03/06/02

Dear Colleagues
The closing date for registration for our Annual In-service day, is Monday, June 10. Please understand that I can order a hall for 50 participants or for 200. The way it looks to date is a small intimate room is all we need.

I must hand in my order form for hand-outs to be printed, etc. and cannot
wait till the last minute.

Avi

27/05/02

Dear REEDers (please read till the end!!)

Our annual in-service program has been set for MONDAY, July 1 to be held at Kfar Hayarok (near Tel Aviv - travel instructions will be sent to you).

Registration: 8:30 - 9:30

The program will begin at 9:30 (ending at 16:00)
(Details will be sent to the schools in the near future)

The central theme: READING

Teachers who wish to participate MUST submit:
1. Name (in full)
2. Telephone (home)
3. School
to be sent to tsuravi@hotmail.com

The information can be submitted as a school list. There will be a 5 shekel
participation fee to be paid at registration. Teachers registering must
participate as we are liable for the number of participants.

All the best
Avi and Tzevet Ha'hadracha

21/05/2002

REEDers
This message is to be passed on to coordinator of school

I sent out a message requesting that schools in need of teachers for next
year send me information. ONLY 4 schools have done so, however, on ETNI I see some of MY SCHOOLS advertizing. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND ME THE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED IN MY MESSAGE TO BE FOUND ON THE REED MESSAGE BOARD. ETNI is fine by me but I too need this information.

This is a reminder that any and all teachers that are interviewed for a
position at your school, MUST BE INTERVIEWED BY THE PIKUACH!!!

Avi

19/05/2002

Dear REEDers

THIS NOTIFICATION IS TO BE PASSED ON TO THE PRINCIPAL OF YOUR SCHOOL AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF BAGRUT!!!

The English Bagrut Exam is in two days time and SCHOOLS still have NOT sent me form 13 (results of the oral-exam)??? I am angry as I too have a
responsibility and a job to do. The forms are to be sent IMMEDIATELY!!!!

If your school has sent the forms I apologize for this general notification
and you are in the clear.

Avi Tsur
Inspector

11/05/2002

Dear REEDers
This is a clarification to my previous message about Form 9540 (Form for
Oral Bagrut)

There are two forms with the number 9540:
1.The red / reddish form is the regular form that the testers who tested the oral bagrut (interview/cue cards) signed
2. An olive colored form (meyuchad) to be used for the students with
dispensations. If you recall, YOU ARE NOT TO HAVE THEM REGISTERED ON THE REGULAR 9540 FORM. You are required to calculate their grade as stipulated by the Ministry on the letter/form recently sent to schools "The 1 Hour Exam".

Please note that the results of the students taking the 1 hour exam ARE NOT TO BE SENT ON THE DAY OF THE EXAM (as in other subjects), THEY ARE TO BE SENT ONLY AFTER THE SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED THE OFFICIAL ANSWERS 2-3 weeks later.

I hope this is clear. For more clarifications, please use the forum of REED
so that other teachers can follow. I will not answer direct emails to my
hotmail.

Wishing us all, Chag Sameach and Kol Tuv
Avi Tsur

11/05/2002

Dear REEDers
Please submit the following details (if your school is in need of teachers
for next year): -

1. Name of School
2. School phone number
3. Name of Principal
4. Name of Rakaz/et
5. Telephone contact number
6. How many "misrot" does the school NEED

Please send the information to  tsuravi@hotmail.com

Avi

8/05/2002

Dear REEDers Shalom

A number of schools have contacted me about "multiple copies" of the tapes for the bagrut exams. The schools who followed the instructions sent out by the Ministry  WILL RECEIVE multiple copies. Schools who did not abide by the instructions will NOT receive extra copies. Please do not call on me for assistance as there is nothing that I can do to help.

Our Summer In-service will be held at Kfar Hayarok on July 1, 2002. We look forward to seeing you at the function. A second day will be given mid-year. Attendance at both days will give 14 hours "likrat gmul"

I am pleased to inform you that next years forms will be ready on DATA-BASE which will enable us to function more professionally. ALL SCHOOLS will be obliged to fill in and submit the forms (in September). This is just to wet your appetite for now.

Wishing you and your students all the best for the coming exam/s.

Avi Tsur and tzevet Ha-hadracha

26/04/2002

Dear REEDers Shalom
This information is to be shared with all staff members -

It has been brought to my attention that some of the testers (oral
exam - interview/cuecards) have been giving in-between grades. The
instructions are very clear - the grades given are the grades listed on the grid  (NO IN-BETWEEN GRADES!!).

