In order to ensure that the Jewish people thrive and its values flourish, we must first ensure that Jewish education is the best that it can be in all of its variety. JESNA's role -- to strengthen communities and their educational offerings by providing tested solutions, leveraging partnerships, promoting synergies, and building the connections that strengthen us all - has not changed, though the strategies by which we accomplish our goals have been refined and strengthened over the past year. We are currently engaged in a number of new projects and collaborations. In partnership with education leaders, funders, and dreamers, JESNA draws on its years of institutional experience and its expert staff to focus on a continuous cycle of improvement, progressing from learning to dissemination to active application in geographical and topical communities and back again. Building the capacity of Federations and their Central Agencies to improve Jewish education in local communities is a key means of accomplishing our mission.

We employ a wide range of tools and methodologies in order to support our partners and clients in communities and institutions as they seek to accomplish their individual and shared goals in Jewish education. We convene, network, evaluate, advocate, consult, and encourage. We apply innovative ideas, cutting edge technology, proven models, data and practical know-how. We work in teams across disciplines to ensure that we manage internal and external knowledge to maximize the impact of every project. We know that our agenda is ambitious. We also know that this work is critical if Jewish education is to fulfill its promise for North American Jewry in the 21st century and beyond.