Teacher Transformation Continues

What an exciting, intense and transformative time we have had with the 62 teachers who were studying with us at Timothy Centre for ten days this month.  Under the direction of Rob, one of our newer Canadian volunteer teacher trainers,  the first year class was grappling with the concept of worldview and how this profoundly affects our teaching.  The second year class was building on the foundational modules they studied last year (Biblical Worldview, Philosophy of Christian Education, Biblically Based Curriculum) and was exploring many ways to build biblical values and principles into their lesson planning.  It was great to have Sharon, another Canadian volunteer teacher trainer helping me in team teaching this class, as she brought many creative and practical ideas to our study.
    
    
   

The emphasis in this entire teacher training course is on the integration of biblical values and principles into each subject area and all school practice, and the teaching of critical thinking skills.  These are essential elements of true Christian education and result in the transformation of both teacher and student.

   
   
   
      

It was encouraging to read the feedback we received on our course evaluation forms:

"Putting into practice what I have learned in this module will help me as a teacher to build a promising young generation."

"My lesson planning is going to improve because I understood far better than I ever have how to integrate biblical values in a lesson."

"The course has sincerely changed my way of teaching.  May God Almighty bless me to implement it."

"I will apply the biblical truth and I hope to do it very well this time.  I will assess and evaluate my learners.  I will focus more on questions that require higher level thinking.  I've so many ideas on how to develop children's metacognition."

(Our second year class)