The Wornick Jewish Day School invites you to participate in an informative community teleconference on Kindergarten readiness.  Many opinions - expert and amateur - are circulated on when a child is ready for Kindergarten and what the expectations of a Kindergarten student are today.  This teleconference will put you in touch with the experts - Wornick's Head of School, Wornick's Head of Middle School and General Studies, PJCC Early Childhood Education Director and Bay Area Psychologist Dr. Jessica Rosenbaum, a leading specialist in learning development strategies.

In this teleconference you will learn:

• What specific skills a four year old program focuses on for Kindergarten readiness
• How to know if your child is ready for Kindergarten for next year
• What is expected in a Kindergarten class
• What are children's developmental stages during the Kindergarten year

This FREE teleconference is not to be missed.

Our speaker's brief biographies:

Judy Garb has been the Director of Early Childhood Education at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center for 24 years. Before that she taught in elementary school and completed her Master’s Degree in Public Administration. Judy is very proud of the PJCC Preschool, its 330 children and dedicated staff. In her spare time she enjoys playing with her 4 grandchildren, traveling with her husband and playing tennis with friends.

Barbara Gereboff is the Head of K-8 General Studies and Middle School at Wornick. Barbara has worked with community and professional staff to deliver the best values-based education available in the Bay Area. Barbara has a doctorate in education from Arizona State University and has developed and implemented exceptional curricula in literature, science, technology, athletics, music, and art programs.

Jessica L. Rosenbaum has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist since early 2003.  Since that time, she has completed psychological, psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations of children ranging in age from 4 to 17.  Jessica's expertise is in understanding, learning, soical/behavioral and emotional developmental stages and in supporting children with home and school concerns.

Susan Weintrob is the Head of School at Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School.  She has a distinguished career in education for more than 30 years, including more than a decade in Jewish education.  Susan has created kindergarten through university level academic programs and 
has developed scope and sequence skill levels across the curriculum.