Visit to a Helicopter Squadron and Meeting with Graduates of the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Program
Palmachim Airbase
9:00 am
Light refreshments
Walk to the heliport
Explanation about the IDF Helicopters
Major Hadar, program graduate and helicopter pilot
The Air Force and the Squadron's Missions
An explanation by a representative of the Israel Air Force
Video Screening
Introduction to the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Program
Informal Meeting with Program Graduates
View posters presenting the “leadership acts” developed during the program and meet the graduates who developed them
10:50 am
End of visit
About the Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Program
The Mandel IDF Educational Leadership Program was launched in 2005, in collaboration with the IDF Education and Youth Corps, to help ensure that senior IDF officers are well equipped to serve as educational leaders, not just military commanders, in their various units and professional roles. The program is directed at IDF commanders from corps and units across the IDF, usually at the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel.
The program expands fellows’ knowledge and experience in the realms of leadership and education in military contexts, by introducing them to cutting–edge theory, practice, and content areas that are relevant to their work, and exploring current questions in the areas of education, society, and identity. In particular, the program helps fellows clarify their views and goals, examine various personal and professional questions related to their role as military commanders, identify educational needs in the IDF, and develop a variety of educational initiatives to address those needs.
Subjects studied include education and society, educational challenges in the IDF and Israeli society, foundations of moral philosophy, values–based education, identity formation, theories of leadership, and models of educational leadership.
Program graduates initiate, develop, and lead educational processes that are in the spirit of the Israel Defense Forces and will have a significant impact on their own military units and beyond.
Participating Graduates
Major Hadar – Hadar is a "Black Hawk" helicopter pilot. She is responsible for the procurement of helicopters in the Air Force.
Lieutenant Colonel Nir – Nir serves in a classified position in a unit that deals with the Iranian threat. In the past, he established and commanded a mixed infantry battalion of men and women stationed in the Jordan River Valley and held operational command and staff positions in the Paratroopers Brigade.
Major Yoed – A sailor in the Navy, Yoed is the commander of an operational missile carrier.
Lieutenant Colonel Alon – Alon is an intelligence officer serving in a classified position. Formerly an infantry fighter in the Golani Brigade, he was seriously wounded in the Second Lebanon War and again in Operation Cast Lead. He is a social entrepreneur who leads social projects in military intelligence.
Command Sergeant Major Meital – Meital is responsible for recruitment and selection for an elite intelligence unit. She established a preparatory school that helps soldiers from the Ethiopian community integrate into military intelligence, which contributes significantly to their social mobility.
Major Michael – A military attorney, Michael leads an initiative to integrate soldiers who have left the ultra-Orthodox community into the IDF.
On other days, when you click on the “People” square, you will find photos and short biographies of the people you will meet.
We will not be meeting with representatives of Mandel units today.
Information about all the Mandel units can be found in the booklet Shaping Israel's Future
