Ongoing Support

Stake seminary teachers are supported by and under the direction of full-time S&I personnel and/or stake seminary supervisors. Each stake seminary teacher may access a digital copy of the: Teaching in the Saviour's Way (TSW). They should be familiar with its contents and refer to it regularly. The TSW and supporting resources in the Gospel Library form the basis for the orientation and support of stake seminary teachers (this includes the teacher learning resources available online – see below). 

Ongoing learning - As part of your calling, you are invited to engage with regular teaching tips, Teaching in the Saviour’s Way discussions and various stake and multi-stake gatherings: 

• Teaching Tips: Each week the teacher manual will model a Teaching Tip which can help you improve your teaching. Practice implementing the tip each week in your lessons. 

• Teaching in the Saviour’s Way Discussion: You will have the opportunity to meet regularly by phone or virtually with your S&I Coordinator to counsel together how best to bless your students by teaching more like the Saviour.  

• Multi-Stake Gatherings: Three times a year you will meet with local seminary teachers for multi-stake training. 

• Stake Faculty Training: Stake leaders will invite you to participate in at least two stake-based training experiences. 

Ongoing Learning Using Online Resources  

As a new seminary teacher, you will receive an email from S&I Canvas, inviting you to participate in our online teacher course. New teachers would benefit from completing the Annual Training before commencing teaching seminary. All teachers are encouraged to review this training regularly.  

To access the course, click on the link in the email or go to https://silearn.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/.  

You can also download the Canvas Student App on your mobile device. Once you have downloaded the app, when it says – “Find my School”, you type in: silearn.ChurchofJesusChrist.org  

S&I Help Center 

The S&I Help Center is available for employees, stake seminary teachers, parents, priesthood leaders, and students in your area.

List of Important Seminary Resources 

In the Gospel Library app under ‘Seminary’ in the ‘Books and Lessons’ tab and ‘Handbooks and Callings’ tab, you can access the following important resources: 

• Seminary Course  

• S&I Broadcasts 

• Teaching in the Savior’s Way 

• Curriculum Training 

• Leader and Role Development 

• Teacher Development Skills 

• Doctrinal Mastery Core Document 

• Seminary Pacing Guide and more! 

The Seminary Website is a wonderful resource for everything related to seminary 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/si/seminary?lang=eng. Including the following important resources: 

• S&I Help Center – A community forum and resource website for seminary teachers. https://si-help.churchofjesuschrist.org/hc/en-us  

• Doctrinal Mastery Resources (This page has wonderful resources to help you and your students understand how to acquire spiritual knowledge and answer difficult questions) https://www.churchofJesusChrist.org/si/objective/doctrinal-mastery?lang=eng&site=seminary 

• Stake Teacher Policy Manual https://www.churchofJesusChrist.org/si/training/policy-manual?lang=eng&site=seminary 

• Graduation Requirements https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/a-guide-to-seminary-and-institute-graduation-exercises/stake-seminary-graduation-guide?lang=eng  

• WISE (This is where you can access all your administrative resources and mark and check your rolls, record student reading and other requirements. You can also do most of this on the S&I app) https://wise2.ChurchofJesusChrist.org  

• Suicide Prevention and Ministering (This is an additional church site we encourage teachers to be familiar with) https://www.churchofJesusChrist.org/get-help/suicide?lang=eng 

S&I Help Center  

The S&I Help Center is available for employees, stake seminary and institute teachers, parents, priesthood leaders, and students in your area. It provides users with knowledge, support, and solutions in numerous categories. These include how to contact a student’s parent or guardian, where to find curriculum manuals, how to mark and track institute attendance, resources for preparing a lesson, and so forth. It also includes the following.