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Focus on what your students can do in class that you typically do.
Students can take responsibility for their learning in class by doing things the teacher normally does. During lesson preparation,...
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Jan 162 min read


Thank you, Wonderful Teachers!
I just wanted to take this week and express my graditude for all you are doing. I have sat in many classes over the past 6 weeks, and...
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Oct 17, 20242 min read


Principles on Increasing your Student's Participation
Introduction In an address during a leadership training, President Russell M. Nelson emphasized that youth are more spiritually attuned...
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Oct 10, 20243 min read


"Nurturing Eternal Connections: Building Lifelong Relationships with Seminary Students"
As Seminary teachers, we have the sacred responsibility to guide and influence the spiritual growth of young people during a formative...
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Sep 26, 20244 min read


Helping Students Identify Solutions to their Tardiness
When I was a younger teacher, one of the biggest things that I hated to deal with were tardies. Plain and simple, classes without the...
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Sep 12, 20242 min read


"Helping Students Apply Gospel Principles Without Preaching Their Ears Off"
This picture comes from a collection of illustrations from a French artist named Villemard, showing the year 2000 as he envisioned it in...
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Aug 30, 20244 min read


Help your Students Decide which Scripture Study Method can Work Best for Them. (Reinforce what they have done, and get them thinking about what they will do over the next few months).
Introduction: I believe that most of our students see the start of a new school year as an opportunity to make improvements. As...
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Aug 22, 20243 min read


Classroom Management:Selecting and Organizing Student Leadership in Seminary
“A seminary teacher may choose class officers, such as a president, vice presidents, and a secretary. The teacher first contacts each...
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Aug 16, 20242 min read


Make the Most of Summer
Growing as a Teacher As you desire to improve and consistently work to teach in a way that is pleasing to Father in Heaven, He will...
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May 23, 20242 min read


The Promises of Seminary Attendance by President Nelson
How are we doing as teachers in helping our students to receive these promises?
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Oct 19, 20231 min read


The Scripture: Early and Often
Elder D. Todd Christofferson taught, “The central purpose of all scripture is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father and in His...
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Oct 5, 20231 min read


Marking Scriptures
Learning and using scripture study skills can help you live the scriptural command to “feast upon the words of Christ” (2 Nephi 32:3Links...
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Bear Your Testimony Often (Nov 26-Dec 2)
Bear Your Testimony Often Your simple, sincere witness of spiritual truth can have a powerful influence on those you teach. A testimony...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read


Be Flexible (Nov 12-18)
Be Flexible Often the best teaching moments are unexpected—for example, when someone shares an experience or asks a question that leads...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read


Be A Humble Instrument Of The Spirit (Nov 5-11)
Be a Humble Instrument of the Spirit Sometimes teachers may be tempted to think that it is their knowledge or methods or personality that...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
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