Basic Structure

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Organizational Structure Varies But Basic TipsNo 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.

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Basic Goals

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Have Basic Goal - Aim at SomethingYou want unbelieving children to accept Jesus as their Savior. And, you long for believing children to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Most Bible teachers maintain these objectives. Many teachers, however, are not sure how to foster a classroom environment conducive to the achievement of these goals.

Much of it ties into expectations. How applicable is the saying, “Aim at nothing and you’ll hit it every time.”

Basic Goals Related to Classroom Discipline so Students Know What’s Expected of Them

  • Allow students to participate in establishing classroom rules and consequences. (produces greater ownership)
  • Expect your students to assume responsibility for their behavior.
  • Make the development of internal control the ultimate objective.

Take time to evaluate what you expect from your students. When little is expected, little is given.

The above was taken from the introductory remarks in the Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline under the Basic Goals section. The bullets above are just three out of thirty tips expounded upon in the handbook.

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Basic Understandings

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Have you ever tried to transplant a flower with hardly any roots? Often those flowers do not make it. They tend to wither up and die. Occasionally this kind of transplant will thrive without much trouble. Usually, however, if the flower is to survive, you have some work ahead of you — extra watering and fertilizing.

Basic Understandings for Good RootsThe Basic Understandings That Give Bible Teachers the Good Roots They Need

So in disciplining, if you do not have healthy roots, managing the classroom will be an uphill battle. Many teachers will get so frustrated and discouraged that they quit. A few will make it due to a charismatic personality or by virtue of God working despite themselves.

Teachers who tend to thrive the most are those who maintain the following roots:

  • sound philosophy of the teaching-learning process
  • understanding of age-level characteristics
  • grasp of a biblical approach to discipline
  • concept of the need for boundaries
  • biblical exercise of authority –not overly permissive and not an authoritarian
  • proper motivations when disciplining

Take the time to check your root system. Will you thrive?

The above basic understandings are further developed as the first seven tips in the Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline. Order now for help in acquiring these understandings to assist you in effectively managing the classroom.

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Basics for Classroom Discipline

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To effectively manage the classroom, Bible teachers need a good grasp of basic principles. Discipline issues will often be prevented with these basics in place. And, strategies for dealing with misbehavior will grow out of these basics.

Classroom Discipline Helped by Knowing the Basics

Steps can be implemented before even stepping into the classroom. Certain methods of teaching and ways of treating the students will tend to produce cooperation and participation which in turn will eliminate misbehavior. Every time a teacher violates one of these principles, he/she opens the door for possible problems. So, make sure your teachers have a good grasp on the basics.

Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline
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The Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline contains 30 tips that fall under one of the following basics:

The next six posts will contain the introductory remarks to each of these section from the Handbook on the Basics of Classroom Discipline. Subscribe to this blog to receive notices of new posts. Better yet, click on the link to order the handbook so you not only have the introductions but also the tips that fit under these sections.

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