School Year

Changing the Culture of the Education System Mitchell Excellence 2000 (E2K) teachers attend workshops throughout the school year presented by the Chais Teachers Institute, a division of the Society for Excellence through Education (SEE). The workshops take place both on national and regional levels. Chais Teacher Institute workshops are credited by the Israel Ministry of Education.

E2K Junior High School 1. Mathematical Thinking: Introductory Seminar 3 Days Sample Course Title: "Combinatorics" 2. Mathematical Thinking: Ongoing Training 12 Days Sample Course Title: “Crossing the Bridges" 3. Experimental Sciences: Introductory Seminar 3 Days Sample Course Title: “Sky Rocketing into Space" 4. Experimental Sciences: Ongoing Training 12 Days Sample Course Title: “The Wonders of Soap Membranes" Training Tracks

E2K Elementary School 5. Mathematical Thinking: Introductory Seminar 3 Days Sample Course Title: “Fibonacci Series" 6. Mathematical Thinking: Ongoing Training 10 Days Sample Course Title: “Math in Action" 7. Experimental Sciences 10 Days Sample Course Title: “Elementary Sciences" E2K High School 8. Physics - Sample Course Title: “The Rainbow" 8 Days

E2K Abroad 9. Mathematical Thinking: Introductory Seminar 3 Days Sample Course Title: “Crossing the Bridges" 10. Mathematical Thinking: Ongoing Training 9 Days Sample Course Title: “Combinatorics" 11. Experimental Sciences: Introductory Seminar 3 Days Sample Course Title: “Sky Rocketing into Space" 12. Experimental Sciences: Ongoing Training 9 Days Sample Course Title: “Apollo 13" 13. E2k Abroad Coordinators Track 2 Days Sample Course Title: “The Role of the Local Coordinator”

Special Program Tracks 14. E2K School-wide Program, Tiberias 9 Days Sample Course Title: “Scientific Thinking" 15. Excellence Advisors Course – first year participants 12 Days (In partnership with the Davidson Institute for Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science) 16. Excellence Advisors Course – second year participants 16 Days (In partnership with the Davidson Institute for Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science)

…Special Program Tracks 17. The Ilan Ramon Space Team Program 8 Days (In Partnership with the Norman and Helen Asher Space Center at the Technion) 18. Gildor Family Projects and Inventions 2 Days (In partnership with the Israeli Air Force) 19. Virtual Learning 22 Days (In partnership with the Davidson Institute for Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science)

Teacher Training Tracks School Year TOTAL Courses 19 Training Days156 Teachers Participating500* * Many teachers participate in multiple tracks