Best tips for teachers

• Take the time at the beginning of class to break the ice, exude warmth, and build rapport.
• Make sure you have done due diligence, entering the classroom with ample preparation.
• Strike the balance of being "open" and "approachable" as a teacher without putting out the vibe of vulnerability or uneasiness.
• Guide the direction of the class rather than letting the class direct you.
• Always ask questions that are meaningful and not those that are either fillers or those that insult the student's intelligence.
• Avoid embarrassing or putting the student on the spot, as you cannot know the frame of mind or circumstances that may be weighing on him or her in that moment.
• Never fail to draw conclusions and take a stand on matters of faith.
• Do not overly press personal convictions or judgment calls upon the classroom.
• Keep the specter of pride away from your heart so that you do not always feel the need to be right and for the student to be wrong.
• Do not let blatantly false statements by the student go unanswered--speak the truth in love, but remember the utmost need for truth to be upheld.
• If you make the class interesting (this is the product of study and preparation, including searching for appropriate illustrations), class feedback and discussion takes care of itself
• Budget your time, neither glossing over or bogging down in material
• While forced excitement will seem artificial, generating genuine passion and enthusiasm is infectious and aids the learning environment.
• Leverage the resources in the room, looking to mature, knowledgeable Bible students to assist you in making particularly difficult or controversial points.
• After properly interpreting and teaching the biblical text, be ever the gleaner for application--material the student can take and translate into daily living and personal use.
  
• Neal Pollard