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JES maintains a bank of experts to assist you. They will be selected for appropriateness to your project.

Principal Consultant--Cheryl Gordon
Update: August 2001
Cheryl Gordon has been awarded one of three CAJE grants for 2001-2002. The project funded is HORIM, an original program providing parents of Day School students with the basic Jewish education they need to support their children's studies.
 
“The year 5760 (2000) was my “chai” year as a business owner. I had enjoyed many professional blessings and had “done it all;” financial rewards, collegial respect, an impressive client list with national recognition. But something was missing. Though I had been a life long student of Judaism and Torah, I needed more. Some years ago I began the Master of Jewish Studies Program at Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago. As my knowledge increased, so did my yearning to become a Jewish professional. How to combine “train the trainer” and corporate program design skills with my passion for things Jewish? Jewish Education Solutions is the result!”---CBG

Utilizing the skills acquired during twenty successful years in the roles of teacher, innovator, linguist, manager and corporate trainer, coupled with her passion for Judaism, Cheryl Gordon is now using this expertise to further the cause of Jewish Education and the strengthening of Klal Yisrael. This native of Chicago is known to be a dynamic communicator and her expertise extends to all ages. She has a vast and successful track record of staff training and is able to develop teaching potential and teach them new methods. She is an excellent teacher and seminar presenter. As a knowledgeable and committed Jewish woman, she has been teaching Judaics informally and formally since 1995. Mrs. Gordon is fluent in English and Spanish, and competent in both ritual and academic Hebrew.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education Phi Beta Kappa University of Illinois, Urbana
Master of Arts in Teaching University of Illinois, Urbana
Master of Science in Jewish Studies (2001,) Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago
Teacher’s License, National Board Of License for Jewish Schools in North America

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
  • President and Owner, Language Plus, Inc. (bought out in 2000) a language and cultural training firm with thirty five employees and a national client base. Responsible for training of over 15,000 students since 1983.
  • Training Program Consultant to FBI, DEA, USDA, U.S. Customs, U.S. Peace Corps, McDonald’s Corporation, State Farm Insurance Companies, General Motors, Associated Marine Institutes, MCI, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, Texas Education Agency, Kimberley Clark, Siemens Corporation, and others
  • Public school teacher
  • Judaics Consultant El Paso Jewish Academy
  • Teacher and project consultant, various synagogues
  • Hebrew Seminar Teacher
  • Leader of Informal Classes on a variety of Jewish subjects

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Board member Jewish Federation of El Paso
Board member Congregation Bnai Zion, USY youth chairman
Board member National Standards for Language Training, Washington D.C. 1991-2000
Founder, Send a Kid to Israel Program-Jewish Federation of El Paso
President, El Paso Hebrew Day School
President, Hospice of El Paso
Leadership El Paso Honoree
Chamber of Commerce Emerging Thirty Award
YWCA Recognized Achievement Award
SBA Small Business Mentor
Docent Holocaust Museum

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Columnist, Twin Plant News
Columnist, The Jewish Voice
Life member Hadassah
Member Coalition of the Advancement of Jewish Education
Member Congregation Bnai Zion
Donor member at three additional synagogues