LDS Seminary Teacher Helper
Daily short episodes to help you become a better seminary teacher. Listen on your drive to seminary and become a better seminary teacher today.
24 Class Building Acitivity: Intent Listening
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Provide a topic statementPerson 1 shares for 1.5 minutesPerson 2 listens with eyes, nods, etc for 2 min.No talkingAfter time is up. Person 2 restates what was told by Person 1. Person 1 listens only. 30 seconds. Note: Not only are you restating; you are also trying to explain the feelings or emotions you noticed. After one minute, Person 1 clarifies anything that needs clarification. Now, switch and have Person 2 talk for the allotted timeSee belo...23 Team or Class Scripture Dig
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22 Scripture Study: Read, Mark, and Write Activity
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21 Pass and Write Activity
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20 Nine Class Management Strategies
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18 What's THE Most Important Scripture Study Tool
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Phrases you can use in your classes:
Anyone need a ponder pen or ponder pencil?
The pen is your ponder tool.
Pick up your pen, power up your pondering.
A pen turns reading into pondering.
Your pen is the bridge between Scripture and Revelation.
Don't just read, ponder with your pen.
A pen in your hands, put the pondering in motion.
The pen, the most powerful pondering tool.
Read, ponder, and pray lead to...
19 Why do I use scripture study pages?
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17 Ting Listening: The Key to Great Conversations in Class
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16. The Most Important Rule in Seminary
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15. The Power of Positive Emotion
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Just a random reminder that you're an absolute legend. Seriously, your vibe is everything and you always bring the main character energy. ❤️🎉✨ -you're awz.me
Intro/thesis — Based on Spencer Kagan's Brain-Friendly Teaching: eliciting positive emotion is one of the easiest, most powerful research-based tools for a brain-friendly classroom (~300 studies support it).Why it matters — Positive emotion broadens students' attention and improves thinking, problem-solving, learning, creativity, and test performance.Music — Use uplifting music/music videos (e.g., "Made By God," "Peace in Christ," LDS youth video...14. The Power of Positive Attention
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Low-key you're awesome — and that's on period. ✨🌟💫 -you're awz.me
The Power of Positive Attention (Spencer Kagan):
Positive attention shapes behavior. Publicly praising a group/team that's on task (without giving points, just naming specific behaviors) redirects the whole class more effectively than quiet signals or correction.Kagan's classroom story: A teacher had all the technical jigsaw elements right but the room was chaotic (scolding, misbehavior). Simply drawing attention to the best-behaving group and stating specifically what was good about it tur...13. Heather Johns Part 2: Micro Trainings. Don't complain! Train!
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12 First Day of School - Setting up Boundaries - Heather Johns
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11. Teacher Share: Ellie from Mountain Crest High
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Ellie, a seminary teacher from Mountain Crest in Hyrum, Utah, talks about classroom strategies she’s found successful.
Ellie describes using scripture study pages to get students off phones and physically engaged through writing, highlighting, and doodling, emphasizing the value of variety so it doesn’t feel like repetitive worksheets.
She highlights a “pass and doodle” study page on Moses and the brass serpent, saying quick, verse-by-verse doodling and passing deepens observation, encourages discussion, and keeps learning fun. T
he host shares that a region dir...
9. SeatingPlan.com
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This episode explains SeedingPlan.com and why it's so powerful in a seminary class.
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10. Teacher Share Nicole Aaron: Changing the Class Culture when no one will talk
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Not to be dramatic but you're awesome — for real for real. ✨🌟💫 -you're awz.me
Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/TnGP65saojE
Strategies discussed:
Compliments and High Fives.
Adopting unusual strategies
Kindness Videos
Speed Dating Ideas
Pass the paper ideas.
Study Pages.
Using Different Translations
7. The Power of Seating Charts
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6. Do You Know Your Neighbor? Game
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8. Strategic Seating for Class Team Building
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3. One Percent Improvements, Big Results
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4. The Power of a High Five!
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5. Multiplying High-Five Power: Classroom Transformation Technique
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1. LDS Seminary Teacher Helper Podcast Overview
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Welcome to LDS Seminary Teacher Helper. This episode introduces you to me and my efforts to teach the gospel through seminary and to help teachers. Hopefully this channel is helpful to you. Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Please check out my other podcast, "Walking with the Savior," for daily inspiration on your walk with the Savior. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2414656/episodes/19150246
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2. Don't Count Days! Make each day count!
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