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Professional
Development Services
Who Are We?
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Professional development services deals with all matters
related to the 3,000 professionals working in Jewish Community
Centers throughout North America. This includes recruiting
quality professionals to fill vacancies in JCCs; enhancing
a JCC’s staff retention potential; monitoring and
leading changes in personnel practice; studying and publication
of trends, including salaries. The department also provides
scholarships for students enrolled
in master’s degree programs that will lead to
or enhance professional careers in the Jewish Community
Center Movement. We help to develop and coordinate a myriad
of staff development and learning opportunities with local
JCCs, regional groups of JCC's, as well as continental training
and development programs.
We
Maintain jccworks.com!
- Available
JCC
positions are posted on the Web (www.jccworks.com).
- Job
seekers can check positions on the Web.
- Each
applicant fills out a profile application.
- The
profile, resume, and reference letters are sent to JCC Association
for review.
- JCCs
get a pool of qualified
candidates.
We
Recruit People to Join the JCC Family!
- We
provide ongoing recruitment and placement services for professionals,
as well as executive placement. Click
here for a list of recent professional appointments.
- We
staff trade shows and job fairs to help get the word out
about JCC Association and the JCC Movement.
- We
travel to college campuses around the country, recruiting
people to work
in the JCC field.
- We
meet with career services, various academic departments
and Hillel organizations at colleges and universities to
let them know the jobs that are available, as well as the
type of students JCCs are seeking.
- We
screen and interview potential candidates, maintain a-database
on the Web and refer qualified candidates to JCCs.
- Held
every other year, the JCCs
of North America Professional Conference brings together
JCC professionals from North America for four days of training
in a variety of disciplines. The 2005 Conference will take
place Sunday-Wednesday, April 3-6 at the Philadelphia Marriot.
We
Provide Graduate Education Scholarships!
- JCC
Association administers graduate-education
scholarships for students interested in pursuing careers
in Jewish Community Centers. This aid perpetuates the entire
JCC Movement and enhances the level of service at individual
JCCs. The deadlines for applications for the 2005-2006 academic
year is Tuesday February 1, 2005. Back to
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We
Consult on Personnel and HRD Issues!
- JCC
Association provides consultation to JCCs seeking to change
their staffing structure or revise their job descriptions.
- We
work with search committees to fill executive director openings,
and work with the JCC to fill open full-time professional
positions.
- We
provide consultation to professional staff working in JCCs
who seek career counseling, salary information, or help
finding their next JCC positions.
Learning
Never Ends!
We
Develop and Coordinate Many Staff Learning and Training Opportunities!
- Held
every other year, the JCCs
of North America Professional Conference brings together
JCC professionals from North America for four days of training
in a variety of disciplines. The 2005 Conference takes place
April 3-6 at the Philadelphia Marriot.
- The annual Executive
Seminars, a 5 day continuing education program for all JCC
executives held in January
- The
Executive Development Training program (EDTP) an 18
month learning program for a select group of senior JCC
professionals who want to prepare for filling the CEO position
of a JCC.
- The
Middle Management
Training Program (MMTP), a program designed to enhance
the practice level of those JCC professionals who aspire
to move up the JCC career ladder. This program focuses on
management skill training.
- Supervision
Training. We are committed to work with individual JCCs,
clusters of JCCs and all JCCs continentally in providing
a myriad of resources to continually upgrade the level of
supervision in their JCCs.
- AJCP regional
conferences. In the alternate year of the professional conference,
(which, next, is the Spring of 2006, we work closely with
the 11 regions of AJCP in providing planning and execution
resources for their biennial regional conferences.
Contact
Steven Rod
vice-president, professional development services
212-786-5085
send an e-mail
Joy Brand
associate director, professional development services
212-786-5114
send an e-mail
Sarah Levithan
coordinator of recruitment and scholarship programs
send an e-mail
Tory Holland
program associate
send an e-mail
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