Dr. Yaara Bar-On

Graduate of Cohort 6, Mandel School for Educational Leadership

Deputy President for Academic Affairs, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Prof. Yaara Bar-On holds a Ph.D in history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  Before participating in the Mandel School for Educational Leadership program, Yaara was a lecturer at Tel Aviv University.

Prior to assuming her present position, Prof. Bar-On was Head of the Kremnitzer-Shenhar Report Implementation Committee of the Ministry of Education. She was responsible for the budgetary and pedagogical aspects of the committee, which included management of the educational staff, national projects, teacher training programs, and curricular material for schools.

Since 2004, Prof. Bar-On has been the Deputy President for Academic Affairs at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. In this capacity she is responsible for academic and administrative development which includes planning, implementation, and supervision of curricula; developing a community of students; generating interaction between departments and developing multidisciplinary programs.

Recently Bar-On was appointed as a Professor at the Bezalel Academy in the History of Culture and Society Department. She also teaches research methods and academic writing in the MA program for Industrial Design and serves as a supervisor for final projects.