Michal Tock Harpaz

Senior Staff Member

​Michal Tock Harpaz is involved in research, content development, and program development in the field of educational leadership. She leads Jewish heritage and holocaust memory tours in Poland, and is a consultant and facilitator for developing and implementing pedagogy that encourages critical thinking. A lieutenant colonel (res.) in the IDF, Michal is a graduate of the IDF College of Command and Staff, and served in a variety of key positions in the IDF's education system. She was the commander of the IDF's central regional unit, in which capacity she led processes related to preparation for military service and to formal and informal values education, in collaboration with the Education Ministry and local authorities. Michal also served as an education officer in combat field units such as the Nahal Brigade and the IDF Judea and Samaria division, where she promoted values discourse and strengthened unit solidarity. In her last position in the IDF, Michal was an adviser at the College of Command and Staff in the areas of strategy, security, and leadership. She holds a master's degree in management and leadership in education from Tel Aviv University, and is a graduate of the first cohort of the Mandel Program for Educational Leadership in the IDF.