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Ken Gutman: Student
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NAME: Kenneth Blair
Gutman
AGE: 25
OCCUPATION: He is a
substitute teacher for
Bloomfield Hills Schools
and Waterford Schools. He is
also a tutor at the Birm-
ingham Reading Center.
EDUCATION: He has a
Bachelor of Arts degree
from Michigan State Uni-
versity and a teaching cer-
tificate in Spanish and
English from Wayne State
University.

FAMILY: He is married to
Michelle Alexander Gut-
man, a teacher in the Ben-
dle Schools, which are near
Grand Blanc. His father,
Mark, of Livonia, is director
of student services for
Garden City Schools. His
mother, Sharon, of West
Bloomfield, sells real estate
with Century 21 in North-
ville. His brother, Andy, is a
staff accountant with Schos-
tak Brothers, Inc. His pater-
nal grandparents are Albert
and Rebecca Gutman of
West Bloomfield. His mater-
nal grandfather is Morton
Surowitz of Southfield.

RESIDENCE: Waterford
ORGANIZATIONS: He is a
member of the National
Council of Teachers of
English, Michigan Foreign

Language Association and
the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and
Portuguese.
His
FAVORITE BOOK:
favorite book is The Prophet..
by Kahlil Gibran. The last
book he read is Maximum
Bob by Elmore Leonard.

HOBBIES: Reading, writing,
computers and sports
aficionado.
LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT:
He was named the
Michigan Student Teacher
of the Year by the Michigan
Association of Teacher
Educators.
PHILOSOPHY: "Keep setting
higher personal and profes-
sional goals and go after
them."

BACKGROUND: Ken Gutman
attended Southfield Schools.
As a child he enjoye •
organized sports, such as
Little League baseball and
hockey. He had his bar mitz-

He helps students
in two languages.

vah and confirmation at
Temple Israel. "I was always
in the mainstream," said
Mr. Gutman about his child-
hood.
In 1985, he graduates
from Southfield-Lathrup
High School. He attended
Michigan State University
and worked as a resident
assistant and student super-
visor at the Snyder-Phillips.,
dormitory. After graduating
with a major in English and
a minor in Spanish in 1989,
he worked as the manager
of El Torrito restaurant in
Southfield for almost two
years in order to save money
to attend graduate school.
In 1991, he entered Wayne
State University and receiv-
ed his teaching certificate in
1992. He completed his stu-
dent teaching in EnglisU,
and Spanish at Bloomfield
Hills Andover High School
under the supervision of Dr.
Gerald Sima and Judy
Gelman.
He entered the sixth an-
nual Michigan Student