The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) serves 10,000 students, 800 educators, 55 schools, and thousands of families.

BJE creates meaningful learning experiences for Jews of all ages, helps educators teach better, connects students with Israel, and enables learning for children with disabilities and families in need.
FOR EDUCATORS

• Professional Development - BJE's nationally-recognized "teachers of teachers" lead Bay Area educators in continuing education seminars, workshops, and fellowships
• Educator Communities of Practice - BJE is the convener for educator peer groups across the Bay Area's Jewish educational spectrum. We facilitate collaborative networks among:
  Synagogue School Principals
  Day School Heads
  Pre-School Directors
  Jewish Teen Educators
  Israel Educators
• The Battat and Peninsula Learning Resource Centers - materials, technology, and training for teachers developing innovative multi-media curricula
• Consultations - Educational experts provide coaching and consulting for early childhood, special needs, family education, and supplemental school educators

• Focus on Excellence - a quality assessment program raising the standards for our Jewish pre-schools

• BASIS - multi-year, multi-million dollar program to re-invent Israel education in Jewish day schools

• NESS - a three-year Intensive synagogue school improvement program - working with 5 congregations
• School Enhancement Program - Grants and consultations for synagogue school improvement

• Jewish Teen Alliance (JTA) - outreach program linking hundreds of teens with exciting Jewish teen programs
• Let's Go: Israel! / Shalhevet - Teen trips to Israel and Poland combined with intensive educational programs
• Diller Teen Fellows - A selective, year-long leadership development program for Jewish teens

• Financial Aid - BJE connects students and families with over $1 million in scholarships annually, seeking to make day schools, camps, Israel travel and higher education affordable for anyone and everyone.

• Special Needs Initiative - linking families, educators and communities with awareness, resources and support for educating and including children and families with special needs in the North Peninsula.
• Special Needs Family Camp Weekend - an annual program (the first of its kind) creating a community for Jewish families of children with severe disabilities
• Camp Nefesh - a camp within a camp for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other special needs at Camp Newman in Santa Rosa.
• Special Needs Resources - consultation, Special Education Handbook and useful resources for families and educators.

• Jewish Community Library - beyond its extensive collection, the JCL provides a full calendar of Jewish Literary and Cultural Events
• Book Club in a Box - BJE librarians facilitate over 70 adult book groups throughout the Bay Area
• Feasts of Jewish Learning - annual regional celebrations of Jewish learning and Jewish life

• Israel Education Initiative - creatively connecting students, families, schools, and JCCs with Israel