Communication and Teaching Skills
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This course is designed to significantly improve the instructional and communication methods of Christian speakers and educators, equipping them to effectively engage and foster growth in their audiences and students over a comprehensive three-day program.
Course Goal
The goal of this course is to reinforce and enhance the Christian speaker and educator with quality instructional and communication methods. The knowledge and skills gained will help equip speakers and educators to engage audiences and students in a manner that maximizes knowledge, application and growth.
Course Objective
At the completion of this course, you will be able to demonstrate both speaking and teaching skills that meet or exceed the given course quality standards in verbal and nonverbal communications.
Instructional Method/Format
Lecture, class participation, and written exercises with breaks each hour, and a lunch break for 75 minutes.
Course Length
3 days (8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
Target Audience
Christian teachers or anyone wanting to teach or speak. Maximum of 8 attendees.
Course Quality Standards for Success
Level 1 Standard: Successful Course Completion
The standard for successful completion in this course is based upon the criteria listed in the evaluation forms for speaking and teaching. This standard is set at an overall score of 80% or better.
Level 2 Standard: Improvement
The standard for improvement does not mean successful course completion but does measure a level of success based upon the improvement of the student.
Course Cost
Pricing for our courses is affordable for individuals, churches, and schools.
Workshops
- Four presentation workshops
- One teaching workshop
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Communication skills [Page 6]
- Introduction Presentation
- The Biblical Worldview
- Rules 1, 2, and 3
- Some guidelines
- Communication skills
- Verbal
- Nonverbal
- The “Be’s” and some concerns
- Goals and objectives
- Human animatronics
- Motivation Quotient (MQ)
- Annoying issues
- Visual aides
- Q & A time
- Workshop 1: Presentation
Chapter 2: The Need for Well-Equipped Christian Speakers and Educators [Page 25]
- Biblical warnings about education
- Education and the next generation
- Conditioning through the education system
- Education organizations
- Public education and the media
- What schools teach and don’t teach
- Alarming statistics
- America: a nation in change
- The Church’s response
- What the church must do
Chapter 3: Teaching skills and methods [Page 41]
- Education surveys
- What is teaching?
- What is Christian education?
- Levels of learning
- The Christian educator’s job description
- Professional education standards
- Measuring a teacher’s success
- The 80% goal
- Methods of accountability
- Teacher vs Facilitator
Chapter 4: Building a winning Sunday school program [Page 61]
- A hard fact
- The primary purpose of Sunday school
- Eight issues affecting Sunday school quality
- Clarifying the win
- Qualifications for teaching
- The importance of training teachers
- Things to consider
- Classroom dynamics
- Teaching to change lives
- What about the youth program?