Meet Chani Karp, Ms.Ed., from the Confident Kriah Method to learn how to help each and every student thrive! Read on for all the details, or learn more about her course here.
If you’re a limudei kodesh teacher, this scene is all-too-familiar. You’re teaching your class, it’s a dynamic and exciting lesson, and twenty-eight faces are eagerly hanging on to your every word. Student Twenty-Nine though, is staring at the clock. And Student Thirty’s eyes are shooting daggers into the chumash. Because while you’ve gotten twenty-eight students to where they have to be, there’s something going on with the rest of them.
It’s story time: this one is about a 12-year-old boy who was having a really hard time in school. He would never participate in class, because if he answered the teacher’s question, everyone would know he knew nothing. At recess too, he kept to himself because, during class, he just felt like a failure. He felt like his inability to read was a reflection of his abilities. He wasn’t capable. He wasn’t smart. He wasn’t worthy – or so he thought.
That is, until Chani Karp, Ms.Ed, worked with him, utilizing tools from her Confident Kriah Method. Over time, he broke through the barriers that blocked him from reading. He started to understand what was going on in school, and even to participate. Because he wasn’t less-than anymore.
That summer, he went to overnight camp. Instead of keeping to himself in the corner of the bunkhouse, he felt confident enough to make friends. And confident enough to join the camp’s intense Gemara competition… which he won.
Learning to read transformed Chaim. He went from the kid who avoided any attention to the one receiving a trophy on stage. The next year, he went to a mainstream mesivta – and used his free time to teach himself piano, which he played in public at all the yeshiva functions.
New things didn’t scare him anymore because he no longer considered himself incapable. When he learned to read, he was able to learn – and when he learned to read, he learned to believe in himself.
Most parents and teachers are familiar with that one kid who just doesn’t get it. You know they’re smart and capable, though. They’re bright, so there’s no reason they’re not catching on. Except none of the traditional methods are working.
And very often, when you dig deep to see why a child is falling behind, it comes back to this: they can’t read Hebrew properly. And when they can’t read, they can’t follow the pasuk, they can’t answer questions, and they just don’t feel good about their ability to learn.
Chani Karp is a special educator, with 20 years of experience in kriah, spent working 1:1 with the children and teenagers who just didn’t click with the regular kriah methods. ‘Kriah contributes greatly to student’s self-worth because they spend so much time in academic settings. And it’s not just about the pure decoding,’ explains Chani, ‘it’s about the comprehension, the kids feeling that sense of competency. It’s the feeling that says I’m good enough to participate, I can do this.”
After working with hundreds of students in dozens of schools, Chani developed the Confident Kriah Method to help every child gain the critical Hebrew-reading skills that affects their self-image, ability to learn, and relationship with Yiddishkeit or Judaic subjects.
Many schools have brought her down to train their teachers. Now, for the first time, Chani’s taking her Confident Kriah Method global. Teachers, principals, parents, listen up.
In the general track, you’ll learn what you need to know about learners, what you need to know about kriah, and how to combine the two. You’ll gain an understanding of the foundations of kriah, and how students learn to read. You’ll learn how to identify, isolate, and address weak kriah skills. And then, you’ll gain techniques to teach kriah so less children struggle in the first place, and to individualize that instruction to help your weaker students.
And there’s a bonus specialist track for the aspiring kriah specialist too. This is for mechanchim who are ready to take that next step into 1:1 instruction, or someone with minimal teaching experience who knows they are capable of inspiring and guiding students. Here’s where you’ll learn business strategy gained from years of experience in the field. You’ll learn how to understand each student’s individual needs; and how to move beyond what a teacher can do in a classroom and individualize to a single student sitting across from you.
Can parents take the course? ‘Yes!’ explains Chani, ‘They’d learn so much about how to reach their children and really teach them the way they need to learn.’ And principals, inquire about group pricing here to train all of your teachers in these game-changing techniques.
The course will take place on July 10-13, with 4 2-hour sessions, taught over 4 days. There’s a live Q&A following every class, access to recordings, 4 months of follow-up Q&A, and access to recordings, slides, and cheat sheets for reference and review.
So if you want to be able to help students read – and give them the confidence to finally succeed in school, stop dreading learning and davening – visit www.confidentkriah.com to learn more about the Confident Kriah Method and sign up today.
