you’re offering, or whether you are new to Moving Traditions or a returning partner,
our training sessions are a required resource to help facilitators achieve amazing outcomes.
Upcoming Partner Training & Support Events
Events
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Partner Reorientation: Get More @ Moving Traditions
Join us to explore how all of our current partners can Get More with our brand refresh and new subscription model!
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Camp Training: CITs at Camp
Join Moving Traditions staff to be trained on facilitating the CIT program at your camp this summer!
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Camp Training: Camp Staff Workshops
Join Moving Traditions staff to be trained on facilitating Camp Staff Workshops at your camp this summer!
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Camp Training: Curricular Programs for Campers
Join Moving Traditions staff to be trained on facilitating Curricular Programs for Campers at your camp this summer!
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Camp Training: CITs at Camp
Join Moving Traditions staff to be trained on facilitating the CIT program at your camp this summer!
Training Options
Send your educational team to a Moving Traditions training (new partners) or kick-off (returning partners) and enrich your education program.
Carol Lowenstein 5th-7th Grade Training Institute
Trainees will learn:
- The different aspects of Moving Traditions program for 5th-7th graders & their families (formerly B-Mitzvah)
- How to use our extensive curriculum to help families connect Jewish wisdom to the social-emotional development of b-mitzvah age students
- Best practices for facilitating family and preteen sessions
Curricular Program for 8th-12th Graders & Teaching Assistants
Trainees will learn:
- The Moving Traditions approach to working with teens in a school or camp setting
- How to help teens ask big questions about where, why and how they belong
- Best practices for facilitating authentic and dynamic conversations with teens
Moving Traditions Groups: Rosh Hodesh, Shevet, or Tzelem
Trainees will learn:
- Moving Traditions’ unique pedagogy and approach to working with teens
- Best practices for facilitating a group
- How to use our curriculum (and make it your own!)
Camp Staff Workshops
Through Camp Staff Workshops, Moving Traditions trains staff working with Jewish youth at camp and elsewhere about navigating gender dynamics, setting healthy boundaries, and building caring communities. We offer three plug-and-play programs for staff training—with activities, materials, and training scripts. There are three options for training:
DIY Method: Two staff members to attend a training session with other camps and have access to all three units. Training includes highlights of our program activities, best practices, and facilitation tips.