Morah Chaya’s videos about Torah, Yom Tov, and the alef-beis have amassed over 40,000 views and she plans to keep going
Veteran kindergarten teacher and professional development expert Chaya Shapiro had been teaching in Torah Academy for Girls for 21 years when coronavirus struck. Unable to teach her students live, she made a video for them that went viral — and feedback poured in from around the world. Just three months later, Morah Chaya’s videos about Torah, Yom Tov, and the alef-beis have amassed over 40,000 views and she plans to keep going.
I absolutely adore teaching preschool. It’s a labor of love. My approach is to be all in; if you’re not excited and inspired by your lesson, your students definitely won’t be. Find a teaching method that makes you excited and happy, and those feelings will transfer to your class.
I started giving workshops for Torah Umesorah as well as the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools (CoJDS), which reaches out to the very small communities — like Hamilton, Ontario — that don’t have many resources and often get overlooked. The consortium puts together professional development materials for them. Today, I give professional development to early childhood teachers across America.
When COVID-19 hit, my school initially did phone calls. I started to panic: My poor girls! They wouldn’t get my Pesach experience — how can I teach five-year-olds over the phone?
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