No one set structure exists for grouping your learners. Each church’s organizational needs vary according to:
number of students
available facilities
time element
available teachers and helpers
Typical broad age divisions are:
Early Childhood
Grade School
Youth
Adult
These divisions may be broken down further into departments and individual classes. The key is to determine what structure will yield an optimal level of learning for your students and give leaders and teachers at the different levels the greatest influence over staff and students.
Regardless of your organizational structure, the following basic tips will help you prevent behavioral problems:
- All teachers within an age division should have the same rules. — Promote consistency.
- Guard your teacher-student ratio. — Promote a manageable span of influence.
When you follow those basics, found in the Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline, you will minimize behavioral problems and optimize learning. The above content is taken from the handbook’s introductory remarks in the Basic Structure section.