Implementation of Classroom Pedagogies into a Children's Church Environment Through Volunteer Training

Abstract

The goal of this creative project is to provide Sunday School volunteers with evidencebased pedagogies commonly used in a general education classroom to better the teaching practices used in the Sunday School learning environment. The volunteer training curriculum is based on four main aspects of teaching: small group instruction, large group instruction, classroom management, and active engagement. This creative project includes a handbook with easy to implement and research-based techniques for volunteers with little to no teaching experience, five lesson plans for ministry leadership to use as training material that accompany the volunteer handbook, and presentation visuals that correspond with the lesson plans.