{"id":3021,"date":"2017-04-14T14:25:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T14:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2017-04-06T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T14:32:04","slug":"making-curriculum-work-part-2-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/04\/14\/making-curriculum-work-part-2-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Curriculum Work for You, Part 2: EVALUATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that you know what kind of curriculum is available, let\u2019s take a look at how make the right choice for your church. There are several considerations that you must take into account as you look over the curriculum. Certain factors about your church are out of your control such as when the service starts, how long service lasts, and many times, which classroom you\u2019re given to use. Instead of getting frustrated with the situation, our job is to find creative ways to deal with the challenges we face. Let\u2019s take a look at these hurdles and the important aspects to consider and analyze.<\/p>\n

ANALYZING NEEDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. SERVICE LENGTH.<\/span> Begin by looking at your service length. My dad is a Pentecostal pastor, so service lengths in my first children\u2019s ministry position could vary big time. Some weeks it was an hour and a half and other weeks we blew right past two hours. If you\u2019ve been at your church long enough, you will have pretty good idea of an average service length. Our job is to create enough service elements to keep the kids engaged for the entire service.<\/strong> From my experience, the best discipline method for your class is to make it engaging. In other words, don\u2019t be boring! Boring creates restlessness when generally leads to chaos.<\/p>\n

Our rule of thumb for segments is 5-6 minutes for sketches, videos, games, etc. For Bible stories, we stretch that time out to 7-8 minutes. However, we almost never go over that time. Why? Well, it\u2019s based on what we know about the developmental stages of kids. Their attention spans are directly linked to their ages. Think one minute for every year of life. Since our class spans K-5th grade we try to hit that middle sweet spot. In our Preschool classes, we use 3-5 minutes as our guide. You might think that 7-8 minutes is too small to get across the Biblical message you want to teach. If that were our only time for teaching God\u2019s Word, then yes, you would be right. However, I view our entire service as the message. Everything in the service works together to teach God\u2019s Word and the concept for that day.<\/em> When you think of it like that, it\u2019s much easier to break the service into smaller segments because you\u2019re looking at the big picture.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say that you typically have kids for an hour and a half. That means you need 16-17 segments to keep the kids engaged in the service. You can reduce some of the needs by allowing some free play time at the beginning of class, but count that in your overall time. Does the curriculum you\u2019re looking at provide that much material? If it doesn\u2019t then it may not be the right choice for you.<\/p>\n

2. CLASS SIZE.<\/span> Next, take a look at the size of your class. Does the curriculum fit your class size? A traditional teacher-based Sunday School curriculum might work great for a class of eight, but would probably not work well in a class of 30. Class size is a big factor. When I first started in children\u2019s ministry 18 years ago, my first children\u2019s church was 12 kids. While I attended college, I continued serving at the church and our attendance grew to over 40 kids. I had to shift our services in order to accommodate the differences those 30 kids brought to the class. It was big. I remember that when I first had 100 in a children\u2019s church I had to make a shift again in how I approached the class. Now that we often have over 250 kids in our services, I have had to shift once again. The same elements that work with a class of 12 will not always work with a class of 50 and vice versa.<\/p>\n

3. DEMOGRAPHICS.<\/span> This is true for the culture and demographics of your church. Not every element is equally effective in every culture.<\/strong> Some elements may have to be adjusted between a church in an urban vs. a rural area. The same is true for a church that leans more traditionally in its ministry approach. Both of these elements, size and demographics, should play heavily in which curriculum you ultimately choose to use.<\/p>\n

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About the Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dwayne Riner is the associate children\u2019s pastor at The Ark Church and the head writer for Equip KidMin Curriculum.\u00a0Dwayne attended Emmanuel\u00a0College and graduated in 2000 from the School of Christian Ministries.\u00a0For over twenty years he has worked with thousands of kids, creating stories and characters that inspire them to become everything God has created them to be. Dwayne has spoken at conferences in the U.S. and abroad. He has\u00a0also\u00a0authored a children\u2019s book series for elementary kids.<\/p>\n

