Providing on-going Teaching for Teachers
In counseling with teachers, leaders should allow the teachers’ needs and concerns to guide the direction of the discussion. To help teachers think about how they are doing and what they can do to improve, leaders may want to ask questions that prompt careful thought, such as those in the following list. Such questions can also help leaders discover specific ways to help.
-- How are you feeling about your calling as a teacher?
--Are there some experiences you have had with your class that you would like to talk about?
-- Will you share some examples of how class members are responding to the lessons you teach?
--What are some specific needs of individual class members?
--What are some of your goals as a teacher?
--What can I do to help you accomplish your goals?
--What are some topics that you feel should be addressed in teacher improvement meetings?
--Create Clear and concise expectations concerning SUBS—emergent and non-emergent
--Treat Them Like Royalty by Asking about Their Lives
Leaders should listen carefully to teachers’ responses and help them find answers to their questions and concerns. Leaders can encourage teachers by helping them see their strengths and the good things they are accomplishing. When they offer suggestions, they should do so with humility and love. They should keep in mind the following statement by President Spencer W. Kimball:
“I find myself hungering and thirsting for just a word of appreciation or of honest evaluation from my superiors and my peers. I want no praise; I want no flattery; I am seeking only to know if what I gave was acceptable” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 489)
LINK---Orienting Teachers---LDS site
