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July 24, 2023 35 mins

Rabbi Rick Schindelheim has taught Jewish History, Tanakh and Talmud at the Fuchs Mizrachi School in Cleveland, OH since 2013. He currently serves as the chair of the Talmud Department and is the Upper School Judaic Studies Coordinator. His informal educational experience includes over a decade of work at Camp Stone in a variety of capacities. After studying in Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh in Israel for three years, Rick earned his B.A. in psychology from Yeshiva College and studied at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (REITS). He is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and earned his Masters and Education Specialist degrees at John Carroll University in Cleveland.

 Gems:

  • Keep education at the forefront.
  • Learning is for everyone.
  • Quote from Rav Soloveitchik- Judaism is first a discipline then a romance.
  • Share with children the gratitude that we get to have a relationship with G-d.
  • Hashem wants to hear our tefillot.
  • Knowledge must play a central role in teaching Torah.
  • We need to merge the knowledge and experiential.
  • Torah is the what, Avodah is how are we teaching it, and gemilut chasidim is the who is teaching.
  • Meet with your students outside of the classroom. 
  • Support your students in their extracurricular activities.
  • Show your students that you genuinely care about them.
  • We need to talk about how great it is to be a teacher.
  • Chinuch is taking something that already exists and prepare it for its future.
  • Look at each child and draw out the greatness within.
  • Keep your purpose at the forefront of teaching.
  • Teaching is great because it matters every day and teaching is hard because matters every day.
  • Continue learning.
  • Don’t take things personally, it’s not about you.
  • We need great teachers who know how to use excellent pedagogy, who understand kids, and create meaningful relationships with their students.
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