Equipping Teachers

What kind of training and support do you provide your Sunday School teachers? Your answer to that question will speak volumes about how willing people are to volunteer for that position.

Do you . . .

• provide a job description?
• have a prospective teacher shadow an experienced teacher?
• walk a new teacher through his or her first lesson preparation?
• provide informative material?
• offer regular teacher meetings for discussion and preparation?
• host quarterly or annual workshops for teachers?
• send teachers to training events?
• follow up after the first lesson to encourage and assist?

Fear of failure is one of the biggest deterrents for most first-time volunteer teachers. If you offer a teaching position to a new volunteer, promise to do everything in your power to help him or her succeed, and then keep your promise.

God's blessings as you teach His children His Word!