Janice Tytell
Director, Continuing Professional Development
(818) 464-3372
jtytell@bjela.org
As Director of Continuing Professional Development at BJE, Janice Tytell works with the Early Childhood Directors Network and the Religious School Principals’ Council, facilitates all aspects of Religious School Accreditations and Affiliations, coordinates the annual Religious School Principals’ Retreat and annual Early Childhood and Religious School Educators’ Conferences, provides direct consultation to schools, creates and administers the agency’s continuing professional education courses and in-service opportunities, and disseminates information regarding available professional development locally, nationally and abroad to educators in BJE affiliated schools.
Janice Tytell is a product of the Jewish educational system of Greater Los Angeles. She began attending religious school at age five in the San Fernando Valley, continuing on to graduate from Los Angeles Hebrew High School. She holds a B.A. in Hebrew from UCLA and three degrees from the University of Judaism: Jewish Literature (A.A.), Jewish Studies (B.A.) and her M.A.Ed.
Janice’s career in Jewish education began over four decades ago, working as a Camp Ramah counselor and USY advisor. During her twelve years as a Religious School teacher, she taught both Hebrew and Judaic subjects. She served as Director of Education in both Conservative and Reform congregations, and spent a year as Interim Director in a day school. This is Janice’s second time around as a BJE staff member, having served as Consultant to the Valley Region for five years before returning to school administration.
Janice and her husband, Ted, have two red-headed sons, David and Jonathan. David and his wife Jessica met while students at Los Angeles Hebrew High School, live in the Boston area, and have two wonderful children, Benjamin and Elizabeth. Jonathan, also an LAHHS graduate, is a meteorologist/seismologist at University of California, San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.