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What's New in Continuing Rabbinic Education

We are pleased to post the summary of the 2nd Annual ACRE Conference on our website. We divided the summary by the different sessions of the October 15 Conference in order to make it easier for you to find specific topics for your review. In addition, immediately after the Conference we videotaped some participants to get their reactions about the Conference. We think you will find those interesting, as well.

To see the Conference schedule and follow the sessions chronologically, click here.

To see the Executive Summary, click here.

Snapshots & Insights: Continuing Rabbinic Education

We are pleased to present ACRE's first commissioned research project: Snapshots and Insights: Continuing Rabbinic Education.

Knowing the "lessons learned" from evaluations of CRE programs will provide program providers with crucial research-based knowledge about what works under what conditions, which will enable them to continue to develop and improve CRE programs. In Snapshots and Insights: Continuing Rabbinic Education JESNA analyzed and interpreted findings from evaluations of programs conducted by JESNA's Berman Center for Research and Evaluation, as well as from additional evaluations that were made available. We trust that the findings will be useful not only for CRE Program providers but for all those interested in the field of Continuing Rabbinic Education.

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Overarching Outcomes for Continuing Rabbinic Education

by Steven Kraus, M.A.

For the field of program evaluation, knowing the desired outcomes of a program allows for a more thorough, thoughtful, and comprehensive evaluation of program effectiveness, which helps providers be accountable to funders and key stakeholders. However, articulating learner outcomes is important for the field of Continuing Rabbinic Education for a number of reasons beyond the growing and recognized need to evaluate, assess, and demonstrate program effectiveness. Agreed-upon outcomes help a program provider design and refine the program. They also help the provider assure alignment between the outcomes they identify and the program components (the means to reach those outcomes). Once program providers identify where they want participants to end up they can design programs that create a pathway facilitating participants’ ability to meet those articulated outcomes. Continue Reading...