New Workshop Helps Teachers Bring Tanya to Life

As the school year comes to a close, Tanya teachers are invited to join a collaborative gathering featuring speakers, shared ideas, and group discussion centered around making Tanya feel more real and meaningful in students’ everyday lives.

Hosted by the Merkos Chinuch Office, the workshop will bring together middle school and high school Tanya teachers for an evening of discussion, reflection, and practical guidance on planning for next year’s classes and strengthening the way Tanya is taught.

The focus is on helping teachers guide students to experience Tanya as something that connects to their emotions, choices, relationships, and daily experiences. The workshop’s presenters include Rabbi Moshe Kesselman, Rov and teacher in Los Angeles, and Mrs. Shterna Ginsberg, educator, mashpia, and author who has led nationwide Tanya hachanos for Chabad high schools. The sessions will also include time for teachers to share challenges and approaches from their own classrooms.

As teachers wrap up the current school year, the workshop is meant to give mechanchos a chance to reflect while the year is still fresh, looking at what worked, what can be improved, and how to approach next year’s Tanya classes with more clarity and direction.

Topics will include:

– Making Tanya relatable

– Helping students connect Tanya to real life

– Structuring Tanya lessons more effectively

– Encouraging meaningful classroom discussion

– Creating stronger student engagement

The workshop will take place on May 25, 9 Sivan, from 8:00–10:00 PM EST and is open to middle school and high school Tanya teachers.

Register Here: chinuchoffice.org/tanya