How can I know if I am being effective as a teacher? Look at the following markers and see if you can claim some of these. Effective teachers are seeking to develop their skills in the following areas. Effective teachers…
- Will know their class (Heb. 10:25): “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Effective teachers bring people back. People want to be in their class. Effective teachers use appropriate methods for their age group because they know and understand the age group they teach. Examples would be, Builders,Boomers, or Busters.
- Will desire God’s Word (1 Peter 2:2): “Like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation.” Effective teachers help people develop a love for the Bible through the effective way they teach it and through the way that they live it. People will see a natural love and appreciation for God’s Word in the teachers life.
- Will have a changed life (2 Corinthians 5:17): “therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” Effective teachers have a way of helping people progress through spiritual struggles and issues to discover spiritual victories.
- Will have changed priorities (Galatians 2:20): “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” “Nuff said!” Jesus is first in everything.
– use discussion, media, – use discussion, small group, self-improvement – use lecture and discussion” - Will exhibit the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23): “The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Effective teachers practice living these traits and seek opportunities to develop them in those they teach.
- Will have a desire for evangelism (1 Corinthians 9:19): “For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.” Effective teachers look for opportunities to tell people about Jesus in their everyday life and seek ways to help those they teach learn how to share Jesus with others also.
- They will leave your class! (1 Peter 4:10): “As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good
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stewards of the manifold grace of God.” Effective teachers see their role as one who prepares and equips workers for the harvest. It is the task of the effective teacher to build the mission force, not to strengthen their own class role.
How do these traits impact lesson preparation and delivery? In a major way! Choose one of these traits to work on this month. Teach to make disciples!
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Steve McNeil serves as Church Health and Communications Team Leader for the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana.
Good stuff, Steve. I was especially provoked by the first and last points. To know my class requires a lot more effort than simply preparing a lesson for them on Sunday. This level of personal involvement is what separates a good teacher from those who really impact lives. The last point is one we simply need to be reminded of over and over. Our success may be better measured by how many leave our class for other ministries than how many attend. Thanks for the reminder.
Re: The last point.
Several years ago my wife’s SS teacher, who has since passed, would tell her ladies at the beginning of each SS year that one of her objectives for the year was to empty her class of members to leading other classes or ministries of the church. She never was able to realize that objective totally but I could as SS director always depend upon that class for many new workers.