Mechanchim worldwide are being invited to pitch their most innovative chinuch ideas as part of the Global Chinuch Pitch, a new initiative from the Chinuch Office that will take center stage this summer at the Kinus HaMechanchim.
Mechanchim worldwide are being invited to pitch their most innovative chinuch ideas as part of the Global Chinuch Pitch, a new initiative from the Chinuch Office that will take center stage this summer at the Kinus HaMechanchim.
The initiative offers mechanchim, principals, and administrators up to 18K to develop a classroom-driven solution with the potential to impact yeshivos, chadorim, and day schools across the globe. One winning idea will be selected for full development support; along with an additional $1,000 personal award for the mechanech behind it.
“The Rebbe placed chinuch at the forefront,” says Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, director of the Chinuch Office. “Our goal is to empower today’s mechanchim—who are carrying the Rebbe’s mission forward—with the tools to bring their ideas to life and share them with the world.”
With hundreds of mechanchim gathering this summer at the Kinus, the Pitch reflects a long-standing truth: the most effective solutions emerge from the classroom itself.
“The mechanchim in the classroom have their finger on the pulse of today’s chinuch challenges and solutions,” says Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, Executive Director of Merkos 302. “Our goal is to give them a launchpad to uplift chinuch globally.”
How It Works
- Submit an Idea
Share your core idea that can help mechanchim or schools globally (ex., curriculum, classroom management, student interactions, school systems, or others) through our submission page - Present and Pitch at the Kinus
Your idea will be reviewed for presentation at the Kinus HaMechanchim, and the top three ideas will be pitched live. - Vote by Mechanchim
Mechanchim attending the Kinus will cast the deciding vote for the most impactful idea. - Get Funded & Make It Happen
The winning idea will receive a grant of up to $18,000 (amount set based on project scope) in funding and development support from the Chinuch Office. - Get Rewarded
The creator of the winning idea will also receive a $1,000 personal award.
Submissions Due: July 20 / כ״ד תמוז
Visit chinuchoffice.org/pitch to submit your Chinuch idea today.
If you haven’t signed up yet for the Kinus Hamechanchim, register chinuchoffice.org/
Use code EARLY for early bird discount, active until Gimmel Tammuz for the first 150 registrants.
Registration is refundable in full until 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 30 (ה׳ אב).
So here is my pitch . And the proof is in the pudding meaning it works.
I have a weekly zoom class for the last 4.5 years.
We share through journeys and stories to bring out mitzvos and Torah concepts.
We either start with a rebbe video or end with one. And our speakers share a personal rebbe story. From this I got so many ppl committing to learning. Connecting. Going to ohel for first times. Going to mikvah for first time with full families. Keeping kosher. Lighting Shabbos candles. Making changes. I am lucky I got to hear so much feedback.
We have every kind of Jew who tunes in. I have a YouTube channel and podcast. I would love the schools to implement a subject. Start with a video or end with a video and have volunteers and paid ppl to come in and share their life stories and journeys. The children will get inspired and connect. Please consider this idea even if I don’t win.
Sounds like you do great things, but before you start thinking that you’ve solved the world’s issues, let me ask you – have you ever worked with kids before??
I am involved in chinuch and I will say that real chinuch is heart to heart and not by programs. Curricula and programs look nice, but they don’t do anything like a caring teacher.
If we took the money and gave it to our mechanchim, it could do much more to help those children. But there would be nothing to show and publicize.
The Rebbe prioritized genuine impact over nice programs. The Rebbe advised supporting bochurim in someone’s memory instead of writing a sefer Torah and sponsoring shemura matza instead of a big building. But that doesn’t get headlines…