What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is a special place because ALL the colors of Jewish identity are represented here. Rarely do you find a school that embodies this type of diversity.

What I Love About Akiva
I love teaching our students because we feel so much like a family.

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is like a family for me, I enjoy seeing the children grow and make huge progress in language.

Certifications
ELL

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is like my second home. It’s like a big solid ground that gives you the opportunity to grow and be a better person.

Certifications

• Strength & Conditioning Specialist
• Personal Trainer
• Cycling Coach
• Yoga Instructor

What I Love About Akiva
Teaching kids to embrace an active lifestyle. Giving all kids a chance to be athletic. I love playing & sports!

Certifications

• Reading Specialist Endorsement

What I Love About Akiva
I love when a child’s face lights up when he/she figures out a new strategy, solves a challenging problem, or improves on a project.

Certifications
Highly Qualified Status Grades 3-8

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is an environment that purposefully creates moments of wonder and what if, why not now, and how can we achieve more. We value and provide opportunities for communicating effectively, innovative thinking and to demonstrate confidence in one’s abilities and the abilities of their team. We prepare our students for the community and world they will lead.

Certifications

• Highly Qualified Status in All Middle School Subjects, Special Education K-12

• Reading Specialist Endorsement

What I Love About Akiva
I love being apart of a community and a school that ensures that every child is loved, supported, and challenged in new ways every day. Unlike any other program I have worked in, Akiva does everything possible to ensure that ‘the whole child’ is being nourished.

What I Love About Akiva
I feel blessed to be at Akiva because of the teamwork amongst the faculty members and the ability to tailor our curriculum to meet each child’s needs.

Certifications

• Reading Specialization 6-12

What I Love About Akiva

Akiva is a place that encourages students and teachers to follow their passions. The small class sizes make it easy for teachers to give students the help and attention they deserve.

What I Love About Akiva
At Akiva, everyone is  supported to become their best self—students and teachers alike.

• Continued Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Current Member of Yeshivat Maharat Kollel Track

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is this unusual community that puts every child at the center. It is a place where children are nurtured and loved and a place where they are challenged to be curious, to wonder, to take risks and to have moral courage. I am inspired every day by the children, the parents and the faculty. It is a community and a family and a space for every child’s spark to be ignited.

What I Love About Akiva
I love working in such a supportive and collaborative environment where the safety and nurturing of our students’ growth is at the forefront of what we do. I love getting to know each child and fostering their passions.

What I Love About Akiva

Akiva is an amazing school. I have never before worked in an institution that pairs amazing kids with such a teamwork centered faculty. Everyone feels supported and we work towards a common goal of making each day great!

Certifications
Highly Qualified Status in ELA, Geography, and Social Studies

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is special because our small class sizes give teachers the ability to truly help each and every student.

Certifications
Special Education in the General Education classroom

What I Love About Akiva
Akiva is a special place that nurtures all types of learners. I enjoy being part of the process and watching as students gain confidence and learn to advocate for their own needs.

Certifications

• Certified Psychodramatist
• Creative Arts Therapist

What I Love About Akiva

Akiva is a microcosmos of the Jewish community of Nashville. It is small, diverse, warm and inclusive. I appreciate that it lets me take part in and support the process of building an academically, and emotionally strong future Jewish community.

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