Association of Jewish Day School Administrators

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Association of Jewish Day School Administrators series

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Association of Jewish Day School Administrators series

Physical Description: 38 cm of textual records; 4 photographs : col. ; 10 x 16 cm

Admin History/Bio: Regular meetings between the BJE professional staff and school administrators began in the late 1970s, as recommended by the UJWF Study Committee on Jewish Education. This body was initially known as the Executive Directors Council, or, Meetings of Executive Directors. In 1981, the council was renamed the Association of Jewish Day School Administrators. The chair of the association is elected from amongst the administrators, while BJE staff are responsible for coordinating and supporting the meetings. The purpose of the association is to discuss administrative matters of common concern to the day schools, including the hiring of personnel, contract negotiations with teachers' unions, taxes and insurance, the annual budgeting process, centralized purchasing of equipment and materials, and standards for school administration. The association often has invited speakers at their meetings, to speak on topics such as risk management and health insurance plans. Staff responsibility for working with the Association has shifted over the years, from the associate director to the director of school finances, but meetings have often been attended by all of the BJE's senior staff.

Scope and Content: The series consists of minutes of meetings of the association, correspondence and memoranda. The series also contains several photographs of a meeting of the association at which Ira Berman was presented with a plaque marking the end of his term as chairman. The files in the series are arranged chronologically.

Related Material: Minutes of the Executive Directors Council can be found filed with other records in series 6, Chronological correspondence and memoranda