Be A ‘Guide On the Side’, Not A ‘Sage On The Stage’

*Here are several ways to educate, inspire, engage, and create vision towards change:

The Ten Commandments of Teaching

Keep It:

  1. Simple

  2. Relevant

  3. Applicable

  4. Memorable

  5. Transferable

  6. Engaging & Entertaining

  7. Creative, Insightful

  8. Comfortable

  9. Full of Variety & Spontaneity

  10. Safe & Open Exchange of Ideas Among Peers

Sample Lesson Plan:

Preparation:

  • Have Composition Notebooks, Pen, Name Tag, Printed “Daily Accountability Check Off” List Available For Personal Use

  • Have Snacks, Sour Candy/Gum, Jolly Ranchers & Electrolyte Water Available (*things that wake up the senses)

  • Have soft music playing in the background—welcome each person as they come in and offer them a piece of candy.

  • Have TV, Projector+Screen, Whiteboard, Markers, Speakers, Teaching Clips & Resources Cued Up Ready to Go

Overview:

  • Begin With A “Thought For the Day,” A “Motivational Short,” A Song & Quote From the Bible (Or Other Religious Book), Including a Recovery App (*click the following links to see sample content)

Give Brief Introduction & Class Overview (Who, What, Where, Why & How of A Mobile Classroom)

  • Intentions, Goals, Expectations & Invitations to Participate and Bring Friends To Future Classes

  • Explain the Value of Holistic Living

  • Explain What Holistic Healing Looks Like

  • Explain the 7 Holistic Life-Areas That Will Be Discussed & 7 Behaviors Listed Under Each One

*Here is an actual Life Coach Introduction to The Daily Accountability Checkoff Sheet

Explain that Brief Lectures, YouTube Clips, TedTalks And Other Online Resources & Guest Speakers Will Be Used For Instruction (*click on links to see sample content below):

Life Hacks & Helps

Interesting & Inspirational

Explain that three, 20-minute classes will constitute a full day of instruction with 10-minute processing group discussions after each topic covered.

  • One 5-Minute Snack Break Will Happen After The First 2 Classes Are Taught

  • Trivia Questions Will Be Used For Continued Arousal Along With World Religion Insights & Wheel Decide Raffles (*click links to see sample content):

  • Finish Last 20-Minute Class

  • Processing Discussion—Discuss What Was Learned, Liked, Recommended For Future Classes & One Life-Area + 2 Behaviors They Will Choose to Practice Before Next Class

Journal —Give 2 Minutes For Participants to Write Down Thoughts, Feelings, Insights, or “To-do” Items & Swap Contact Info With Peers If Willing (*Play soft music in the background during journaling)

  • Homework Assignment—Write In Notebook Which Life Area and 2 Behaviors They Will Focus On Before Next Class

  • End Class By Showing Max Lucado’s Book “You Are Special” And Tell Them To Look For The Truth The Wood Carver, Eli, Wanted His Little Friend To Understand

  • After the video, do $20 object lesson. Hold up new $20 bill and ask how much it is worth in my hand? ($20)

  • How much is it worth if I crumpled it up? (crumple it—still $20)

  • How much is it worth if I put little tears in it? (tear it—still $20)

  • What if I throw it on the ground and roll it in the dirt? (still $20)

  • Point: Just as a $20 bill retains its value regardless of its condition, so likewise, your eternal value is NOT determined by your condition in life— if you are crumpled, torn, or dirty from sleeping on the ground, etc.—you have ALWAYS been $20 in God’s eyes and always will be. Never Forget Truth!

  • Read C.S. Lewis Quote

  • Walk around the room and put a “You Are Special” sticker on each persons hand and have them read it out loud to confirm it.

Reminder: Ask students to bring their notebook, pen & Daily Accountability Checkoff sheet with them to future classes and explain that we will use them every time we meet.

For Next Class—Begin With A “Return & Report:”

  • Ask For Volunteers to Share What Life-Areas & Behaviors They Chose to Focus On And Then Process Findings, Insights, Challenges, Successes, Etc.

*Note: Teach Succeeding Lessons With Different Life-Area & Behaviors Focus But With The Same Lesson Format. Rotate Back Through Important Content Every 30 Days As New Faces Will Replace Old Ones That Leave.

  • Welcome Newcomers