Upholding the Values of Safety, Responsibility, & Respect
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Our team is dedicated to supporting our highly effective teachers. Together, we strive to build a community grounded in the values of safety, responsibility, and respect—creating an environment where every student can thrive.
Meet Our Highly Effective ADMINISTRATORS
Our experienced team prioritizes effective communication and collaboration with teachers, parents, and students to uphold a community rooted in safety, respect, and responsibility.
Gur Berman
GUR BERMAN
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Rabbi Dr. Gur Berman has a 20+ year career in education and over ten years of experience as a school leader in both private and public charter schools. Prominently, he was the principal of the Kendall and Plantation Ben Gamla Charter Schools. Most recently, he served as the Director of General Studies at Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes, overseeing the general studies education of over 1,000 students.
Rabbi Dr. Berman is particularly adept at assembling, supporting, and retaining motivated, loyal, and highly effective faculty and staff and working with that team to exceed the expectations of all school stakeholders. He adheres scrupulously to the concept that “authentic leadership begins at the top,” which requires personal values and integrity to inform all professional decision making. Focusing on building and maintaining relationships with staff, students, and parents, he follows a philosophy of respect and collaboration to achieve mutual goals.
ELLEN KOPPEL
ELLEN KOPPEL
Director of School Climate and Citizenship
Mrs. Ellen Koppel has over 20 years of experience working in private and public charter schools, ensuring a socially and emotionally safe school environment for all members of the school’s community.
Expert at providing meaningful learning opportunities, Mrs. Koppel helps students become more emotionally and socially flexible, competent, sensitive, and aware.
GOLDIE BERMAN
GOLDIE BERMAN
JUDAIC STUDIES PRINCIPAL
Mrs. Berman is a certified teacher and experienced educator in both Judaic and secular studies, having taught grades ranging from kindergarten to 8th. She founded an enrichment program for struggling students at Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes and has been trained in several reading programs, including the Orton-Gillingham model.
An expert at the Responsive Classroom technique, Mrs. Berman helps students thrive with this student-centered, social and emotional learning approach.