Education Improvements, Teachers Training Called the Responsibility of Federations Federations and welfare funds have a major responsibility to help improve post-elementary Jewish education and recruit and train the most able teachers to give young people the highest quality educa- tion possible. These recommendations are made in a report -released by the Nation- al Committee on Federation Plan- ning for Jewish Education estab- lished a year ago by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. The report, issued following an intensive year-long study for the vast problems of Jewish education in North America, noted that close to 90 per cent of Jewish children drop out of Jewish schools before they enter high school except in the day school movement. In the year since it was set up. following the 1967 CJFWF General Assembly in Montreal, the commit- tee focused on two priorities: To seek ways central commu- nity efforts and planning can help recruit, train and utilize top- quality teachers since Jewish edu- cation can only be as good as its teachers. To determine ways commu- nities can upgrade post-elemen- tary education, which the renort emphasi7es. is indispensable for a meaningful Jewish education. If progress on these problems in Jewish education can be made, the beneficial effects on the en- tire field of Jewish education would be far-reaching. Both priorities clearly are ed- eration and welfare fund respon- sibilities. the committee report rec- ommended. since almost no Jewish school is equipped to train its own teachers and only a small number of congrevations can initiate and maintain high quality post-elemen- tary schools. The committee is chaired by Man- dell L. Berman of Detroit, and Lavy M. Becker of Montreal serves as vice-chairman. Committee members include William Avrunin, Albert Elazar and Hyman Safran of De- troit. Federation planning for Jew- ish education should not lag be- hind its planning function in the health and welfare fields, the re- port stated. Only seven cities in the United States have accredited institutions to train Jewish teachers, the report stated. All of the accredited schools together graduate only some- 130 teachers a year — of whom only one-half enter the Jewish teaching profession. - More than 500 teachers are needed annually for weekday schools alone. The current fragmentation of Jewish schools makes the teacher shortage even more bleak, the re- port noted, as it multiplies the number of teachers required; and wastefully spreads thin the inade- quate number now teaching. The report noted six reasons for the extremely high dropout rate in Jewish schools among children during their junior high school years: The unsatisfactory experience of many children in their ele- mentary education schooling. The attitude of parents. "This is crucial, because it has been demonstrated that a cooperative and consistently positive attitude in the home is essential for a meaningful education in the class- room." The inadequacies of curricu- lum. Lack of qualified teachers. Small classes in fragmented - schools. Competition of public school pressures and time schedules. Attracting highly competent peo- ple to the teaching profession re- quires at least the same attention that has been given to recruitment for the other Jewish communal services — as in social work, the report noted. This requires the cooperation of the Jewish national agencies. The report urged that Jewish agencies and institutions cooperate to develop career orientation con- ferences and distribute information on careers in Jewish education; salaries and fringe benefits should match standards in teaching in pub- lic schools; full-time employment for teachers presently employed part-time should be made available whenever possible; scholarships and fellowships should be offered to the most promising teachers to deepen their education at Jewish teacher traiing institutions, and at universities offering courses in Judaica. The committee will follow up its report in helping communities to consider and act on the recom- mendations most applicable to their own needs. The committee also will address itself to other elements of federation responsibility in this field. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Top Sportswoman WALKS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Israeli Shaul Ladamy, competing for the New York Pioneer Club, placed third in the National AAU Senior 50-kilometer race walking championship at Chicago. Ladamy, 30, a graduate student at Colum- bia, was clocked in 4:44.03. Irena Kirszenstein, the world's top woman track and field star, was named sportswoman of the year for 1966 by the British maga- zine World Sports. The Jewish girl from Poland garnered 56 votes, 12 more than her nearest rival. Classified Ads Get Quick Results Bloch Publishing Company is pleased to announce the publication of WALTER L. FIELD'S new book Stalemate in SZ School Mediation Dov Parshan, chairman of the Shaarey Zedek Teachers Associa- tion mediation group, announced near midnight Wednesday that a full day's negotiations with the synagogue's representatives, at the office of the Michigan Mediation Board, failed to reach an agree- ment on several basic issues. Parshan said that the issues on which there was no agreement in- cluded- the question of teachers' services on Saturdays, tenure, salary adjustments and probation- ary periods for teachers. Unless agreement can be reached during the current week, a strike vote will be taken by the teachers on Jan. 31, Parshan said. The Shaarey Zedek stalemate Friday, January 20, 1967-11 comes at a time when the United Hebrew Schools teachers and ad- ministration reached an agree- ment that is believed to be of such vast importance, so amicable, that it will set standards for teachers' employment in all American Jew- ish communities. Louis B err y, president of Shaarey Zedek, said he was puz- zled by the attitude of the teachers. He said the congregation's media- tors were prepared to use the United Hebrew Schools' agreement as a basis for the synagogue's relationships with its teachers and- he said he hoped that an agree-1 meat will be reached during the coming _few days. 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