Practicum Report #1

Practicum Report #1

From: Adam

To: Randi and Kelly

Subject: Practicum Report #1

A. Time Spent this Week
9/9/07- 3 hrs. (SS=1 hr; AM Worship= 2 hrs)
9/16/07- 3 hrs. (SS=1 hr; AM Worship= 2 hrs)

B. My Class this Week
I will be observing the college Sunday School class at Twin City Bible Baptist taught by Steve Snyder this semester. This class averages about 15-20 students a week.
I attended this class last year, so I am pretty familiar with the students and teacher. I love Steve and his teaching; he is definitely a master teacher. We were talking after class, and he all ready to get me started next Sunday doing a mini-lesson at the beginning of class. I will teach on a different symbol of the Holy Spirit each Sunday before the main lesson. He also told me he would bring some teacher evaluation papers to help me observe him.
1. Steve Snyder
a. Steve is a psychology professor at Taylor University. He has all his lesson topics planned out for the next four years, which makes me laugh. He is a very good teacher, and I know I can learn much from him.
2. Kay Ellen
a. Kay Ellen is one of the leaders in our class. She is a senior at IWU, and she as a heart for God. She is very approachable. She puts in her two sense every once in a while.
3. John
a. Steve asked John to pray to begin class. John is a very friendly guy; he always says hello.
4. The girl in red.
a. She was called on to answer a question. She was shy, and I had not met her before.
5. Emily
a. I met her and Rebecca last year, and I guess you could say we are church buddies. We drive together every Sunday. Emily was called on to read a passage of Scripture from Matthew. She was excited because she doesn’t feel like she gets called on very much.
6. Rebecca
a. Rebecca was called on to read another Scripture in John. She is comfortable is front of people and leads worship a few times a semester.
C. My Questions this Week
1. What is a good way to get everyone involved besides calling on people to read or pray? How do you get the quiet people in the class to feel comfortable to ask or answer questions?
2. There is no one person that dominates the class in discussion. Could this ever be a bad thing?