My Dashboard for Effective Teaching – Part 2

In this post, I continue to outline my dashboard for the effective integration of faith and teaching. View part 1 for more details on steps to take before class. Part 2 of this series focuses on the various roles that an instructor takes on in relation to their students while a class is in session. 

During the Lesson:

As a prophet to the class, I ensure to:

• Share knowledge with power, confidence, and precision
• Present the lesson with clarity, enthusiasm, and tact
• Urge learners to respond perceptively 
• Establish the truth and warn about falsehoods 

As an evangelist to the class, I ensure to:

• Connect the subject material to the Bible
• Demonstrate equal love to all the learners
• Instill Christian values in the learners
• Recognize and prayerfully attend to any contrary spirit in class

As a priest to the class, I ensure to care for those who:

• Lack prior knowledge of the lesson
• Struggle due to low intellectual aptitude 
• Experience health challenges
• Endure any form of anxiety or downheartedness 

As a missionary to the class, I ensure to:

• Bridge the lesson content with the Bible
• Share my life experiences in connection with the lesson
• Model the lesson through my own actions and exhibit the fruit of the Spirit 
• Recognize and prayerfully attend to any contrary spirit in class

As a king to the class (i.e. responsible for leading the class to know and do what is right), I encourage my learners to: 

• Discuss the practical details of the lesson
• Identify the principles that must be retained and upheld
• Recognize the advantages of living by what is learned
• Formulate a class commitment to living by what is learned

As a disciple to the class, I ensure to:

• Tie the lesson into God’s requirements of knowledge-seekers
• Encourage learners hold one another accountable regarding the lesson
• Assist each learner in achieving excellent performance
• Recognize and prayerfully attend to any contrary spirit in class

In part 3, we will outline reflection practices for after a lesson has been completed.