Already trained as a teacher? Thinking about teaching after Relay? The Teaching Network elective is designed to give you a chance to explore the implications of a Christian worldview on the world of Education and your potential part in it.
We know that the gospel changes everything and here you’ll get to see what that looks like in the teaching life. From study to standing in front of a class to resting back at home, Jesus is Lord over it all and has what we need to see through a career in possibly the best workplace there is and to share Him with those we meet while we’re at it.
The study content has a range of listening, reading and watching as well as tasks to get you thinking. It should take up four hours a week.
Taking it back to basics, this term we’ll think through why it’s good to be a Christian teacher and what difference it makes it makes when we walk into a classroom to teach as a believer.
You don’t go far in a conversation about teaching without hearing about the workload. But is it all work and no play? This module will have you look at how God designed us to work and rest and to think through what that means for approaching the demands of a busy job.
Schools can be places where we don’t think the gospel is welcome. But they are. This term will help you to think through how to keep sharing the good news we have even when we have to be a little careful because of the context we are in. Even if you don’t take this thinking into teaching in the end, it’ll set you up for working anywhere – and the gospel needs to go everywhere.
Each month you’ll have a way of being in touch with other Relays and staff in the Teaching Network. Beginning with a Zoom call for everyone at the start of Term 1 and with phone calls to find out how you’re doing, you’ll be able to chat through what you’re thinking and learning from the content.
There are also local hubs beginning to form in a few places around the Great Britain, you might be able to help out or even start one. On this elective, you’ll have the chance to help out with the Teaching Network Track at the Word Alive conference and to connect in person at NYTC in January.
To join with the Teaching Network elective, simply download a Relay application pack as normal and fill out the additional Relay Leadership Network application form.
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