Teacher. Teacher? Teacher!

Teacher.
Am I a teacher? I thought I am. After all, I used to ‘teach’ the new colleagues in my office. I also teach my son on the issues of life. Well, I did some teach during my Mission Trips, and thus with all these experience, I think I am a teacher.

Teacher?

So signing up for “Creative Teaching” should be “a piece of cake,” a walk-over module – I thought.

Lesson one and after less than 10 slides, I am face with so many probing questions, “So you want to be a teacher?” “Why do you want to teach?” “Do you know who you are? Teacher?” “What are you going to teach?” “How are you going to teach?”

And I ask myself, “Am I a teacher?”

Who is a Teacher?

I need to know who I am before I can teach others. I am what I teach. I used to challenge church members to go on mission trips to teach. There is a great need for the believers in the 3^rd World countries to learn about their new found faith.

Now I ponder…Are you a Factory Manager, or a Gardener, or a Coordinator, or a Guide.

I need to know the needs of the community and send the right type of teacher to meet the need.

Who is the teacher?

Teaching.  

What is my take away? One meal (Big Idea) with three dishes (Objectives). Focus on the three basic needs and the student will feel ‘full’. The Cognitive; Affective and the Active need of the person.

Cognitive – feeding the mind for understanding. More than knowledge and information. It is understanding that will challenge the mind.

Affective – massaging the soul for the passion to respond. Feelings and emotions and passions are what drives the body into action.

Active – getting into action in response to the word. This is where transformation begins.

Execution

I recalled these words “Hook; Book; Look and Took” when I was in the Cell Group Module.
Four simple words yet difficult to execute.

During our presentation, my team placed too much time trying to Hook the participants and then rush through the Book and the Look, which were the more important portion of the teaching plan.

Other team emphasize too heavily on the Book, providing a load of background, and ‘lost sight’ when they Look.

 
But not knowing what to Look for, will cause the students to miss the ‘Gold in the Straw’.

Took need timing in order not to waste the food.

So what is the bottom-line for me?

I am a Teacher.

How I will teach…

1.    Teach the truth – Jesus says, “I am the truth…”

2.    Love the truth – Jesus says, “If you love me…”
3.    Live the truth – Jesus says, “Come follow me…”

I asked myself, what did I take home from this module, and this is what I have package home.

TEACHING IS CHANGING, AND THE FIRST TO CHANGE IS ME. Amen.