Our Vision!

1. Our Vision! GraceSundaySchool.com To develop a christian education program where sound christian teachers provide life-changing lessons to the world with a deliberate emphasis on soul winning.

2. Learning Objectives: • I know where we are, where we are going, and how we are going to get there. • I understand the science of teaching • I can teach “Student-Centered” • I will use higher level thinking activities and ask higher level questions!

3. I asked myself a question... • What If...... • People in your city are lining up at your doors • ALJC requests us to present our program at General Conference • Teachers both in churches and in schools around the world are watching our lessons to duplicate our best practices • Our Church could grow at a record breaking rate! 500 • We could Reach further, Serve more, and Elevate higher!

4. WHY NOT? We have the Holy Ghost!

5. What May look different? • Sunday school being taught at 8:00pm on a Thursday night • Children all over the world watching your lesson • Students presenting to you what they taught themselves • Students placed by knowledge and not by age • Greeters inviting guests to classes based on what they need rather than how old they are • Greater opportunities to receive the Holy Ghost every Sunday • Bus filled with 25-30 students ready to learn! • A physical building dedicated to teaching young learners

6. How do we get There? • Slow but continuous momentum (AVOID BURNOUT) • Staying consistent with meetings, communication, technology • Maintain quality leadership and sharing best practices • Accountability: (effective teaching, student growth in learning and attendance, website updates, goal setting) • Organization Quality (Admin records, All dept. working together) • Evangelistic Intentionality(This does not just happen) • Having a GROWTH mindset and being flexible

7. What we do well! • Decorating Classrooms with purpose! • Welcoming our guest with a smile! • Every child is worth the effort! • Working together.....(Block Party, VBS, Christmas program) • Teachers praying with their students! • Preparing for lessons and putting in 100%

8. Items to Remedy • Mental road blocks / Adapting to change! • Insecurity and confusion between guest and members • Current physical layout not conducive for smooth transition • Lack of development and training • Not working with ALL departments. • Stress, fatigue, lack of motivation • Lack of communication and common goal setting

9. Heads Together • 1) What are some things that may look different and what are some things you would like to see happen? • 2) Name two ways on how we are going to reach our vision and what one thing could you do to help us?

10. The Art of Teaching Science • Sunday School

11. The ART OF TEACHING • The Art of Teaching is nothing new..... • Socrates, who wanted his students to question things. • Maria Montessori, who did the impossible. • Clara Barton, who served her students. • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who inspired a nation. • Jesus, “The Master Teacher”, who saved us!

12. the Science of Teaching • The art of teaching is about understanding the importance of relationships; about delivering content and the applying pedagogy. • The science of teaching is about exciting research that examines whattends to work best in the classroom and the rigorous methodology of constant improvement.

13. What good Bible Scholars do • While reading scripture, you were.... • Monitoring for meaning • Using and creating schema (visual images) • Asking questions • Determining importance • Inferring • Using sensory and emotional images

14. Teacher Centered Vs. Student Centered Instruction • In teacher-directed learning, the teacher: • Decides the course goals & the content to be studied • Presents content to students in lessons • Sets exercises & assignments for study • Monitors completion and assesses accuracy of student work • Tests and grades student performance “Hub & Spoke”

15. Teacher CenteredVs. Student Centered Instruction • In student-directed learning, the teacher: • Teaches students to set their own goals and eventually choose what they will study • Teaches students the skills and processes involved in setting goals, making plans, and initiating action • Negotiates student proposals for learning and acting • Guides students through self-directed challenge activities • Reviews students’ assessment of their work “Constellation”

16. Teacher CenteredVs. Student Centered Instruction Where do you fall on the spectrum?

17. Teacher CenteredVs. Student Centered Instruction Student Centered Design is an approach to education where students are active participants (rather than passive consumers) in the learning task.

