Teaching
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Teaching
Overview
Teachers have more impact on a child’s development and well-being than anyone other than parents. If you love children, and delight in igniting that spark of understanding, teaching might be the right career for you!
Investiture Achievement Connection: This Honor is related to the Investiture Achievement requirements for GUIDE Serving Others which require the Pathfinder choose to complete selected requirements from among several Honors, including this Honor. The Advanced Ribbon requires completion of a selected Honor, of which this is one of the options.
Requirements
1. What education credentials are required for teaching the following:
- a. Day care
- b. Preschool
- c. Elementary school
- d. Secondary school
- e. College
2. What is the importance of teacher recertification?
3. Interview at least two teachers, asking each the following questions:
- a. What inspired you to become a teacher?
- b. What are some responsibilities of a teacher?
- c. What aspects of teaching do you like the best?
- d. What aspects of teaching do you like the least?
- e. What activities do you engage in to prepare for a school year?
- f. How do you prepare for a school day?
- g. What teacher-related activities do you do after school dismisses each day?
- h. What are some qualities of a good teacher?
4. Ask two teachers to tell you about two or more of the following teaching methods that they have found useful. Have them give examples of how they have used that method.
- a. Adaptive learning
- b. One-to-one
- c. Asynchronous learning
- d. Differentiated learning
- e. Flipped classroom
- f. Gamification
- g. M-Learning
- h. Personalized Learning
- i. Project-based Learning
- j. Place-based Learning
5. What is a lesson plan and why is it used? Have a teacher show you a sample lesson plan they have used.
6. Explore the Bible and the book Education by Ellen G. White to learn what teaching methods Jesus used. Compare and contrast teaching methods of Jesus to at least one from question 4. Present an oral report on what you learned.
7. Complete one of the following:
- a. If you are 16 years old or younger, do two of the following for a minimum of 40 minutes per week for three weeks:
- i. Assist a teacher in designing and preparing a bulletin board.
- ii. Assist a teacher in preparing learning aids.
- iii. Assist a teacher in developing a lesson plan.
- iv. With the supervision of a teacher, teach a child or class at least one teaching methods concept.
- b. If you are older than 16 years, do three of the following:
- i. Teach an adults’ or children’s Sabbath School class for a minimum of six weeks.
- ii. Teach in a department of Vacation Bible School.
- iii. Teach three AY Honors.
- iv. Assist in teaching requirements for one of the Investiture Achievement classes, culminating in investiture.
- v. Teach a seminar from the AYMT (Adventist Youth Ministry Training) Staff curriculum.
1. What education is needed for teaching the following:
- a. Elementary school,
- b. Secondary school,
- c. College
2. What is re-certification?
3. Interview at least two teachers with the following questions:
- a. Why did you choose to become a teacher?
- b. What part of teaching do you like the best?
- c. What part of teaching do you like the least?
- d. What do you do to get ready for a school year?
- e. What do you do to get ready for a school day?
- f. What teacher-related activities do you do after school is out each day?
- g. What are some qualities of a good teacher?
- h. What are the responsibilities and duties of a teacher?
4. Explore the Bible and the book Education by Ellen G. White to learn what teaching methods Jesus used. Present a three-minute oral report on what you learned.
5. If you are 16 years old or younger, do the following for a minimum of 40 minutes per week for three weeks.
- a. Assist a teacher in designing and preparing a bulletin board.
- b. Assist a teacher in preparing learning aids.
- c. With the supervision of a teacher, teach a child or class at least one concept.
6. If you are older than 16 years, do three of the following:
- a. Teach an adult’s or children’s Sabbath School class for a minimum of six weeks.
- b. Teach in one day in each department of Vacation Bible School.
- c. Teach two Honors from the Honors Handbook.
- d. Assist in teaching requirements for one of the AY classes, culminating in investiture.
- e. Teach at least one year in an elementary or secondary school or in a college.
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
- Explorer: Honor Enrichment
- Ranger: Honor Enrichment
- Voyager: Honor Enrichment
- Guide: Serving Others
- Guide: Honor Enrichment
Patch history
Earlier designs of this patch. See all outdated insignia.
See also
- GuideReference
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