Project Excellence for Early Childhood Congregational Education

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Welcome!

The URJ is piloting Project Excellence for Early Childhood Congregational Education (PEECCE), and you are among a select group of congregations invited to apply for our pilot cohort.

Through this project, participants will engage in a self-reflection process of their early childhood education center (ECEC) and congregation using a customizable tool and guided by a URJ-trained coach. Topics for self-reflection include: family satisfaction and retention, marketing, seamless integration of Judaism, and partnerships throughout the larger congregation. Together, congregational leadership teams and their URJ coaches will discover how the congregation functions in these categories, identify and prioritize areas for growth, and create an action plan to move their congregation and early childhood education center forward. The formal duration of this program will be one year (through June 2020).

Please fill out this form by May 1 to apply.

About You

First Name

Last Name

Role in Congregation

About Your Congregation

Congregation

Early Childhood Center Name

Do you anticipate any of the following in the near future?

A major staff change in the congregation or early childhood education centerA major lay leadership change in the congregation or early childhood education centerA building project in the congregation or early childhood education centerParticipation in any other change management effortsOther event in the life of your congregation that might impact your participation

Please specify

Other Leadership Team members

If your congregation is selected for the PEECCE pilot, you will be asked to form a leadership team that represents a cross-section of your early childhood education center and your entire congregational community. Your PEECCE leadership team should include 4 individuals at minimum, but you should decide on the size and composition that would be most suitable and effective for your congregation’s needs. This can include board members, clergy, lay leaders, parents, educators, teachers, administrators, and marketing reps.

Please use this space to list additional individuals who you anticipate would be part of your leadership team (you will be able to add additional team members later):

First Name

Last Name

Role in Congregation

First Name

Last Name

Role in Congregation

Leadership Buy-In

As part of the PEECCE pilot, your leadership team will commit to:

Attending virtual meetings
Participating in monthly virtual coaching sessions
Setting aside additional time for observation, data collection, reflection, and documentation
Providing the URJ feedback about the program
Experimenting with new ideas
Attend the 2019 URJ Biennial in Chicago, IL (Highly recommended, but not required)

Has your board of trustees agreed to lend its support to your leadership team to participate in this project?

YesNo

When would be your next opportunity to bring this to your board?

Your Interest in PEECCE

What topics are you interested in examining in your congregation and early childhood education center? (Check all that apply)

Family satisfactionFamily retentionMarketingSeamless integration of JudaismPartnerships between the early childhood center and the larger congregation

Why are you interested in engaging in a self-reflection process of your early childhood education center and congregation at this point in time?

What specific outcomes would you hope to achieve through the PEECCE process?

Is there anything else you would like to share with us regarding your congregation, your early childhood education center, or your interest in the PEECCE process? (Optional)

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Project Excellence for Early Childhood Congregational Education - Pilot Application