Our Vision!GraceSundaySchool.com

To develop a christian education program where sound christian teachers provide life-changing lessons to the

world with a deliberate emphasis on soul winning.

Learning Objectives:

I know where we are, where we are going, and how we are going to get there.

I understand the science of teaching

I can teach “Student-Centered”

I will use higher level thinking activities and ask higher level questions!

I asked myself a question...

What If......

People in your city are lining up at your doors

ALJC requests us to present our program at General Conference

Teachers both in churches and in schools around the world are watching our lessons to duplicate our best practices

Our Church could grow at a record breaking rate! 500

We could Reach further, Serve more, and Elevate higher!

WHY NOT?

We have the Holy Ghost!

What May look different?

Sunday school being taught at 8:00pm on a Thursday night

Children all over the world watching your lesson

Students presenting to you what they taught themselves

Students placed by knowledge and not by age

Greeters inviting guests to classes based on what they need rather than how old they are

Greater opportunities to receive the Holy Ghost every Sunday

Bus filled with 25-30 students ready to learn!

A physical building dedicated to teaching young learners

How do we get There?Slow but continuous momentum (AVOID BURNOUT)

Staying consistent with meetings, communication, technology

Maintain quality leadership and sharing best practices

Accountability: (effective teaching, student growth in learning and attendance, website updates, goal setting)

Organization Quality (Admin records, All dept. working together)

Evangelistic Intentionality (This does not just happen)

Having a GROWTH mindset and being flexible

What we do well!

Decorating Classrooms with purpose!

Welcoming our guest with a smile!

Every child is worth the effort!

Working together.....(Block Party, VBS, Christmas program)

Teachers praying with their students!

Preparing for lessons and putting in 100%

Items to RemedyMental road blocks / Adapting to change!

Insecurity and confusion between guest and members

Current physical layout not conducive for smooth transition

Lack of development and training

Not working with ALL departments.

Stress, fatigue, lack of motivation

Lack of communication and common goal setting

Heads Together

1) What are some things that may look different and what are some things you would like to see happen?

2) Name two ways on how we are going to reach our vision and what one thing could you do to help us?

The Art of TeachingSunday School

Science

The ART OF TEACHINGThe Art of Teaching is nothing new.....

Socrates, who wanted his students to question things.

Maria Montessori, who did the impossible.

Clara Barton, who served her students.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who inspired a nation.

Jesus, “The Master Teacher”, who saved us!

the Science of Teaching

The art of teaching is about understanding the importance of relationships; about delivering content and the applying pedagogy.

The science of teaching is about exciting research that examines what tends to work best in the classroom and the rigorous methodology of constant improvement.

What good Bible Scholars do

While reading scripture, you were....

Monitoring for meaning

Using and creating schema (visual images)

Asking questions

Determining importance

Inferring

Using sensory and emotional images

Teacher Centered Vs.

Student Centered Instruction

In teacher-directed learning, the teacher:

Decides the course goals & the content to be studied

Presents content to students in lessons

Sets exercises & assignments for study

Monitors completion and assesses accuracy of student work

Tests and grades student performance

“Hub & Spoke”

Teacher CenteredVs.

Student Centered Instruction

In student-directed learning, the teacher:

Teaches students to set their own goals and eventually choose what they will study

Teaches students the skills and processes involved in setting goals, making plans, and initiating action

Negotiates student proposals for learning and acting

Guides students through self-directed challenge activities

Reviews students’ assessment of their work

“Constellation”

Teacher CenteredVs.

Student Centered Instruction

Where do you fall on the spectrum?

Teacher CenteredVs.

Student Centered Instruction

Student Centered Design is an approach to education where students are active participants (rather than passive consumers) in the learning task.

Teacher Centered Vs.

Student Centered Instruction

Student set the learning goals

We process students how they learn

How did you apply your scripture?

Group seating and/or individual space

knowledge & experiences are shared by everyone in the room

Uncovering the ‘Big Ideas’

Searching for knowledge

Teacher set the learning goals

We process students how we teach

Can you recall your scripture of the day?

