T’helah Ben-Dan is the founder of The Kefar, which provides virtual content, instruction, and coaching for Hebrew language learners and teachers. She also serves as Deputy Director of TALMA, overseeing recruitment and onboarding for the organization's teaching fellowships in Israel. T'helah has several years of classroom and online teaching experience, and loves all things Hebrew and Torah-related. T'helah holds an MA in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language, an MS in Early Childhood Services, and a BA in African & African-American Studies. When she's not working, you can find her reading, baking, or traveling.

Gems:

• Join with other educators and learn as much as you can from them.
• Developing an understanding of the Hebrew language will aid in connecting with our fellow Jews and Israel.
• Learn as much Hebrew as possible.
• Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.
• Lead our students to the information and help inspire them to learn deeper.
• Build the excitement and spark the curiousity.
• How can we impart the knowledge given to us to the next generation?
• Make the time to commit to your own learning.
• Your time is valuable.
• You can do anything, but not everything.
• Love the work that you do!
• Find a community of other educators.
• Have fun!

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