About Gateways » Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

Mission

Our mission is to ensure that Jewish children with a full range of learning styles, abilities and challenges succeed academically, socially, and spiritually to their fullest potential. We provide an array of state-of-the-art educational programs, supports and resources to meet the individual needs of each child in a variety of Jewish settings, including Jewish day schools and supplemental programs. We actively engage and collaborate with teachers and administrators to universalize best practices in education. We seek to educate parents, teachers, administrators and the broader community to promote understanding and acceptance of the children we serve.

Vision

To enable Jewish children with special educational needs to become successful participants in the Jewish community.

Values

We aspire to excellence in services by

• providing cutting-edge, state-of-the-art education and techniques
• supporting professional development
• hiring top educators

We reflect Jewish values through

• educational practices which follow Jewish values
• training Jewish special educators and providers

We are sensitive to the families we serve by

• reaching out to families across the spectrum of Jewish religious practice
• protecting families’ privacy
• respecting families’ choice of educational setting

We seek to meet the unique needs of each child by

• serving children who would not have access to Jewish education
• providing individualized education across the spectrum of learning styles and disabilities

We collaborate and partner with community organizations by

• developing working relationships with educational institutions and other Jewish educational organizations and synagogues
• creating a network of service and supports for our students and their families
• promoting volunteerism

We promote maximal inclusion as appropriate for the child by

• including our students in their educational setting, classroom and community
• teaching disability awareness and the benefits our students bring to the community and in settings in which we teach

We strive to identify and implement solutions to

• problems of affordability and accessibility
• fair distribution of resources to all settings

We welcome all families.