Chayim Gerson

24 Westgate Road Apt A

Teaneck, NJ 07666
303-718-3446
elliotg1023@gmail.com

Professional Profile:
A motivated, energetic, relatable educator and mentor with highly developed teaching,
programming, and organizational skills. Experience includes: differentiated instruction,
classroom management, and creating effective and engaging lesson plans for a wide variety of
informal and formal settings.

Experience:

Position: Teacher at Bruriah High School for Girls

9/2019 to Present
Supervisor: Rabbi Joseph Oratz (joratz@bruriah.org)
• Taught 9th Grade Halacha and Torah Sheb’aal Peh courses
• Prepared activities and sessions in and outside of class
• Organized and participated in formal and informal school programs

Position: Teacher at the North Jersey Jewish Academy

9/2019 to Present
Supervisor: Jessica Speigel (jspeigel@synagogue.org)
• Prepared and classes to 6th and 7th Grade Bar and Bat Mitzvah students
• Organized and facilitated programming and trips in and out of school

Position: Kollel Fellow at The Frisch School

9/2019 to Present
Supervisor: Rabbis Shalom Richter (shalom.richter@frisch.org) and Noah Gardenswartz
(noah.gardenswartz@frisch.org)
• Served as Shoel u’Maishiv for 11th Grade Gemara classes
• Taught special chaburot and sessions for all high school students
• Attended and participated in activities for the Kollel members and wider Frisch faculty

Position: Educational Couple for the Suburban Torah Center (Livingston, NJ)
8/2018 to Present
Supervisor: Rabbi Elie Mischel (rabbimischel@suburbantorah.org)
• Prepared and taught shiurim and classes
• Conducted educational and social programming for adults
• Learned in chevruta with members of the community
• Spent Shabbat in the community 1-2 Shabbatot per month and Yom Tov

Position: Night Seder Rebbe for Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA)
8/2017 to Present
Supervisor: Rabbi Shimon Shenker (sschenker@yuhsb.org)
• Prepared and taught chaburot to self-selected 9-11th grade boys twice weekly
Position: Bus Director and Education Director for NCSY Summer Program TJJ
Ambassadors
8/2015 to 8/2018
Supervisor: Rabbi Barry Goldfischer (dbgoldfischer@hotmail.com)
• Planned and executed classes, formal and informal education programs, and recreational
programs for public school students while in Israel
• Designed the learning curriculum for nightly chaburot
• Coordinated logistics, including flight information, interviews and health forms for all
participants
• Following the summer, arranged reunions and facilitated continuing weekly communication
amongst the group

Position: Madrich for First Time on Campus Students at Yeshiva University

8/2017 to 6/2018
Supervisor: Rabbi Elisha Bacon (ebacon@yu.edu)
• Hosted Shabbat meals in my home for new students
• Built relationships with new students and ensured that their academic and non-academic
needs were addressed
• Planned monthly extracurricular programs on and off campus

Position: Chinuch Staff for Camp Kaylie Girls’ Session

7/2015 to 8/2015
Supervisor: Rabbi Shalom Rosner (rosnerts@gmail.com)
• Created curriculum for Pre-K, 7 and 10 grades
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• Prepared and taught three learning sessions each day

• Planned educational and recreational programs

Position: Advisor for NCSY Summer Program TJJ and TJJ Ambassadors
7/2013 to 8/2014
Supervisor: Rabbi Barry Goldfischer (dbgoldfischer@hotmail.com)
• Prepared and taught two learning sessions each day
• Facilitated minyanim and informal education for public high school students
• Arranged follow-up for the participants throughout the school year

Position: Counselor for Camp HASC

6/2011 to 8/2011
Supervisor: Avi Pollak (Avipol613@gmail.com)
• Cared for and attended to a bunk of 5 adult campers with special needs

Education:
• Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Chinuch Track (Recieved Semicha in 2019)
• Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration (Expected MS in 2020)
• Yeshiva College, New York, NY, Bachelor of the Arts in Psychology (Graduated June 2015)
• Yeshivat Lev HaTorah, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel (August 2010 – June 2011)
• Denver Jewish Day School, Denver, CO – Class of 2010

Additional references provided upon request.