18. Teacher Centered Vs. Student Centered Instruction Teacher Centered Student Centered

19. Shifting to Student-directed learning • Students can be taught to: • think for themselves • work at their own pace • learn in their own way • choose their own goals • and design their own programs “TDL teaches students about the nature of the Holy Ghost. SDL teachers students how to receive the Holy Ghost”

20. Less is More • Teach Less, Learn More • Extend Task beyond one class. • A teacher explains things so well that students understand • A GREAT teacher gets students to explain things so well that they can be understood! (This is how we reach the lost!)

21. We Learn… 10% of what we READ 20% of what we HEAR 30% of what we SEE 50% of what we both SEE and HEAR 70% of what is DISCUSSED WITH OTHERS 80% of what we EXPERIENCE PERSONALLY 95% of what we TEACH someone else Eldon Ekwall and William Glasser Retention Rates Lecture (5%) > Reading (10%) > Audio-Visual (20%) > Demonstration (30%) > Discussion Groups (50%) > Practice by doing (75%) > Teach others/use immediately (90%)

22. Teaching the Bible with Bloom’s Taxonomy Creating: Formulate new ideas from multiple sources. Evaluating: Cite evidence and verify reasonableness in your arguments as well as others. Analyzing: Determining relationships, patterns, or characteristics. Applying: Using information for practical purposes and solving everyday problems. Understanding: Constructing meaning from different sources. Remembering: Retrieving, recalling, or recognizing. Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

23. http://www.tagxedo.com FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT ACTS 2:38 “THE KEY SCRIPTURE” Text

24. Lower Primary Creating:Students must decide which character in the story he or she would most like to spend a day with and why. Evaluating:Have students judge whether a particular person should have acted the way they did in the story and why? Analyzing: Students must select parts of the story that were funniest, saddest, happiest and most surprising. Applying: Have students make finger puppets and act out a part of the story. Understanding: After reading a Bible story from a book, have students draw a picture showing what happened before and after a particular passage or illustration found in the book. Remembering: After reading a particular passage of scripture, have students arrange shuffled story pictures in sequential order. Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

25. Upper Primary Creating:Have students imagine that he or she is one of the main characters from the story and write a diary account of thoughts and activities relating to the event. Evaluating:Have students judge whether a particular person should have acted the way they did in the story and why? Analyzing: Compare and/or contrast two of the main actors in the story. Applying: Have students explore a situation that occurred to someone in the Bible passage and write about how he or she could have acted or responded differently. Understanding: Have studentspredict what might happen next in the story before the reading of the entire passage. Remembering: After reading a particular passage of scripture, have students match spoken dialogue with the person who said it. Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

26. Pre-Teen -High School Creating: Design and Teach a Bible Study. Create maps indicating significant events and places in the Gospel. Design a website or blog that promotes spiritual knowledge and/or discussion. Evaluating: Write an essay to persuade someone to read the Bible. Analyzing: Design a timeline that chronicles the major events of the Gospel being studied. Applying: Using the armor of God to solve everyday problems. Illustrate a pivotal scene from a section of the Gospel in comic strip format. Understanding: Describe the appearance of several key people (Jesus, a disciple) using words and illustrations. Explaining the armor of God. Remembering: List unfamiliar words from the Gospel you are studying and find their meaning. Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

27. September 7, 2014 • End of Quarter 1 (November 2013) • Teachers have began to share best practices, identify student learning styles, and assess student learning. Bus route preparation • End of Quarter 2 (February 2014) • Using GraceSundaySchool.com • Shift to Student Centered Classrooms • End of Quarter 3 (May 2014) • Adapt newly learned effective teaching strategies • Transition into teaching “Alter Call”. (Last 15 minutes of Sunday School) • End of Quarter 4 “Possible.....YOUTH ZONE”

28. Implementing High-Level Tasks • SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS: • How can we effectively move toward a high-level, task based approach without getting overwhelmed? • Today/ Wednesday • Next Week • Next Month • Next Fall