Uplifting early childhood Jewish educators and their communities.
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A revolutionary partnership

ElevatEd is pioneering bold solutions to transform the field of early childhood Jewish education.

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What Is ElevatEd?

ElevatEd is a groundbreaking collaborative initiative to transform the field of early childhood Jewish education (ECJE) through recruitment, training, mentoring, and support of over 300 new teachers in diverse pioneer communities across North America. This three-year pilot initiative, is a visionary, collaborative project of Jewish Community Centers Association of North America (JCC Association), Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ).

Who We Are

By investing in emerging early childhood Jewish educators, ElevatEd seeks to unlock the potential of ECJE as a driver of deep, long-term family engagement in the broader Jewish community. This pilot initiative, running from 2023 to 2025, is a collaborative project of JCC Association of North America, Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). Together with other funders, practitioners, educators, and community leaders, ElevatEd is pioneering bold solutions to an urgent crisis around the recruitment and retention of our educators. Initially introduced as Project-412, this initiative launched in five cities nationwide during the summer of 2023.

Childhood centers of all types and denominations in each pioneer community can apply to join ElevatEd.
Raising children who feel
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