Educator Resources & Teacher Training Workshops

The museum offers teacher training in a wide variety of subject areas, including Holocaust education practices and immigration studies. Previous partners have included MSDE, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Baltimore City Public School System, the Center for Jewish Education, and the Baltimore Jewish Council.

For pre-visit materials, please see our educational programs page.

Teacher-Training Workshops

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is pleased to offer opportunities for teachers to participate in an array of professional development workshops throughout the year.  Programs can take place at our site or our experienced staff of educators, historians, and curators can travel to another venue to help facilitate programs on the following topics:

-- Key themes relating to American history such as Jewish life during the colonial era; 19th-20th century immigration history; Black/Jewish relations
-- Baltimore neighborhoods
-- World religions and multiculturalism
-- Genealogy and oral history
-- Incorporating primary sources in the classroom

The JMM frequently partners with the Baltimore Jewish Council to provide workshops exploring various aspects of the Holocaust.  Workshops are available for public, private, and parochial school teachers in order to promote effective Holocaust education throughout the state of Maryland.  The sessions are held both locally at the JMM and at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C..  Historical topics and pedagogical techniques are shared in these programs.

One day seminars are held throughout the school year; a four-day Summer Teachers Institute is held each summer in August.  These workshops represent a serious and on-going effort to present educators with factual information from scholarly research on the basic history of the Holocaust, methodology for effective teaching, and resources for classroom teachers.

For more information contact Deborah Cardin, Director of Education, 410.732.6400 x236 or dcardin@jewishmuseummd.org.

Upcoming Workshops:

Our Summer Teachers Institute is fast approaching.  See our STI page for information.

Towson University Courses

Towson University (the new home for programs formerly of Baltimore Hebrew University) offers graduate degrees in Jewish Studies, Jewish Education, and Jewish Communal Service.   Generous scholarship available for qualified students through the Baltimore Hebrew Institute.  

Towson University Graduate Judaic Studies Programs

Towson University (the new home for programs formerly of Baltimore Hebrew University) offers graduate degrees in Jewish Studies, Jewish Education, and Jewish Communal Service.   Generous scholarships are available for qualified students through the Baltimore Hebrew Institute.  For more information, go to www.TowsonJudaicStudies.info

--Spring 2011 Judaic Studies courses at Towson University http://www.towson.edu/bhi/documents/Spring2011110410.pdf

Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University

The Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University (BHI) offers an array of continuing education courses, special programs and community lectures in Judaic studies.  The BHI also provides scholarships for graduate students enrolled in the Jewish Studies, Jewish Education, and Jewish Communal Service degree programs at Towson University.  For more information, visit www.towson.edu/bhi

Baltimore Hebrew Institute teaches adult education Hebrew courses (non-credit) in Modern Hebrew (Beginner through Advanced levels) and Biblical Hebrew (Beginner and Advanced levels) at Beth El Congregation in Pikesville.  The link for information and online registration is https://extendeded.towson.edu/wconnect/ace/HebrewHome.htm.