This article originally appeared in the Boulder Jewish News, March 14, 2012

March 12, 2012 – Twenty congregational school education directors from across the country, including Froma Fallik of Bonai Shalom in Boulder came together for the inaugural Matan Institute earlier this week in New York City. Committing to a 15 month program that will enable their schools to better accommodate children with special learning needs, this is Matan’s first major effort to shift focus from direct service only to providing in-depth special needs training opportunities for current and future Jewish education professionals.

The twenty participating Education Directors were selected from among thirty-four applicants, based upon their readiness to implement change in their congregational schools and their ability to commit to the entire program. Matan, named one of the nation’s 50 most innovative Jewish nonprofits in Slingshot ’11-’12, received funding for the Institute from The Adler Family Innovation Fund of The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, The Natan Fund, The Solelim Fund of UJA-Federation of New York and The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York. (Read more…)