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EFFECTIVE TEACHING SKILL�JESUS AS OUR TEACHER- JOHN 13:13-17

  • Who is an Effective Teacher?

Christ is our ultimate teacher ( John 13:13)

Looking at some of the qualities he exhibited during his teaching on earth these are some of the skills or qualities we can identify are:

  • He was passionate
  • Intentional
  • Accommodative
  • Sets Examples
  • Creative
  • Dynamic
  • Creates followers or leaders

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THE SKILLS OF AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER

Patience

  • Passionate
  • Communication skills (Listening and speaking skills)
  • Willing to Learn and Serve
  • Empathy
  • Loving
  • Class management
  • Respectful

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THE AGE GROUP

  • Before preparing your lesson, consider the children you will be presenting the lesson to. Considering their attention span and how you will deliver the lesson to them. This age group 7-9, they ask a lot of questions and very competitive.
  • Know how to structure the lesson. (how to begin the lesson, activities to use and appropriate materials)
  • Do not make the lesson too low or high standard.

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PREPARATION TOWARDS THE LESSON �

  • Prepare your mind and heart (spend time connecting your heart to God in prayer. A Few minutes throughout the week praying for your lesson and students help you get some spiritual insight)
  • Plan the curriculum well choosing the stories or the themes wisely
  • Manage your time well
  • Chose a transitional song to make the lesson fun and interesting
  • Plan with other leaders to help gain more ideas.
  • Create space to pray for the children making room for transformation more than information.

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AN EFFECTIVE TEACHING BEGINS WITH A LESSON PLAN.��A LESSON PLAN IS WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO LEARN IN CLASS.�

Effective lesson must

  • Be creative
  • Engaging
  • Analyzing
  • Applicable
  • Understandable
  • Memorable
  • Use appropriate material

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THE TOPIC

  • Make your topic clear and understandable
  • Let the topic be relatable( put it in a way that the children can connect and recreate it in their perspective as they learn.
  • The topic must connect with the scriptures that will enable them to think deeply about and ask questions.
  • Get into the story and make it come alive and personal.

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��THE OBJECTIVE OF THE LESSON ��THE LESSON HAS TO BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, RELEVANT AND TIMELY�

  • What to expect the children to know or acquire at the end of the lesson.
  • How many children were able remember the lesson
  • How can the children retell the story at the end of the lesson
  • What did the children gain from the lesson
  • How can they apply the lesson to their daily life
  • The lesson must help the children to grow or have an impact on them.

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ��HOW CAN I MAKE MY LESSON MORE EXCITING AND ENGAGING?�

  • Pick materials or activities that are interesting and educational to engage the student.
  • Engage the students in the lesson by reading the Bible, leading the question time, passing out materials, or grouping the students to elaborate on the lesson.
  • Mix it up. Use different strategies to involve all the students. Don’t use one way of teaching.
  • . Do not focus only on listening students if not you will lose some students.
  • Let the lesson be student-centered.
  • Speak less and allow the student speak as well.

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SAMPLE LESSON PLAN

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BEARING FRUIT TO TRANSFORM MY WORLD

  • Preparation : (provide different types of fruit, plant, and seed)

Question of the day-What is your favorite fruit?

Introduction: Present the topic of the lesson

Create a scenario about how a plant grows using the materials provided.

Bible reading and application

Activity: using questions and answers, engage the student in a discussion. E.g. How can a plant grow,? What can represent the vine, fruit, and branches in our life?

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KEY THINGS TO CONSIDER FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING.

  • Intentional
  • Effective preparation for the lesson
  • The age group
  • The Topic
  • The objective of the lesson
  • Student Engagement
  • Class management
  • Classroom environment
  • Engagement Material

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CONCLUSION

  • Luke 6:40

The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

When we seek the face of God as teachers, with the student in the heart to train them well, they will grow to be children filled with the spirit, good knowledge of the word, and great teachers to teach others.

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Children learn develop and learn in different ways. We must allow every child to explore, discover, and exhibit their capabilities.

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Start children off on the way they should go,

and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6 NIV)