A new recruit to teaching in your church or ministry may be someone who previously taught but not in your setting or possibly a person who never taught a Bible class. Both kinds of new teachers need pre-service training.
All Teachers Need Training Prior to Teaching Regardless of Previous Experience
All teachers who have never taught in your church’s educational ministry or small groups should receive some pre-service training regardless of their teaching experience.
- All need to know your overall objective.
- All need to become familiar with your curriculum.
- All need to understand your ministry philosophy.
- All need to learn processes unique to your ministry (i.e., room use, requisition for supplies, expectations, etc.).
Additional Pre-Service Training for New Teachers Who Have Never Taught the Bible
Teachers who have never taught the Bible in any setting need particular attention and support. This experience could either fuel their passion for teaching or derail them. Increase the potential for success by providing pre-service training as well as continued in-service training. In addition to the above points of training:
- They need to understand the uniqueness and power of the Text they teach to change lives.
- They need to learn how to effectively prepare a lesson.
- They need to be aware of how their life teaches, not just their words.
- They need to be familiar with age level characteristics of the age they will teach.
- They need to learn how God made people to learn and teach accordingly.
- They need to understand the role of prayer and the Holy Spirit in their teaching.
Also be sure to offer: On-Going Teacher Training
Check out the
Bible teachers training resources available at Ministry Tools Resource Center. You’ll find a variety of topics and different formats to provide pre-service training.
I want to be part of the next entrance the Liberia teacher training program (pre-service), wanting to know when?
Hello, Joe. I am glad for your desire to participate in teacher training. We, however, do not actually provide a training program with courses. The TrainBibleTeacher.com site is about pointing you to resources in a variety of formats on a number of different topics that might help with teacher training. I encourage you to look through the Training Resources section for topics of interest to you and see what you can find in the links provided.
Hello, thank you for the wonderful work and resources here. I am not clear (as it relates to objectives) what the difference is between SCOPE and TIMELINE. Thanks
Hello, Ramona. I praise God for your good assessment of this ministry. May God use it as He works in and through you to His glory! Usually scope and timeline are used in reference to curriculum’s objectives. The scope primarily refers to the content that will be covered. The timeline would be where that content fits over the course of time, or perhaps we could say the sequence in which the content is covered over the span of time. The goal is that over the course of time, if a person were to be in class from the youngest age till they get to the older ages, they would get a good overview, or broad coverage of the Bible. I hope that helps.
Hello,
How to teach teachers how to write a lesson plan. The lesson plan is not the lesson itself correct?
Hello, Ramona. Generally “lesson” is used broadly to include the lesson plan. A lesson is about more than the content being taught. It includes a process or flow to deliver the content — a plan to achieve the lesson’s goal. A lesson plan is about how you present the content, the methods you’ll use, etc.. It details out how you’ll move through the session — i.e., introduction, Bible content, application. In training teachers on writing a lesson plan you would need to make sure they understand the various parts essential to a lesson. You may find some points to bring out at: How to Write Bible Lessons — You may also find some articles and resources that might help you listed at this page: Bible Lesson Preparation & Planning – Teacher Training Resources