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Hay varias consideraciones que se deben tomar en cuenta cuando se mira sobre el plan de estudios. Ciertos factores acerca de su iglesia est\u00e1n fuera de su control, como cuando se inicia el servicio, c\u00f3mo el servicio de larga duraci\u00f3n, y muchas veces, que el aula que le den a utilizar. En lugar de sentirse frustrado con la situaci\u00f3n, nuestro trabajo es encontrar formas creativas para hacer frente a los desaf\u00edos que enfrentamos. Vamos a echar un vistazo a estos obst\u00e1culos y los aspectos importantes a considerar y analizar. 1. Analizar las necesidades LONGITUD DE SERVICIO. Empezar por examinar la longitud de su servicio. Mi padre es un pastor pentecostal, por lo que las longitudes de servicio en posici\u00f3n en el ministerio de mis primeros hijos podr\u00edan variar a lo grande. Algunas semanas fue de una hora y media y otras semanas nos soplaron derecha m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de dos horas. Si usted ha estado en su iglesia el tiempo suficiente, se tiene idea bastante buena de una longitud promedio de servicio. Nuestro trabajo es crear elementos de servicio suficientes para mantener a los ni\u00f1os que participan durante todo el servicio. Desde mi experiencia, el mejor m\u00e9todo de disciplina para su clase es para que sea atractivo. En otras palabras, no ser aburrido! Boring crea inquietud cuando se conduce generalmente a un caos. Nuestra regla de oro para los segmentos es de 5-6 minutos para bocetos, v\u00eddeos, juegos, etc. Para historias de la Biblia, estiramos ese momento a 7-8 minutos. Sin embargo, casi nunca ir durante ese tiempo. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Bueno, que est\u00e1 basado en lo que sabemos acerca de las etapas de desarrollo de los ni\u00f1os. Sus per\u00edodos de atenci\u00f3n est\u00e1n directamente vinculados a sus edades. Piense un minuto por cada a\u00f1o de vida. Desde nuestra clase abarca K-5 grado tratamos de llegar a ese punto dulce medio. En nuestras clases de preescolar, utilizamos 3-5 minutos como nuestra gu\u00eda. Se podr\u00eda pensar que 7-8 minutos es demasiado peque\u00f1o para transmitir el mensaje b\u00edblico que desea ense\u00f1ar. Si ese fuera nuestra \u00fanica vez para la ense\u00f1anza de la Palabra de Dios, entonces s\u00ed, estar\u00eda en lo correcto. Sin embargo, considero que todo nuestro servicio como el mensaje. Todo en el servicio trabaja en conjunto para ense\u00f1ar la Palabra de Dios y el concepto para ese d\u00eda. Cuando se piensa en ello como eso, es mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil de romper el servicio en segmentos m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os, porque usted est\u00e1 buscando en el cuadro grande. Digamos que normalmente tiene ni\u00f1os por una hora y media. Esto significa que necesita 16-17 segmentos para mantener a los ni\u00f1os ocupados en el servicio. Se puede reducir algunas de las necesidades, permitiendo un tiempo de juego libre en el comienzo de la clase, pero contar que en su tiempo total. \u00bfEl plan de estudios que est\u00e1 viendo establecen que la cantidad de material? Si no lo hace, entonces no puede ser la opci\u00f3n correcta para usted. 2. TAMA\u00d1O DE CLASE. A continuaci\u00f3n, echar un vistazo al tama\u00f1o de su clase. \u00bfEl plan de estudios se ajusta a su tama\u00f1o de la clase? Un plan de estudios tradicional de escuela dominical basada en profesor puede trabajar grande para una clase de ocho, pero probablemente no funcionar\u00eda bien en una clase de 30 alumnos por clase es un factor importante. Cuando empec\u00e9 en el ministerio de ni\u00f1os hace 18 a\u00f1os, la iglesia de mi primer hijo era de 12 ni\u00f1os. Mientras que asisti\u00f3 a la universidad, continu\u00e9 sirviendo a la iglesia y nuestra asistencia creci\u00f3 a m\u00e1s de 40 ni\u00f1os. Ten\u00eda que cambiar nuestros servicios con el fin de dar cabida a las diferencias de esos 30 ni\u00f1os llevados a la clase. Era grande. Recuerdo que la primera vez que ten\u00eda 100 en la iglesia de los ni\u00f1os que ten\u00eda que hacer un cambio de nuevo en c\u00f3mo me acercaba a la clase. Ahora que a menudo tenemos m\u00e1s de 250 ni\u00f1os en nuestros servicios, he tenido que cambiar una vez m\u00e1s. Los mismos elementos que funcionan con una clase de 12 no siempre van a trabajar con una clase de 50, y viceversa. 3. Los datos demogr\u00e1ficos. Esto es cierto para la cultura y la demograf\u00eda de su iglesia. No cada elemento es igualmente eficaz en todas las culturas. Algunos elementos pueden tener que ser ajustada entre una iglesia en un urbana o una zona rural. Lo mismo es cierto para una iglesia que se inclina m\u00e1s tradicional en su enfoque de ministerio. Estos dos elementos, el tama\u00f1o y la demograf\u00eda, deben desempe\u00f1ar en gran medida en la que en \u00faltima instancia curricular que optar por utilizar.","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/04\/MakeCurriculumPart2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-MJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}