31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator

by Jared Dees

Creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher, Jared Dees shares practical, easy-to-use teaching strategies and exercises for spiritual growth. These components are designed to improve the effectiveness of any busy religious educator.
Volunteer catechists and professional religion teachers are responsible for two unique and challenging tasks: sharing (and assessing) information and the spiritual formation of their students. This succinct, practical resource helps busy catechists and religion teachers with both tasks and is designed for use either over consecutive days in one month, or by specific themes that encourage personal improvement in areas of discipleship, service, leadership, and overall teaching. Each of the thirty-one days includes a clear title that gives the lesson theme, a quotation from Scripture, an introduction to the exercise, step-by-step actions to take for the day, and spiritual enrichment ideas for the educator. A free leader's guide will be available at avemariapress.com/31days.

Genres: Education

193 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 21, 2013

About the author

Jared Dees is the creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher , which provides practical resources and effective teaching strategies to religious educators. A respected graduate of the Alliance for Catholic Education program at the University of Notre Dame, Dees earned master’s degrees in education and theology, both from Notre Dame. He has volunteered and worked in a wide variety of Catholic ministries, including Catholic schools, parish religious education, youth ministry, campus ministry, RCIA, and adult faith formation. Dees is the content marketing manager at Ave Maria Press and the author of and To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach. His articles have appeared in Momentum, CATECHIST, Catechetical Leader, and on numerous websites. Dees lives near South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and children.

Reviews

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is just what it claims to be: an excellent, practical guide to becoming a better religious educator, one day (and one great idea) at a time.

[Johnny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is extremely helpful for someone who has been teaching for years or is just getting started. Regardless of the teacher's timeline, there are valuable lessons to learn and ways to polish you plan to become the best religious educator possible.