Social Media Effort to Support the Foundation’s Strategy in 2016

Three years ago, the foundation established an online community, under the name: “It’s Time for Education” (Higiya Zman Hinuch). It quickly became extremely active, and today comprises the largest social media educational community in Israel with a membership of over 30,000 teachers, potential teaching candidates, and people interested in mathematics and science education. This unique […]

Municipal Program in Rishon LeZion to Increase the Percentage of 5-Unit Mathematics Matriculation Students by 50% Over Three Years

Rishon LeZion is Israel’s fourth largest city, with a population of close to 236,000 inhabitants, located along the central coastal plain, south of Tel Aviv. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Israel, and is the third-youngest city in the country, as 31.1% of the population are children and teenagers, and 61.4% of all residents are […]

Professional Development on How to Orchestrate Effective Classroom Mathematics Discussions for 80 Middle School Teachers in the Tel Aviv District

In order to further widen the pipeline of potential students and increase their readiness for 5-unit study in high school, junior high school students need to build a solid foundation of mathematics knowledge and skills. In recent years, the middle-school curriculum has been significantly revised in line with this need, to include tasks that invite […]

Municipal Program in Petach Tikva to Increase the Percentage of 5-Unit Mathematics Matriculation Graduates to 20% (450 students) in 2019

Petach Tikva is a large city in the Central District of Israel, with one of Israel’s fastest growing populations, numbering approximately 225,000 residents, with 40% national Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox. About 14,500 students attend secondary education in the city (2,400 per year group). There are eight high schools in the secular system (of which 6 have […]

Development and Pilot Testing of Five Video Clubs for Teachers of the Advanced High School Mathematics Track Using Video Recordings from Their Own Classrooms

Typical professional development courses for teachers involve lectures by academic experts, enriching the participants with theories and innovations. As this sort of training has proved to have limited effect on the quality of teaching, successful education systems around the world have decided to make their in-service training programs more practical, by using different tools that […]

Teachers – Photography and Video-Art Exhibition

The Naggar School of Photography, Media, New Music, Animation and Phototherapy, teaches 140 undergraduate art students and produces several gallery exhibitions every year. The Naggar School proposes to curate a photography and video art exhibition on teachers, which aims to grapple with and capture the realities of teaching practice. It will present approximately forty images […]

Development and Implementation of 30 Learning Assignments Adapted to a Diverse Student Body in 300 Five-Unit Mathematics Classrooms

As five-unit mathematics classes become larger and more diverse, we are seeing selective teaching, which identifies and cultivates only the excelling students, shift towards a more nurturing teaching, one that diagnoses and addresses the abilities and difficulties of each student. This transition is however very difficult, as studies show that many teachers tend to be […]

Instructional Leadership Program for 100 School Principals Participating in the ‘Mathematics First’ Initiative

One-hundred high schools are at the core of the recently established National Initiative to increase excellence in mathematics and science education. Titled: Mathematics First, the program aims to significantly increase the number of students graduating high school with science and mathematics matriculation over a period of five years. Within this framework, the Ministry of Education […]

Professional Learning Communities for Advanced Mathematics High School Teachers

Advanced level mathematics teachers face similar challenges, however they rarely collaborate with each other, and typically refrain from participating in professional development workshops. In other countries and in other subject areas in Israel, teacher isolation is curtailed by engaging them in professional learning communities, in which they share their knowhow, consult with peers and improve […]

Study Visit in the US for Leaders of the Foundation’s Cluster of Programs which Focus on Operating ‘Teachers Professional Learning Communities’

The Trump Foundation’s clinical teaching strategy relies on teachers jointly developing their practice in the framework of a ‘professional learning community’ (PLC). Currently we support six programs at the Weizmann Institute, Haifa University, Branco Weiss Institute and Kadima-Mada, which operate dozens of PLCs for hundreds of teachers of physics, mathematics, chemistry and STEM subject heads […]

International Education Conference: “From Regulation to Trust”

International testing in education allows for comparison across countries and cultures and mutual learning.  As a result of this comparative data, policy makers around the world have discovered that there are common issues with education reform and that lessons for overcoming those issues are often transferable. The longitudinal data and its analysis have been influential […]

Institute for Advanced Teaching in Mathematics and the Sciences – Preliminary Study and Planning

Master teachers are at the core of clinical teaching. They tutor new teachers, orchestrate the school-based teaching community, coach veteran teachers and lead evidence-based learning in communities of practice. This cadre of professionals is a crucial cornerstone for improvement in teacher learning and practice, however they still have no formal position, nor recognition as such […]

National Training Program Focusing on Clinical Expertise for Forty New Instructional Coaches of Mathematics

The Education Ministry operates an instructional support system for mathematics teachers on a national scale. The system relies on seven national-level instructional coaches (responsible for high-school, middle-school, Arab sector, integration of technology, information and knowledge, matriculation exams, and teaching accreditation) as well as eight district instructors. In parallel, each District operates its own coaching system, […]

Training for 500 Instructional Coaches to Use Classroom-Based Videos in Their Coaching of Five-Unit Mathematics and Physics Teachers

Enabling teachers to learn from practice, while focusing on student learning and thinking, is at the heart of the Trump Foundation’s strategy. We learned that teachers improve their own practice, shifting from textbook-centered to student-focused teaching when they document their own teaching and receive feedback from a colleague or an instructional coach. On this basis, […]

Study to Clarify the Untapped Potential for Excellence in 5-unit Mathematics and Physics among Female Students

Many people in Israel are passionate about fulfilling an untapped potential of female students in areas such as advanced mathematics, the sciences and technology. As a consequence, programs encouraging girls to take a greater part in mathematics and the sciences are operating in schools across the country. Most of them offer extracurricular and supplementary activity, […]

Instructional Coaching for Thirty New Haredi Teachers of Five-Unit Mathematics in High School

Over the last ten years, several Haredi (Ultra-orthodox) schools for female-students have switched from internal matriculation exams to external state matriculation. Previously, students studied mathematics at a three-unit level and some sat equivalency examinations through the Szold Institute. Around five years ago, as part of the increased demand to study software engineering, 50 schools began […]

Trump Master Teacher Award 2016

In 2012 the Trump Master Teacher Award was launched in order to recognize excellent teaching of mathematics and the sciences. The award aims to convey to the public a clearer sense of what constitutes quality teaching. Our intention is to reward and celebrate master teachers of mathematics and the sciences, and introduce them to the […]

It’s Time for Education 2014 – Social Media Program

The expected imminent retirement of many mathematics and science teachers is both a challenge and an opportunity for Israel’s education system. In order for talented people to enter the shoes of veteran teachers, according to our strategy, talented people will need to be persuaded that they are making the right career choice. They will need […]

Survey on the Israeli Public Perception of Teaching

With the imminent retirement of a large number of Mathematics and Science teachers, the coming years will witness a growing shortage of teachers in these disciplines. In order to sustain and improve Israel’s performance in education, this shortage will need to be filled by new highly talented and well-trained teachers. Talented people, however, will only […]