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"I had a vision of what I wanted to achieve… IVN gave me the advisors and the tools I need to develop a practical work plan to implement my vision." – Shay Ben-Yaish, Deputy Mayor of Sderot
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Educational Initiative - Municipal Intervention
Israel is one of the leading countries in the world in scholastic
disparities based on socioeconomic background, nationality, ethnicity,
length of time in the country, and place of residence. Today, only 40%
of today’s students pass the matriculation exams at the end of high
school.
Education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, facilitating
social mobility, strengthening Israel’s democracy and securing its role
on the global stage. Those who care about Israel’s future cannot turn
their back on the alarming trends in Israel’s education system.
In order
to improve the effectiveness of Israel’s struggling school system, IVN
works with principals, teachers, municipal leaders and the Ministry of
Education to integrate and maximize all resources and partners.
Click here to view the Education Initiative brochure.
Education Initiative (EI) – Municipal Intervention - The EI Municipal
Intervention addresses education and social welfare issues in the areas
of formal and informal education, children at-risk and early childhood.
The mission of the EI is to raise student achievement and self-esteem
while advancing management capabilities within the education system. The
program focuses on training teachers, principals and municipal leaders
to create a systemic shift in how the education system functions as a
whole, with an emphasis on work in the periphery. The EI aims to raise
student achievement in the basic skills of English, Mathematics, Hebrew
literacy, Civics, and Computers. To further this mission, IVN has
introduced the function of an 'integrator' for municipal interventions.
As an integrator, we coordinate between government bodies and other NGOs
working in local municipalities, emphasizing a culture that develops
joint objectives and priorities using measurement and evaluation tools.
These efforts are the basis for creating municipal-wide strategies for
strengthening the education system.
The Education Initiative is now in its fourth year in Tiberias, its
third year in the Galilee Panhandle, its second year in the southern
town of Sderot and its first year in Ofakim.
IVN Municipal Intervention Chairmen: Benny Levin, Itsik Danziger,
Shuki Ehrlich, Edwin (Shalom) Slonim.
Partners:
- The EI is a strategic partnership of IVN and the Sacta-Rashi Foundation and operates in Tiberias, the Upper Galilee and Sderot.
- In the Upper Galilee, IVN and Sacta-Rashi have formed a special partnership with the The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Partnership 2000 - UIA Canada Coast to Coast Communities called BeYachad. To learn more about the BeYachad partnership, visit www.ivn.typepad.com/beyachad
- The EI is working in partnership with Amdocs in Sderot.
- All EI activity is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and local municipalities.
