Am Shalom – Reform Congregation in Glencoe, Illinois - Madrichim

At Am Shalom, our madrichol are our teenage classroom aides (grades 8-12) who help to guide the younger students and are vital parts in making our school thrive. With a generous grant from the Gutman family, we have been able to have over 70 different teenagers participate in our madrichol program during this past school year and receive compensation for doing so! Our madrichol program is a great way for teens to develop leadership skills, experience mentoring younger children, and develop classroom management skills.

What can I sign up to do at Am Shalom?

Sunday School CLASSROOM MADRICHOL (9:15am-11:30am on Sunday mornings) Often our religious school madrichol work with their teachers to teach part of a lesson by reading a story to their students, explaining an art project or running games during a break.

Sunday School THIRD GRADE MADRICHOL (9:00am-11:30am on Sunday mornings) Our third grade program is unique in that all of the classes are run by teen madrichol. Each team of two supervises their own "troop" of third graders, and the whole program is overseen by a team of 3-4 adult educators. This is a wonderful opportunity for teens who are looking for leadership experience. *Note: the pay is slightly higher reflecting the early arrival :)

Sunday School OFFICE MADRICHOL (8:30am-11:30am on Sunday Mornings) We have a wonderful crew of madrichol who help run the school behind the scenes! They collect tzedakah and handle school wide attendance. They help our teachers un-glitch tech and help students throughout the school get to where they need to be.  Sundays would not run as smoothly without them! 

Sunday School PROJECT MADRICHOL (9:15am-11:30am on Sunday mornings) If working in a classroom is not your thing, we’d love to help you find a place here at Am Shalom in a different capacity. We’d love photographers, bloggers, techies, artists, etc. Let’s chat about creating a different role for you!

Hebrew School CLASSROOM MADRICHOL (4:00pm-6:00pm on Wednesday afternoons) Our Hebrew school madrichol often work with students one to one outside of the classroom, and/or teach games/activities in the classroom.

Hebrew School ONLINE MADRICHOL  (4:50pm-5:30pm on Wednesday afternoons) Our online Hebrew school madrichol play an important technological role in their zoom classroom spaces. You do not need Hebrew capabilities to be an online Hebrew madrich. The partnership between teacher and madrich really helps make this virtual experience meaningful for everyone. 

What does the commitment mean?

Madrichol are expected to attend 75% of the classes and to be in regular communication with their teachers.  On a day that they cannot attend they must let their teacher and Rabbi Anne know.

If you can only make part of the year/some of the weeks, we would love to still find a role for you. Please apply and chat more with us about this!

We will have a paid madrichol training about three times during the school year.

Once you’ve submitted your application, we will contact you to set up a one-to-one meeting. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Click here for the Madrichol Application!
(Should be filled out by the teen!)