We also suggest that you read this short article about the new Sunday School General Presidency called in 2014. It explains who they are, but more importantly, shares their expectations for teachers:
New Sunday School Presidency to Promote Christlike Teaching
“We’re trying to follow in the Savior’s footsteps of teaching, which involves inspired questions. It involves participation; it involves teaching to convert people, not just to teach them—to help them to understand and feel the spirit of the gospel in their lives,”
“Last week, I attended a Sunday School class, and I think there’s a definite shift from the lecture method to a participation method. I think there’s a definite shift from just teaching a lesson to trying to customize it to the needs of the students in the class.”
“I think we’re just going to raise up a generation of youth that are the finest teachers in the world, the finest parents in the world because they’re now getting this experience as youth and not having to wait until adults or later in age to find out how effective teaching and understanding can be,” added Brother Callister. “I think there’s an increased focus to try and bring about conversion and not just pass on information.”
“The same principles that have been involved in the youth classes are now being applied with the adults, and it’s being tested and I’m sure there will be some refinement, but the basic principles will stay,” he said. “It’s designed to help teach those same principles to our adult teachers, and we hope they will catch the spirit of it as our youth have caught the spirit of it, and hopefully to incorporate these same gospel principles in the home.”
”Anytime that we try to emulate the Savior, we’re on good ground and productive ground,” he said. “And if we teach the doctrine [of Jesus Christ] clearly and concisely and with the [Holy] Spirit, it can help bring about that change that will make us more Christlike.”
Please keep in mind two primary goals: