Margalit Kavenstock

Margalit Kavenstock is an expert in training teachers to teach Hebrew as additional language in kindergartens and schools in the Diaspora through seminars, personal training and distance learning. Margalit, a teacher and educator, served in management , guidance and Instruction positions in many educational settings in Israel and abroad, including the establishment of a department for training Hebrew teachers at Hebraica university in Mexico City. She developed and wrote a program for teaching Hebrew to young children ("Chalav-u'Dvash – Hebrew for preschoolers"), a framework in Jewish education (" Ve'Higadnu liladeinu") and released recently, a children's book ("What is The Land of Israel?") Margalit trained and trains thousands of teachers around the world in these fields, and has developed unique teaching models, lectures and workshops that connect theory and practice in order to create enjoyable experience for learners and teachers alike. Margalit has M.A. in Jewish Education from Schechter Institute in Jerusalem and the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, Certificate for teaching Hebrew as additional language from the Hebrew University , B.Ed. from David Yellin Teachers College in Jerusalem and B.A. in Social Work from the University of Tel Aviv.