LDS Seminary Teacher Helper
LDS Seminary Teacher Helper
John Merrill Kirkman
Daily short episodes to help you become a better seminary teacher. Listen on your drive to seminary and become a better seminary teacher today. 
18 What's THE Most Important Scripture Study Tool
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! 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 r...
Aug 9
4 min
19 Why do I use scripture study pages?
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! You’re proof that good people exist. ❤️🎉✨ -you're awz.me
Aug 9
12 min
17 Ting Listening: The Key to Great Conversations in Class
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! More on Ting Listening. For more of my teaching resources, join my Skool page (always free) YouTube Channel for Lesson Ideas Check out my Walking with the Savior Podcast. You are awesome! You are a hero! You got this!
Aug 7
9 min
16. The Most Important Rule in Seminary
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! Find more of my seminary teaching resources on Skool. Always free! Cree L. Koffard's Talk
Aug 5
7 min
15. The Power of Positive Emotion
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! 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, ...
Aug 3
5 min
14. The Power of Positive Attention
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! 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 (scold...
Jul 31
4 min
13. Heather Johns Part 2: Micro Trainings.  Don't complain! Train!
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! Low-key you're awesome — and that's on period. ✨🌟💫 -you're awz.me
Jul 29
34 min
12 First Day of School - Setting up Boundaries - Heather Johns
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! Low-key you're awesome — and that's on period. ✨🌟💫 -you're awz.me
Jul 27
20 min
11. Teacher Share: Ellie from Mountain Crest High
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! 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-...
May 28
11 min
9. SeatingPlan.com
Send me a message! Remember: You're Awesome! https://www.seatingplan.com?referral_code=118108126208585704812 This episode explains SeedingPlan.com and why it's so powerful in a seminary class. email: [email protected] Please leave a rating and review and share with all your fellow seminary teachers.
May 26
2 min
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