Able to Teach: a mini-teacher training course

1. Where do you start? (9 min.)
2. What is the Best Bible Curriculum? (6 min.)
3. What are the Objectives of a Passage? (18 min.)
4. Five Steps to Find the Objectives: Zacchaeus Example (27 min.)
5. Troubleshooting Problems in Objectives (18 min.)
6. Q & A session about Finding Objectives (12 min.)
7. Questioning Skills (18 min.)
8. Approaches (34 min.)
9. Conclusions (13 min.)
10. Boardwork and Handouts (12 min.)
Common Questions

Complete Student Manual
Homework Assignment Template
Complete LP Peter's Calling
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Sample format for Genesis 1-12 lessons

Sharpening Each Part

Set Up the Lesson Creatively “The approach, known also as the introduction or attention-getter, is what the teacher says and does just before delving into the actual Bible passage.  It focuses the students’ attention on something of interest and relevance to them...”

Make the Transition  “After developing a creative approach, the last thing a teacher wants to do is kill its effectiveness by failing to smoothly connect it to the lesson...”

Why Do You Ask?  “In order to have fine-tuned questioning skills, you need to understand the different types of questions, know how and when to use them, and then be able to avoid the traps that can cause the questioning process to misfire, causing an uninteresting lesson...”

Make the Most of Answers “You’ve asked a good question. An eager, waving hand shoots into the air.  Pleased, you call for the timely response. But instead, you get an answer that seems totally irrelevant to the point you are making...”

“This is not an exhaustive course.  It is a streamlined guide to help someone understand the goal of their study, focus and organize what they have learned, and then find an effective method to teach it.”

Finding Your Objective

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  • What is “Viewpoint”?
  • How do you choose the Viewpoint in a lesson?
  • Sample Viewpoints 1
  • Sample Viewpoints 2
  • Connect the Facts in the Passage
  • Make the Teaching Timeless
  • Make the Objectives Parallel
  • Make the Teaching Specific
  • Know What the Response Is