It is my responsibility to approve testers of pupils taking the 1 hour exam
(oral in-place of written).
The school MUST SUBMIT - 

1. name and ID of the pupil 

2. name of tester (not the class teacher)  

3. this is to be done on school letter head paper and can be faxed to my office 03-6898793

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Please note that the results of the oral exam are recorded on form 9540 (not to worry - the person in charge of bagrut at your school knows this.) The student who does the 1 hour exam has his/ her grade submitted by the school ALSO on form 9540. As only one grade can be recorded for a student, this means that your 1 hour candidate cannot have his/her name on the form of the regular oral (interview/cue-card) 9540 form.
Their name and result is NOT TO BE SUBMITTED ON THIS FORM with the rest of the machzor. How then does s/he get their result? When you have finished grading their exam and calculate the final result, you are to take the result into account. All you need to do is to follow the instructions 

HOW TO GRADE THE TEST -the instructions come to the school every year prior to the exam.

NOTE: Unlike in the past, this year you are NOT to grade the 1 hour
test on the spot and send in the result. Instead, you are to fill in the
students answers and at a later stage (two or three weeks later) your school will receive the official answers from the ministry. Based on these
answers you will grade the test and forward the results.

For more information please phone me on Mondays 7:00 - 10:00 at the
office 03-6898828 (my direct line).

Wishing you and your students all the very best
Avi and Tzevet Ha'hadracha

 

09/04/02

Dear REEDers, Shalom

These are indeed difficult times for us all. Some schools have already
finished with the Oral Bagrut.

By now you should know who your testers are and I hope that you have
set the date/s for the test. Schools who have not done so are to write to my email IMMEDIATELY!!  tsuravi@hotmail.com

Also, if there are problems please write to me. You are assured of a
prompt answer.

Wishing you all, students and teachers alike, everything of the
best.

Take care,
Avi Tsur and tsevet Ha-hadracha

13/02/02

Dear REEDers Shalom
I am pleased to inform you that the shibbutz (4 and 5 points) has been submitted to Machleket B'chinot. Information about  which school is testing your students can be obtained from Gail Mann -  gailm@netvision.net.il

Please note!! Official permission has not as yet been given by the testing
department. If you wish to test early, phone the testing department and get their approval. The grading grids will be sent to the schools next week from Jerusalem.

Each tester tests up to 25 students. If you have the names of your testers
and feel that you need more testers, this probably means that the testers
need to come twice. Remember - the number of testers your school receives is the number you give. (If your school has 6 teachers and needs 10 testers then 4 of your teachers are expected to test twice!!)

This is a reminder that you need to send the details of your 3 point teachers in to the office or my email:  tsuravi@hotmail.com
Wishing you all the best
Avi Tsur and tzevet ha-hadracha

Dear REEDers

Please HEED this message: Information about 3 point testers

Schools are requested to forward the:

1. FULL NAME of the teacher/s testing 3 points (internal exam)     

2. ID number with Sifrat Bikoret
3. FULL ADDRESS with Mikud
4. Telephone number

This information is to reach my office by February 25.

You will be pleased to know that soon we will be submitting the
Shibbutz for the Summer Oral Bagrut Examination. Once submitted to the testing department you will be notified and will be able to receive information from our site "REED"

Avi Tsur and Tsevet Ha-hadracha

16/1/2002

The following schools HAVE submitted the requested information to
enable us to do the "shibbutz"  (A/ names of bagrut teachers B/ number of 4+5 point students taking the test.) Thanks!!

1. Hof Hacarmel   2. Brenner    3. Dror    4. Haemek hamaarvi
5. Misgav     6. Hispin     7. Ayanot Yarden    8. Shaar Hanegev
9. Yohana Jabotinsky     10. Shittim     11. Yeshivat Hashomron
12. Shfaya     13. Yemin Orde     14. Herzog     15. Ami Assaf
16. Hakfar Hayarok      17. Megiddo      18. Eshel Hanassi
19. Alonei Yitschak     20. Amit Raanana (J. Keller)    21. Lahava
22. Ben Gurion     23. Maale Habsor      24. Nevei Eitan
25. Bnei Chayil     26. Cabri      27. Yad Binyamin
28. Mosenson    29. Nevei Shmuel       30. Ayanot      31. Hadassim
32. Shaar Hanegev     33. Anna Frank      34. Bikat Kinnerot
35. Maayan Shachar     36. Gvanim       37. Nachlat yehuda
38. Nahallal        39. Emek hachula     40. Tzfira      41.
Shaalavim 42. Mevuot Iron

Pardes Hana and Har vegai - you did not submit number of students
Amakim - please send in your information again. I do not have it.

THE FINAL DATE FOR SUBMITTING THIS INFORMATION IS MONDAY JANUARY 21.
THE MOMENT WE START WITH THE SHIBBUTZ, THE LATE-COMERS WILL NOT BE ADDED TO THE LIST AND WILL FIND THEMSELVES HAVING TO TRAVEL TO DISTANT
SCHOOLS (A SEPARATE SHIBBUTZ FOR THE LATE-COMERS, TO BE DONE AT SOME STAGE, WHENEVER!!)

THIS INFORMATION IS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE PRINCIPAL OF YOUR SCHOOL!

Avi Tsur
Inspector

08.01.2002

The 11th grade essays which were sent to the office in December (or
earlier) have been assessed and the results will be posted to the schools at
the end of next week. The essays that have come in this week will be
assessed next week and the results will be forwarded at a later stage.

