Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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l Changing classes, parents travel between upper and lower B seem to have gotten the hang of Seaholm geography and wing and are careful to watch their footing. These twelve are enioying themselves, fraternizing with one another. Donald Borin Rebecca Borthwick fglkiali Ma rga ret Boyd f 79 2 Peggy Boyle if iflflf?'fiW?W'iH? 'l 'El ,g ig r.,, ' v ','l :Egg 4 if W! Peggy Boyles Michael Bracco 3

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While parents are seated in the classroom of their children, Miss Bluhm, one of Seaholm's new commercial teachers, explains what her students are doing in class. After the rest of his audience has lett, Mr. Steinhart spends a few extra minutes with two parents interested in knowing more of their child's progress. Miss McCarty addresses an audience of parents and attempts a brief explanation ot the chief principles involved in touch typing. Parents, teachers meet at annual Open House One night at the beginning of the school year during National Education Week, par- ents re-enact the typical school day of their children at Seaholm. Like Sophomores during the first days of September, the adults at- tempt to find their bearings as they search for the room numbers indicated on their schedules. Upon reaching their destinations, the par- ents meet with each teacher tor approxi- mately twenty minutes. At the Open House, the faculty members present the aims of their respective courses, their own approaches to the subject matter, and the difficulties or suc- cesses the classes as a whole are experienc- ing. The teachers also give private counsel to parents who desire a report of their children's progress as individuals. The annual Open House gives both par- ents and teachers an insight into other im- portant aspects of the student's life which they are never able to see first-hand. Lynn Maedel, a Cicerone guide, aids a parent confused with the instructions on her sheet.

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tudent teachers leern and instruct at eeltolm to earn certiticetl ln the unique position between pupil and faculty member, the student teacher at Seaholm serves as a kind of link between the world of adults and the world of youth. At one time, the college student participating in the student teacher program produces constructively in the capacity of an adult and receives instruction as a student. After receiving an education in a four-year college, the student-teacher puts her knowledge to active use. The principles of psychology become more than theory. To aid the appren- tice in the practicalities of teaching, established members ot the faculty volunteer to assist in the program. Few generalizations exist in the realm of student-teaching. Each university - Michigan State, Wayne State, Oakland, Uni- versity ot Detroit - demands a ditterent set of requirements from the program. The responsibilities placed upon the student-teacher Participating in the student teacher program, Seaholm receives students from Michigan State University, Oakland, Wayne State, and the University of ...tu ' lt vary greatly, according to the wishes of the college professo Even the time schedules are different. Some students stay for mere hour a day while others receive a regular teacher schedule. Some stay for a semester while others only spend si weeks at Seaholm. At any rate, those who meet the approve of their supervisors are ready to meet the demands of teaching and to host student teachers themselves perhaps. Under the supervision of Mrs. Kay Reed at the Hill Building the student teacher program receives cohesiveness and operate at maximum efficiency. Mrs. Reed conducts seminars for th orientation of student teachers into the school system, she mu: advise critic teachers and provide an evaluation of each of he charges. The director of student teachers is also responsible fc maintaining rapport between the school system and participatint universities. Detroit. As one of these college students, Mrs. Berman gives pointers to Dav VanderRoest. 1. i f s -- fm . -1 S . . . ..., f..f' X -. f , 7, 25? 2 -Q: l ' X12