89: Preparing Our Students for the Future with Michelle Farbman

Michelle Farbman is the Dean of Students at Shulamith school for girls in Long Island, NY. She began teaching in 2008 at YCQ in NY. She was a morah there for 6 years and continued on to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY where she was a morah and became director of Middle school girls. After being there for 7 years, Michelle came to Shulamith as a new administrator.  She received her Bachelors in education from Stern college, a masters in education from Queens college, and completed the YU leadership program. 

Gems:

• As a new educator, take advantage of the opportunity to be out in the field, learning while teaching.
• Veteran teachers should mentor and guide new teachers. 
• Join with other educators who support each other.
• Learn ways to bring that excitement of Torah and classroom management all into one.
• Appreciate the privilege that you get to teach others about Hashem and Torah.
• Feed off your students.
• Encourage students to think about how they can develop their own relationship with Hashem.
• Connect with your students.
• Help students understand what they’re learning and how to apply it to their own lives.
• We are preparing our children to live their lives as Jews.
• Prepare students to take ownership of who they are.
• Teach them why we do what we do.
• Teach them respect for Hashem, Torah, and the shul.
• Show them that there is nothing we can do that will prevent us from returning to Hashem.
• Each child must be taught in their own way.
• Ask for help.
• Support our teachers.
• Teach children resilience.
• Don’t give up! 

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