This morning we attended our monthly training with the seminary and institute teachers in the two Suva Stakes. President Sefeti, our boss, is in charge of these meetings. This month he asked if Scott would give a demonstration lesson. CES has for several years tried to change the way their paid and volunteer teachers teach. Because of the lack of computer access, teachers in Fiji do not have the option of seeing demonstrations of the new techniques, so Pres. Sefeti tries to demonstrate each month a different piece of the better way to teach. Scott did it for him this month.
Scott's lesson was masterful. Teaching is such a huge labor and an art. He had to cover all of Mark 8 in less than 30 minutes and covered context/content, principles/doctrines, understanding those principles/doctrines, and helping the students see how to apply that understanding in their lives. One has to weigh every word one speaks, every question asked. Crafting questions that help students think, feel and apply requires so much thought on the part of the teacher. No ad libbing here. Scott did such a great job. I was so proud. He worked hard at the lesson. He reviewed his questions over and over until I was about ready to hide. Because he worked so hard, Heavenly Father blessed his efforts.
We practiced a new baptismal song in Institute tonight--When I am Baptized. It is the song that starts with "whenever I looked for rainbows." We played the music for the YSAs from the church CDs and then sang acapella filling in the parts as there are no written parts. After two or three tries it sounded wonderful. It will be nice to have a second baptismal song. The other one was getting old.
40+ in the institute. Home shortly after 10.
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