2025 BJE Next Steps Grants
BJE’s 2025 Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute introduced educators to sixteen wide-ranging workshop topics. Thanks to a generous donation from the Rodan Family Foundation, the 2025 BJE Next Steps Grants allow early childhood centers to build on the momentum of the institute and implement the learning at their school site for impactful change within the LA Jewish ECC community.
The 2025 BJE Next Steps Grants are micro-grants of up to $2,500 that BJE-affiliated Early Childhood Centers applied for to financially assist the school in implementing a learning takeaway from the 2025 Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute. The Grants are open to BJE-affiliated early childhood centers who had at least one participant attend BJE’s Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute on March 10, 2025.
Grants are connected to a specific workshop/presenter from the 2025 BJE Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute. The recipient centers' grants range from requesting supplies, trainings, coaching sessions, workshops, etc.
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Purchasing furniture to allow them to utilize outdoor space as an Outdoor Classroom, sending a teacher through Outdoor Classroom training and bringing in consultants.
- Kadima Day School ECEC
- Temple Beth Hillel ECE
- Ilan Ramon Day School ECC
Workshop and/or purchasing new books that reflect the experiences of all of the children including but not limited to LGBTQIA+, children of color, interfaith families, neurodivergent children, Sephardic and Mizrahi families, adopted children, and children of divorced families
- Adat Ari El Rose Engel ECC
- Aaron Milken Center at Wise
- The J Los Angeles ECC
Workshops and consultations for increased awareness, understanding, and responsiveness to the sensory processing of students.
- Emunah Hebrew Academy
- Temple Akiba ECC
- Valley Beth Shalom ECE
- Tashbar Sephardic Yeshiva Ketana
- Temple Isaiah Preschool
- Temple B’nai Hayim Children’s Center
Regular classroom observations and consultations to help teachers support all students in their classroom.
- Temple Israel of Hollywood Bay Nimoy ECC
- Temple Judea ECC
- The Preschool at Mishkon
Workshop and/or purchasing new materials and equipment to incorporate more Jewish sensory theater and immersive experiences.
- Wilshire Blvd Temple ECCs
- Tree of Life Children’s Center at TBI
- B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool
Purchasing supplies for a toddler sensory areas for children to experience hands-on sensory exploration.
- Tuvia School of Temple Menorah
Workshops and consultation supporting speech and language development strategies for teachers, as well as purchasing materials to support speech and language development in students.
- Temple Emanuel ECC
Purchasing instruments from around the world to enhance music program.
- HAMAKOM ECC