Rows of chairs are facing the teacher

Knowledge and experiences are only shared by teacher

Covering all the content

Giving knowledge

Teacher Centered Student Centered

Shifting to Student-directed learning

Students can be taught to:

think for themselves

work at their own pace

learn in their own way

choose their own goals

and design their own programs

“TDL teaches students about the nature of the

Holy Ghost.SDL teachers students how to receive the Holy

Ghost”

Less is More

Teach Less, Learn More

Extend Task beyond one class.

A teacher explains things so well that students understand

A GREAT teacher gets students to explain things so well that they can be understood! (This is how we reach the lost!)

We Learn…10% of what we READ20% of what we HEAR30% of what we SEE50% of what we both SEE and HEAR70% of what is DISCUSSED WITH OTHERS80% of what we EXPERIENCE PERSONALLY95% of what we TEACH someone elseEldon Ekwall and William Glasser

Retention RatesLecture (5%) > Reading (10%) > Audio-Visual (20%) > Demonstration (30%) >Discussion Groups (50%) > Practice by doing (75%) > Teach others/use immediately (90%)

Teaching the Bible with Bloom’s Taxonomy

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Creating

Evaluating

Creating: Formulate new ideas from multiple sources.

Evaluating: Cite evidence and verify reasonableness in your arguments as well as others.

Analyzing: Determining relationships, patterns, or characteristics.

Applying: Using information for practical purposes and solving everyday problems.

Understanding: Constructing meaning from different sources.

Remembering: Retrieving, recalling, or recognizing.

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

Text

ACTS 2:38 “THE KEY SCRIPTURE”

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Lower Primary

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Creating

Evaluating

Creating: Students must decide which character in the story he or she would most like to spend a day with and why.

Evaluating: Have students judge whether a particular person should have acted the way they did in the story and why?

Analyzing: Students must select parts of the story that were funniest, saddest, happiest and most surprising.

Applying: Have students make finger puppets and act out a part of the story.

Understanding: After reading a Bible story from a book, have students draw a picture showing what happened before and after a particular passage or illustration found in the book.

Remembering: After reading a particular passage of scripture, have students arrange shuffled story pictures in sequential order.

Upper Primary

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Creating

Evaluating

Creating: Have students imagine that he or she is one of the main characters from the story and write a diary account of thoughts and activities relating to the event.

Evaluating: Have students judge whether a particular person should have acted the way they did in the story and why?

Analyzing: Compare and/or contrast two of the main actors in the story.

Applying: Have students explore a situation that occurred to someone in the Bible passage and write about how he or she could have acted or responded differently.

Understanding: Have students predict what might happen next in the story before the reading of the entire passage.

Remembering: After reading a particular passage of scripture, have students match spoken dialogue with the person who said it.

Pre-Teen -High School

Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Creating

Evaluating

Creating: Design and Teach a Bible Study. Create maps indicating significant events and places in the Gospel. Design a website or blog that promotes spiritual knowledge and/or discussion.

Evaluating: Write an essay to persuade someone to read the Bible.

Analyzing: Design a timeline that chronicles the major events of the Gospel being studied.

Applying: Using the armor of God to solve everyday problems. Illustrate a pivotal scene from a section of the Gospel in comic strip format.

Understanding: Describe the appearance of several key people (Jesus, a disciple) using words and illustrations. Explaining the armor of God.

Remembering: List unfamiliar words from the Gospel you are studying and find their meaning.

September 7, 2014End of Quarter 1 (November 2013)

Teachers have began to share best practices, identify student learning styles, and assess student learning. Bus route preparation

End of Quarter 2 (February 2014)

Using GraceSundaySchool.com

Shift to Student Centered Classrooms

End of Quarter 3 (May 2014)

Adapt newly learned effective teaching strategies

Transition into teaching “Alter Call”. (Last 15 minutes of Sunday School)

End of Quarter 4 “Possible.....YOUTH ZONE”

Implementing High-Level Tasks

SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS:

How can we effectively move toward a high-level, task based approach without getting overwhelmed?

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