This is a reminder to all the schools who have not as yet sent in -
the names of their testers for the oral exam (interview / Cue Cards) and
the number of students taking the exam (does NOT have to be an exact
figure) to do so IMMEDIATELY as we are about to do the "shibbutz". Your information is to be sent to my email address: tsuravi@hotmail.com

The winter bagrut exam is on January 22. All the best to the
students taking the exam. Schools that intend to use the exam as a "matkonet" should record the listening comprehension passages.

Avi and tzevet ha-hadracha

Schools with Mabar classes ARE EXPECTED to have at least one representative at our forthcoming Hishtalmut!! All teachers are  invited to join us.

The Hishtalmut is at Mikve Yisrael School (signs will be posted to direct you from the gate area). You can reach the school by taking a bus from the central bus station (74 or 94). Get off at Kugel Square and enjoy a 5 minute walk to the main entrance or our private
shuttle service which will run from 8:45 - 9:20. Drivers  coming from the North - drive along Ayalon Highway. After La Gardia exit, DO NOT take the right hand lane (to Jerusalem), continue to  Holon (Ayalon South) till Kikar Kugel, go round 45 degrees and straight down Rechov Mikve Yisrael till you come to the entrance of the school (turn left at the traffic light).


The Mabar IN-SERVICE PROGRAM for December 17th 

Registration is from 9:00 - 9:30.  

Session 1: Learning Skills (Aharona Gveriyahu, National English Counsellor for weak learners); 

Session 2: Mabar in the Rural Sector (Chezi Sitty, director of the Mabar program);

LUNCH will be served from 12:30 - 13:15; 

Session 3: How Difficult is it to Change? ((Aliza Avrahami, Key speaker for Ort); 

Session 4: The One and Supplementary Bagrut Exam - What to expect and what to look forward to (Avi Tsur).

The final session ends at 16:00

Looking forward to seeing you all. 

Chag Sameach,
Avi and Tzevet Hamabar - Pircha, Miriam and Carla.

27/11/2001

1. Message sent by Sharon Tzur to ETNI for schools interested:
Riki Zakeyn (head of the division of test organization)says that
while one tape per school is automatically being provided for the Winter
Bagrut, additional tapes will be provided for all students who are certified
as needing them - but you MUST ORDER the tapes on the form provided
(with the letter) and fax the form to Riki Zakeyn at 02-5603115 - by THIS THURSDAY,
November 29th. (Registration for Winter Bagrut closes on Nov 30).

Note, you almost must see to it that Form 9539 (that's the form
where the school lists the Special Testing for each student) is submitted
- one for each student who has Hatamot. The deadline, I think, is
30.11
This is relevant for students being tested in the winter, whether
they are Mivchani Mishne (retests) Hizdamnut Shniya, or students taking
the test for the first time this winter (an option that was not available
until now - and which some schools might be doing, although the unions have
advised against it).


2. Schools taking the Winter bagrut must have the Oral exam behind
them by January 15th. Testers will be sent to the school by the pikuach. As you are responsible for the tziyun shnati, can I presume that the READING PROGRAM has been completed by all the schools who registered??


3. Schools taking the summer exam must submit the following
information to my email tsuravi@hotmail.com  NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31
a/ Name of school and Semel Mossad
b/ How many students taking the 4 and 5 point exam (including 11th
graders who have approval)
c/ Full name of Bagrut teachers + ID
For teachers not on our list from last year, you must include
address (with mikud) and telephone number

If any of the above requirements are not met, the email will be
returned to you and we will not take responsibility for last minute "dealings"

As this information concerns BAGRUT, you are responsible to share it
with the principal of your school!!!

Yours sincerely
Avi Tsur and Tzevet hadracha

30/10/2001

Initial information - Winter Bagrut:
The Winter bagrut is scheduled for January 22, 2002. The ORAL EXAM
for students taking this examination must be completed by January 15.

In order to facilitate testers you are requested to email me at
-tsuravi@hotmail.com

Information to be submitted:
1. The name of your school and fax number
2. Name of coordinator and phone number
3. How many students will be taking the winter bagrut (4 & 5 points)
4. 30% of the Annual grade ("Tziyun Shnati/Magen") given by the
teacher, is based on the Reading Program. Please abide by the ruling!!

Needless to say, by having to organize the oral exam twice is an
additional pressure for us all. Lets hope that it all works out for the best
and that our students really do benefit from it.

This information is to be passed on to the school principal, the
school coordinator for exams, the English coordinator.

Avi Tsur and Tzevet Ha-hadracha

30/10/2001

Dear REEDers (in the South or/and those interested to attend)

Am forwarding information about a scheduled in-service program. The program  has been approved and is recommended!!

 

 PBT Workshop for Elementary, Junior, Senior High School EFL Teachers.

Click here for more details.

 Avi Tsur and Tsevet Ha-hadracha