{"id":12549,"date":"2014-10-16T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=12549"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:30:30","slug":"evaluating-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/evaluating-teachers.htm","title":{"rendered":"Students Evaluating Their Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We want effective Sunday Schools<\/a>, small groups, and other Bible learning opportunities. The overall structure of each of these programs matters but if the Bible teachers within these settings don’t teach well, it can diminish the effectiveness of the program itself. Who might best let us know how well teachers are doing than those who sit under their ministry — the students or small group members.<\/p>\n

A Word About Evaluating Your Church’s Sunday School Teachers or Other Bible Teachers<\/h2>\n

Evaluation is an important responsibility of a Sunday School superintendent, Christian Education director, or ministry leader responsible for small groups or other kinds of Bible studies. \u00a0When doing evaluations, we need the right motivation but also a constructive process. If sharing results with teachers, we need to prepare them for both positive and negative criticism. We don’t want them getting defensive or so discouraged that they want to quit. — Help them understand that evaluation is a beneficial tool.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Having students evaluate the teachers is one way of doing it. Self-assessment can also be good. And, observation of teachers by leadership can be helpful as well. A combination of all three would be ideal, using a similar set of questions with each and then comparing all results. That way if any of the results are skewed, a look from the three perspectives could help bring a more realistic picture.<\/p>\n

Format for Student Evaluation of Their Bible Teachers<\/h2>\n

Word the exact questions used in keeping with the age of the students … children, youth, or adults. The questions you use should also reflect what you want to measure.<\/p>\n

\"StudentsYou might want to use a scale for them to respond with rather than a simple yes\/no format of questions to potentially get a more accurate representation of how the teacher is doing. Or you might ask them to give examples. You want to avoid students being able to simply check off responses without truly thinking it through or being able to back it up so the evaluation doesn\u2019t become a personality check but rather is a true assessment of the teaching.<\/p>\n

Evaluative Questions to Ask Students about Their Bible Teachers<\/h2>\n

You might ask:<\/p>\n