Goals for Teachers and Leaders Who Teach
Primary
Goal:
·
Get
students ready to meet God.
Secondary Goals:
·
Schedule
lesson time.
·
Know
your students so you can choose the material to benefit them most.
·
Be
prepared by doing the lesson early in the week.
·
Ask
for Heavenly intervention in helping choose, prepare, and teach the lesson.
·
Never
teach a lesson without teaching about Christ or His gospel.
·
Teach
with an outline instead of reading from the manual.
·
Vary
the lesson approach.
·
I
will use this basic frame work to teach the lesson…
o
Asses
progress on the class challenges
o
Pull
from the learners the knowledge the have on the lesson subject
o
Fill
in the holes – (Teach the lesson)
o
Assess
learners new knowledge - Summarize
o
Challenge
learners to live gospel principle, immediately!
o
Help
them set reachable goals.
·
Tell
the students how the principle relates to their lives and why they need to
apply it.
·
Help
the students set goals to use the principle
·
I
will monitor the students progress through the week.
Smaller supportive goals should be set to
reach the secondary goals!
Example:
Secondary Goal: Be prepared by doing the lesson early in the week
Supportive Goals:
I will read my lesson for the 1st
time within 24 hours of giving the previous lesson.
I will pray for help in picking the appropriate information that my
students need.
I will continue to read the lesson and tailor the material to my
students.
Start
date: Immediately!
·
Finish
date: When I am no longer a
teacher!
·
Reward:
I have helped my students be better people!
·
Consequence:
I will be held accountable for not helping them to change.
Put
these goals on your bathroom mirror or some where you will see them often.