Beverly Lerner
1733 Christian Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
bflerner@gmail.com

Professional Experience

Assistant Director of Congregational Learning                                     June 2011-Present
USCJ Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ

• Supervise Faculty in 7th-10th Grade Beit Sefer Tikhon

• Jointly supervise K-6 Faculty alongside Director of Congregational Learning
  
• Create, implement and supervise curriculum including materials to study Mishnah, 
  
• Propose and administer Teen Education budget, including USY, Beit Sefer Tikhon, and programming
  
• Launch service-learning including text study to ground community service in a Jewish tradition of seeking a more just world
  
• Pilot madrikh program for 11th and 12th grade students to work in the K-6 Religious School with a weekly seminar in cognitive development, classroom management, and Jewish text
• Supervise teacher for madrikh seminar 
• Supervise and mentor madrikhim
• Guide faculty in partnering with their madrikhim
• Serve as USY advisor including recruiting and training new leaders
• Facilitate USY program calendar including day and overnight trips
• Support Religious School family programming
•  Coordinate religious school scheduling, room reservations, T’fillah scheduling
• Grow and support Religious School Committee volunteers
• Communicate regularly by phone, email, and social media with parents and youth
• Coordinate Confirmation for 10th grade students including service leading, Torah and Haftarah reading, and working with an artist-in-residence to create an original piece of Jewish theatre reflecting on the Confirmation process
• Grow and support Youth Commission volunteers
• Support Early Childhood Center davening and T’fillah education
• Plan and coordinate day and weekend trips to facilitate immersive learning
• Collaborate with clergy and neighboring synagogues to launch a new 11th & 12th grade joint program
• Support teens in planning High Holiday and Shabbat services and programming

Program Director                                                                                     2009-2010
Mt. Freedom Jewish Center, Mt. Freedom, NJ

• Support volunteers in community building
• Promote synagogue programs within and beyond the synagogue community
• Facilitate long-term programmatic planning to accomplish mission and vision

Informal Jewish Educator                                                                         2009-2010
URJ Temple Har Shalom, Warren, NJ

• Teach 4th, 7th, and 8th Grade Judaics Classes
• Facilitate monthly Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! gatherings for middle school girls
• Organize and facilitate B’nai Mitzvah Family to Family Mentoring Program.

Fellow                                                                                                             2008-2009
Birthright Israel: NEXT

• Organized and implemented a variety of Jewish Crafters Guild seminars
• Planned and coordinated a Shavuot retreat for 25 students and young professionals
• Planned and led Shabbat ritual training workshops

Director of Education                                                                                    2004-2008
USCJ Congregation Shaare Tikvah, Upper Marlboro, MD

• Wrote and implemented curriculum for K-7 Hebrew School
• Advised lesson planning, teaching, and creation of a healthy learning environment
• Taught special education, 4th, and 7th grade Tefilah and Judaics.

Senior Counselor                                                                                           2006
Camp JRF, South Sterling, PA

• Cabin counselor for 7th-8th and 11th-12th grade
• Coordinated T’fillot for my age group
• Etgar (ropes course) staff

Senior Counselor                                                                                         2005-2006
High Meadows Day Camp, Roswell, GA

• Planned and coordinated nature education activities for 2nd-3rd grade campers
• Supported counselors-in-training

Education
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
            M.S.Ed. in Religious Education May 2009
            Internship 2008-2009 at Barrack Hebrew Academy; Grades 6, 7, 9, and 11

University of Maryland at College Park 2008
            B.A. in Jewish Studies with Departmental Honors
            Honors Thesis on Historical Narratives in Israeli Education

Fellowships and Awards
Departmental Honors from the Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at UMD 2008
Yeshivat Hadar Fellow 2007
Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Scholarship for Research in Israel 2007
Girl Scout Gold Award 2004
Girl Scout Gold Award Scholarship 2004