For over thirty years Dovid Hordiner has educated children, youth, and families – in private and public schools, child care centers, early intervention programs, and in the pediatric clinic at Bellevue Hospital, NY.  Dovid holds a triple Masters Degree from Bank Street College of Education as well as degrees from Swarthmore College and the Rabbinical College of America.   

 

As a consultant and coach Dovid supports administrators preschool through post-high school, leads professional development workshops for teachers, and develops curricular tools used by Jewish educators around the country.  Dovid currently serves as the Head of School at Tzohar Seminary, a Jewish arts integration program in Pittsburgh, PA.  Dovid formerly served for five years as Director of the Reggio-inspired Gan Yeladim Early Childhood Center in Stamford, CT where he led a unique parenting group for fathers that has since been adopted by other communities (Click here for Fathers First article).

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Dovid is a creative soul whose artistic talents include musical composition, poetry, and photography. He was classically trained on piano and percussion from the age of seven and is currently working on an album of original music.