innovationisrael is comprised of a team of educators and a group of participating institutions. With its co-directors’ many years of combined experience in education, science, the arts, and the challenges of multiculturalism, added to the astounding strength of education and creativity in Israel, innovationisrael puts together a model program that involves the whole individual, his/her community, and the resources of the environment. We are educators collaborating with scientists, artists, engineers, and other professionals, to give young students the experience of knowledge forged beyond the walls of the academic classroom. We look into the future with a new, multi-faceted educational model, opening the doors of existing facilities for young people to form their vision of knowledge application, workplace, and concrete possibility. 

Program Director

Monica Cooper, Ph.D. is a neurobiologist and cognitive scientist with extensive teaching and research experience at Yale University and Boston College. A graduate of the Greenberg Institute of teachers for the Diaspora in Jerusalem, she received her B.Sc. in Physics and Math from Hebrew University, her Ph.D. in Biology from Yale University, and her M.Ed. in Human Development from Harvard School of Education. She has three children.

Staff

The course instructors at TAU are selected for the creativity they bring to the courses they teach, making of each class meeting a unique time for ideas and cooperative learning. The staff of innovationisrael is a selected team of educators with rich and varied experience. Our tour guides are highly trained and have been selected for their knowledge and love of the land and its history.

Participating Institutions

innovationisrael derives the high quality of its programming in great measure from the outstanding Israeli institutions that open their doors especially for our students. To gain a college experience, we bring our students to the internationally renowned campus of Tel Aviv University (TAU). TAU has been offering highly acclaimed courses for Israeli high school students for 30 years. For the first time, these courses will be offered to American students, teaching them in English.

Our students are housed at TAU’s neighboring youth village Kfar Hayarok. For more on kfar Hayarok, click here.

Academics are complemented with exposure to the world of creative application, which we do in our visits and workshops to a variety of fascinating sites of innovation in the technologies, science, and the arts. For innovationisrael’s participating sites click here.

Visits to sites of innovation will also take place as we travel throughout the country. These interactive visits are planned and coordinated with our staff to provide for a quality learning experience for our students.

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