PDQ UPDATE
Shvat 5768 January 2008
Dear Teachers,
At this point, following the restructuring of the former BJE as the Mercaz [Centre for Enhancement of Jewish Education], the Mercaz is focusing attention on a major cooperative initiative involving the affiliated schools: QRE ~ Quality Review and Enhancement. The QRE initiative facilitates renewable cycles of quality review to enhance the learning experience of the students in our schools. QRE is currently being piloted with a few schools. It is anticipated that the initiative will be enlarged to reach the teachers of many more Mercaz-affiliated schools.
At the same time, some of the Mercaz’s previous initiatives, begun under the auspices of the former BJE, are being put on hold or collapsed. Among these are the PDQ courses* and Israel Incentive**. We applaud your decision to have participated in the PDQs and encourage you to continue to find additional paths to lifelong learning.
Sincerely,
Laura Wiseman
**Teachers who will have earned seven PDQ Units by the end of the 2007-2008 school year are asked to contact the Mercaz by mail by the end of February for information about arrangements for the Israel Incentive, and local alternatives.
Please mark your letter “PDQ: Attention: Janis Schemool”. In addition to indicating the PDQs taken, kindly include your name, the school at which you are tenured, and your current home address and telephone number. The Mercaz will cross check your PDQ Units and get back to you.
*Teachers who will have earned 3-6 PDQ Units by the end of the 2007-8 school year, are asked to contact the Mercaz by mail by the end of May to receive a gift certificate for books to further your learning.
Please mark your letter “PDQ: Attention: Janis Schemool”. In addition to indicating the PDQs taken, kindly include your name, the school at which you are tenured, and your current home address and telephone number. The Mercaz will cross check your PDQ Units and get back to you.
