Teach Them Diligently-A Study for Bible Class Teachers

We need to create a reverence for God in the way we handle God’s word in our class, In the way we treat our students, and by the sternness of our classroom management. How do you teach reverence for God in your class?

What does reverence for God look like in a church? How does this look in a young class, teenage class, or adult class? Reverence is the most important lesson we can teach our students. Listen in as Brett Hogland speaks about how to address this need.

You have been asked to teach—you can do it—study hard and present it. Ephesians 4:14-16 "we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love."

2 Tim 2:15. No matter how good the teacher is, it is of no value if the teacher does not know the information. No matter how well he knows it, it is still useless if he cannot present it to students to add to permanent knowledge. What do you do when you are asked/told to teach? How do you plan for presentations? Follow these steps to plan an effective lesson.

This discussion technique allows students to be actively engaged as they walk throughout the classroom. They work together in small groups to share ideas and respond to meaningful questions, documents, images, problem-solving situations or texts.

How do you plan your lessons? Are they intentional? How does your congregation plan curriculum? is it intentional? Join us as we discuss how to effectively plan lessons.

As a church, if we want to Prime the teaching Pump, we have to be constantly preparing the next generation of teachers. To do so we need quality teaching in the short-term, we need a coordinated approach to our curriculum in the long-term, and we need teacher preparation perpetually. Check out the show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WXqHkF2u7_8bdGUpaYZeMDxcK0W9_JcYq19hYDSEyME/edit?usp=sharing

The beginning of the school year is an exciting time. Buses are arriving, parents are gathering information, teachers are making final preparations--it is exhilarating. For students, particularly those in a new setting, it can be challenging. They are nervous. In his famous teacher training book, The First Days of School, Harry Wong outlined seven things students want to know on the first day of school. As teachers, we must be prepared to answer those questions.

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See the full show notes here: youshallteachthemd.wixsite.com/teachthemdiligently/single-post/2018/08/20/7-Things-Students-Want-to-Know-On-the-First-Day

Journaling is a powerful tool to add to your toolkit as you work to engage students in your Bible Class. It allows students to respond in writing to the texts they are reading and opportunities for reflection and critical thinking. Be sure to provide students with a journal or a system for keeping their responses. Show students examples of good responses to text. Then, help students identify aspects of thoughtful reading responses. As you read a portion of text out loud, share a thoughtful response. Discuss with students why it was thoughtful and not shallow. Read another portion of text aloud and have students write a thoughtful response. Share in groups. After reading a text, or listening to one, students use Journal Responses to respond to what was read.

Deut 31:9-13

Do you think God planned for a child of say 21 to have only heard the law and stories of the O.T. 3 times? Of course not. What do we think happened to Israel? They we supposed to hear this law daily from their families and then have it read to them once every 7 years.

Deut 6:4-9

The responsibility of teaching the everyday lessons and reinforcing the law was placed on families of Israel

Eph 6:4

Who has this responsibility?

Who should be conducting the teaching

Bible classes are simply the “icing on the cake” for students

Parents (particularly fathers) need to make sure children have what they need to excel in God’s kingdom

Do we expect children to simply become interested in spiritual things when they are 18?

Check out the show notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GFdmFERqhUNBeetVE-BWFlzd85Z-CnLSwbSO8Bojt5Q/edit?usp=sharing