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A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Question:

What is a good teacher?

Someone who:

1. Talks to a student w
Who needs help?
2. Sets
high goals and helps
3•
a child reach them?
Helps a student a
ppreciate what it means to
Answer: All
be a Jew?

of the abo ve

If you know a teacher who fits these criteria,
he or she could be your candidate for the

Schochet Family

Outstanding Teacher Awards*

in Recognition of Excellence in Jewish Education

Any member of the Jewish community may nominate a teacher
at a Jewish school.

• Nominations should be sent to the Schochet Award
Committee, which will notify each candidate.

• Upon notice of nomination, candidates must submit a
curriculum vitae; a description of major accomplishments in
formal and informal Jewish education; three letters of
recommendation.

• Up to two honorees will be awarded up to $500 each in
recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of
Jewish education.

• Candidates wishing to apply for the $2,000 Outstanding
Teacher Award should also submit a proposal for a project.

The fifth Outstanding Teacher Award will be presented this spring.

Deadline for submitting the name of your candidate is April 8, 1993.

Deadline for applications and proposals is May 14, 1993.

Detailed brochures are available at all Jewish schools and from the Schochet Award
Committee, c/o The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, P.O. Box 2030,
Bloomfield Hills 48303-2030, or by fax: 642-4941, Attn: Randie Levin.
For information, call Randie Levin at the Jewish Federation, 642-4260, ext. 221.

Sponsored by the Frank and Freda Schochet Fund of the United Jewish Foundation.
in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

for teaching positions. He
encourages UHS teachers
to apply. Candidates will
be screened and inter-
viewed by Mr. Leff. Mr.
Yost said, along with the
hiring of an educational
director, Adat Shalom will
take a new approach to
how to teach children to
be Jewish.
"The education com-
mittee of the synagogue
went through a lot of
soul-searching, and it con-
cluded we can no longer
take for granted that what
is taught is being rein-
forced at home," Mr. Yost
said. "We're looking to
include the entire family,
so they can relate to each
other and learn together."
The goal of Adat
Shalom, Mr. Yost said, is
a greater framework of
integration and participa-
tion of the synagogue with
the school. He wants stu-
dents to learn and under-
stand the Shabbat service,
holidays and the princi-
ples of the synagogue,
such as the role of the
rabbi and cantor within
the institution.
Mr. Yost hopes Adat
Shalom and AJE can
maintain a close working
relationship in areas of
teacher education and
training, curriculum
development and re-
sources.
Like Beth Achim, Adat
Shalom hopes non-mem-
ber UHS students will be
able to attend the reli-
gious school. Although no
decision has been made,
Mr. Yost anticipates run-
ning the religious school
much like Adat Shalom's
nursery school — charging
slightly higher tuition for
non-members.
When Shir Tikvah
formed focus groups last
year to study the problems
in Jewish education, mem-
bers came to many similar
conclusions to those of
Adat Shalom and Beth
Achim.
"Jewish education has
to be a core value — from
cradle to grave," said
Janet Moses, educator at
Shir Tikvah.
Mrs. Moses said Jewish
education should be differ-
ent from a secular school
model, focusing on experi-
ence and shared ideals
among the entire congre-
gation.
For Shir Tikvah stu-
dents grades K-3, parents
agree to fulfill a once-a-
month participation com-
mitment. For students
grades 4-7, there is a

once-every-eight-weeks
time commitment. On
these days parents join
their students for a
Sunday morning program. CN
Congregation members,
from young adults to
grandparents, serve as
surrogates for those stu-
dents whose parents
absolutely cannot attend.
"We want to make sure N
parents feel comfortable,
and that they understand
Jewish themes," Mrs.
Moses said.
Mrs. Moses said the
model involves little "for- (
mal" teaching, but stress-
es that the education will c\
be top-notch.
Shir Tikvah is working
from the Jewish Experi-
ences For Families model.
Mrs. Moses said that
means a hands-on experi-
ence. A Sunday morning <
program can be building a
sukkah at the rabbi's
home or having a family
service focused on chil-
dren, rather than a "tot
Shabbat."
"We're not denigrating
formality of structure,
Mrs-. Moses said. "We're
still the 'People of the
Book.' "
No final staffing deci-
sions have been made for
the Shir Tikvah curricu-
lum.

Ceremonies
At Beth Achim

The Congregational Religious
School of Beth Abraham
Hillel Moses will hold its se-
cond Intercongregational
Sunday Session March 14 at
Beth Achim. The clergy of
Congregations Beth
Abraham Hillel Moses, Beth
Achim and B'nai David will
meet with the students from
the combined schools to con-
duct two great simchas: a
model wedding and a model
naming ceremony and brit
milah. The students will
learn the laws as they role-
play the ceremonies.

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NCSY Hosts
`Ambassadors'

NCSY will conduct a Hebrew
club at Southfield-Lathrup
High School, 11:30 a.m.
March 17. The program,
"Meet The Ambassadors,"
will feature two goodwill am-
bassadors from Israel, Chava
Shane and Adam
Handelzaltz.
Participants will be treated
to an Israeli falafel lunch. For
information, call the NCSY
office, 557-NCSY.

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