I really enjoyed our inservice Sunday night. We covered two
key points from the Gospel Teaching and Learning manual:
1. Section 1.3:
“We teach students the doctrines and principles of the gospel as found in the scriptures
and the words of the prophets”
(italics added for emphasis). Emphasis was
placed on integrating the words of the living prophets (and other General Officers)
into our lesson plans, ie, using quotes and stories from the General Officers
of the Church to strengthen our lessons. We practiced the principle several times to
help us each feel a little more comfortable allowing the General Officers of
the Church to help teach our lessons from the Standard Works. One tool we
looked at on the October 2013 General Conference webpage (http://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2013/10?cid=HPFR100413113&lang=eng)
was the “Topics” button on the top right to help search for talks that deal
with specific subjects. 
2. Section 2.2.2:
“A Sense of Purpose,” with special emphasis on: bullet point 1: “Expect students to fulfill their role as
learners. A sense of purpose exists in a class where teachers expect
students to fulfill their role as learners and assist them in doing so and
where students are trusted to contribute in significant ways. Teachers with a
sense of purpose, who truly love their students, will care too much about their
progress and success to be satisfied with only a little effort. Such teachers
will encourage with love and will lift their students to reach their potential
as learners and disciples of Jesus Christ.” Only thoughts on this were that we
need to be very careful with the time the Lord and our students are entrusting
us with. We need to have fun, but we need to be considerate of the sacred trust
we have been given by the Lord and His children to ensure they are truly fed
(for more on this subject, please see my previous post titled, “A Sense of
Purpose as Teachers & Students.”
Other points we covered were:
- When studying the Gospel Teaching and Learning Handbook, I encourage you to utilize the online version found at https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-teaching-and-learning-a-handbook-for-teachers-and-leaders-in-seminaries-and-institutes-of-religion?lang=eng as it is populated more frequently with helpful resources designed to assist you in your efforts to teach.
- Institute dates & activities can all be found at www.ldsces.org/cs
- Where to find the institute director’s notes about teaching and ongoing ideas and topics we don’t have time to cover in an inservice, but are still relevant can be found at: http://csinstitutedirector.blogspot.com/
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