GELS Detecting Early Signals with a Longitudinal Lens

As part of the Foundation’s efforts to cultivate Exceptional Jewish Leaders and Educators (EJLE), the Foundation commissioned Rosov Consulting to partner in accomplishing two objectives:

1. To systematize and consolidate what can be learned over time about the profiles of participants enrolled in professional development programs offered by 15 EJLE grantee organizations
2. To capture the outcomes realized by those organizations alongside the participants’ professional trajectories over the years following their participation in programs offered by the grantee organizations

Two ongoing research efforts are working toward these goals:

1. An annual audit of participants in EJLE-supported professional development experiences, designed to provide a broad, cross-sectional picture of who is engaging in these opportunities
2. The Growing Educators and Leaders Study (GELS), a longitudinal panel study, is designed to examine the professional lives, growth trajectories, and career sustainability of Jewish educators and leaders, and to deepen understanding of how professional development, workplace conditions, and institutional contexts shape educators’ experiences over time

This report presents findings from the second of these efforts and addresses questions that are central to the Foundation’s ongoing learning agenda: How stable are educators’ commitments to Jewish educational work? Where do we see change over time, and where do we not? How are professional development, supervision, and workplace conditions associated with educators’ satisfaction, sense of efficacy, and intentions to remain in the field?

Access the interim report: GELS Detecting Early Signals with a Longitudinal Lens, Rosov Consulting, January 2026

Read a thought piece in eJewish Philanthropy authored by Rosov Consulting’s Alex Pomson sharing insights from the research.