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Webinar Downloads: “Captivating Back-to-School Ideas for Religion Teachers”

Follow along with the presentation by downloading the handouts:

Download the Webinar Handouts (PDF)

The Back-to-School Exercises

  1. What’s Your BIG Why? (Day 1) 
  2. Visioning (Day 17)
  3. Update Your Classroom Procedures (Day 15)
  4. Offer Counterinuitive Prayer Practices
  5. Incorporate Music into Your Lesson (Day 27)
  6. Liberate Students from their Chairs (Day 28)
  7. Get to Know a Student Before or After Class (Day 10)
  8. Create Relevance by Identifying Student Strengths (Day 9)
  9. Create Relevance with Differentiated Instruction (Day 8)
  10. Write Out Why a Lesson is Important (Day 20)
  11. Recognize Your Relationship with Christ (Day 2)
  12. Read the Bible Practicing Lectio Divina (Day 4)
  13. Become a Witness (Day 31)
  14. Tell Your Story (Day 24)

Other Back-to-School Teaching Strategies

  • Scripture-based Classroom Rules 
  • Learning New Student Names
  • Classroom Procedures for the First Weeks of School
  • Classroom Management Strategies for the First Weeks of School

The 31 Days Book

Also, you can find out more about the book 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator at www.thereligionteacher.com/31days/

Get 20% Off the Book (Offer Expired) 

Participants in today’s webinar can take advantage of a 20% promotion at Ave Maria Press when using the promo code WEBINAR0904 with your order: https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-384-7/31-Days-to-Becoming-a-Better-Religious-Educator/. (Offer ends September 11, 2013)

The book is also available in paperback and eBook formats at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Free Leader’s Guide

The book comes with many supplemental resources including a leader’s guide for administrators and department chairs, many of which were featured in the webinar. Download the leader’s guide and other resources at www.thereligionteacher.com/31days/leader.

Free Lesson Planning eBook

Finally, I have another free tool to share with you. Sign up to receive a free digital copy of the eBook The Religion Teacher’s Guide to Lesson Planning, which includes 250 activities and teaching strategies for religion teachers and catechists to use in class.

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