1. Topic 5 8 Steps of Planning Class Matters
Just one document now; eight steps of planning, blank. I’ll unlock examples of 8 steps of planning for a curriculum and a Bible Class later. Also, encourage them to save the blank document, then to copy/paste the content of it to their ah-ha sheets and take notes there.

2. 8 steps of planning Who? Why? When? Where? What? What for?
So that? How?
8 steps of planning

3. Participants, leader(s), the number of participants, etc.
The participants: Pastors, teachers, and staff ministers, plus laymen. About how many of each? “The district has about 45 pastors, about 18 male teachers, about 12 lay men, and half a dozen guests (you, NPH reps, a few retired guys, etc.). But we usually get about 20 absences as well.”
The leader: Prof. Tom Kock, who’s never presented or ministered in the P/NW.
Work through these slides quickly.
Planning - Who?

4. What’s the SITUATION that calls for this educational lesson / program?
e.g. – They requested a presentation/teaching regarding education.
Planning for - Why?

5. What’s the Time Frame? Planning for - When?
e.g. -- June 8-9, I’ll have c. 5 hours, spread out over the two days. (I’ll know how spread out it will be when I get the agenda.) Frosty will be there the 6-7, so some of the guys will have studied Reformation issues for two days before I get there.
Planning for - When?

6. The SITE … plan for all aspects -- size of room, acoustics, technology, etc.
e.g. -- Evergreen. Very good internet; guys will bring laptops, so I can make documents available via internet. Good for powerpoint. Room set-up? “ELHS has us in their commons room. You'll be on a stage and the room is wide and short (um... like a legal page in landscape mode? Not sure how to describe it.) There are typically 3 or 4 long rows of tables with guys sitting behind them using mostly laptops, but some tablets/smart phones. Sound is set up through the projection booth and we often play videos for reports from synod HQ or missionaries, etc. There will be a page in the booth running things so we can send it to him and he'll get it ready to go.”
Planning for - Where?

7. The content … what knowledge, skills, and attitudes do you want to get across?
e.g. – Some of the basics of education, particularly adult ed. Perhaps: 8-steps of planning; The tool-box of teaching (lecture, Q/A, Research, Projects); various types of questions; APSBAT; KFC; Differences between adult and child learners; problem-based learning; learning activities; brain activities. Give some “small” tips as we go along. (7-second rule, “Why/what reasons”, writing on the board, “you/us”, “list 3,” etc.)
Planning for – What?

8. Achievement-based objectives
e.g. – All students will have …
… been exposed to several key components of adult education.
… practiced applying at least some of those key components.
… walked away with one key thought from each of the five hours.
The difference between the “why” and the “What for” is the “why” is the problem/situation which calls for the class; the “What for” is the intended outcome of the class.
Planning for – What for?

9. Achievement-based objectives
The participants are better able to write and lead Bible studies.
The difference between the “What for” and the “So That” is the “what for” is the accomplishments which will have taken place in the class; the “So that” is the intended long-term outcome of the class.
Planning for – So That?

10. What methods will you use?
Learning activities
Some powerpoint “lecture.”
Possibly have a 3-minute pair/share at end of each hour with the “one key thought which I took from this segment is…”
Evaluate a recent study they’ve written?
Planning for – How?

11. Retrieved 1-27-16 from http://www. globallearningpartners
Retrieved from Vella used to have seven steps; they added the “so that” step c

12. Case Studies
You’ve been asked to present a Bible study at an assisted living center. Only one of the residents is your member; you’ve never met any of the other people. (Step)
You’ve been called to a congregation of 350 people which is about 25 years old. They’ve always had one well-attended Sunday morning Bible study; you’d like to start a midweek class. (Talk)
You have five members attending the university, plus some other WELS members on the campus. Several students ask you to start a Bible study for the collegians. (Research)
You’ve been called to a congregation which is large (1000 members) and it has both a growing group of retirees and a growing group of young, stay-at-home moms. You’d like to start a mid-week Bible study. (Create)
Break-out groups, according to their learning styles.

13. How are we doing?
Pull out the recent Bible study you wrote/taught. Evaluate: what part of the 8-steps-of-planning did you carry out well? Which steps could have been done better? Make one adjustment so that one of the 8 steps is better carried out.