Teacher – Training, That Dreaded Word – “How To Avoid The Training Blahs”

Do you dread asking your faithful volunteers to attend another teacher training?  Have you ever thought to yourself…”Do they really need to attend this teacher training…Will they be encouraged, excited, and engaged…Would I want to attend it if I was a volunteer…Will this teacher training be effective and worth their time to attend…Will it meet their needs as a children’s ministry volunteer?” 

Do you dread asking your faithful volunteers to attend another teacher training?  Have you ever thought to yourself…”Do they really need to attend this teacher training…Will they be encouraged, excited, and engaged…Would I want to attend it if I was a volunteer…Will this teacher training be effective and worth their time to attend…Will it meet their needs as a children’s ministry volunteer?” 

In light of jam-packed schedules and limited time, asking a volunteer to attend another teacher-training meeting can be a major request.  As children’s ministry leaders, developing teacher-training workshops that will meet the needs of your volunteers and will effectively equip them to serve in their respective area of children’s ministry is vital. 

During the upcoming summer months, spend time evaluating the needs of the ministry and plan your teacher-training meetings for the upcoming year that will impact, encourage, equip, engage, empower, and energize volunteers to serve more effectively with children.  Don’t let the training blahs affect your ministry and don’t discourage your faithful volunteers by having to attend “just another boring training session.”  Make teacher-training worth their valuable time and let them take away new and practical age appropriate ideas that can be implemented with the children they teach.

Here are a few ‘make and take’ teacher-training ideas that will perk up your volunteers and encourage them with excitement for children’s ministry. 

Training Perks…Ten ways to help make teacher training more exciting with take away benefits to keep volunteers encouraged, energized, and engaged to serve more effectively with children.

1.  Make the training Biblical…Take away a new Bible lesson to teach children.

2.  Make the training full of give away materials…Take away new materials and tools to use with children in the classroom.

3.  Make the training teachable…Take away new and creative methods of teaching children to love Jesus.

4.  Make the training practical…Take away an exciting new skill to use with children as they apply Biblical principles to their lives.

5.  Make the training fun and colorful…Take away a burst of energy that encourages ministry with children.

6.  Make the training interesting…Take away excitement and Biblical application that is relevant to children and their spiritual journey. 

7.  Make the training interactive…Take away new ideas and techniques to help children learn and grow spiritually.

8.  Make the training unique…Take away a new creative approach to implement into a lesson plan that is unique to your ministry. 

9.  Make the training adaptable to the way children learn…Take away age appropriate activities to use with children as they learn about Jesus.

10.Make the training short…Take away an hour of time to encourage, engage, empower, and energize volunteers.

Don’t Think Blah…Think Excitement and Fun!