Using the CARING model to teach

Caring

​Using the techniques of the master teacher.

Cultivating connections, Affirming personhood, Restoring relationships, Initiating inquiry, Nurturing SEL, and Gaining community actualization

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​It's a useful checklist to build into our teaching.

C.A.R.I.N.G. model

That's what makes us good teachers. We've been learning about how Jesus reached people when he walked the roads of Galilee.

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​Jesus loved all different kinds of people

​We all have a lot to learn

Multiple Choice

Which kind of people have we NOT learned about yet?

• The disabled

• The grieving

• The unreachable

• The emotionally damaged

Ever since Socrates teachers have known that asking questions is a good way to get learning started. Once you start thinking it keeps going.

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​Initiating Inquiry

Multiple Choice

When Jesus gave Cleopas and his friend a chance to reflect he was:

• Cultivating connections

• Initiating inquiry

• Gaining community actualization

• Nurturing social and emotional learning

Multiple Choice

When Jesus asked "Do you want to get well?" He was:

• Nurturing social and emotional learning

• Affirming personhood

• Initiating inquiry

• Cultivating connections

Multiple Choice

This process is very precise and must be used in the same way by everyone:

• True

• False

How can you build more effective inquiry into your interactions with students?

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​Talk to the person beside you.

Multiple Choice

On what particular disability did we focus last time?

• blindness

• cruelty

• hopelessness

• lame

People can "become" their disability in the observer's eyes. We use the word "lame" to mean uninspiring or dull.

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​How can we help ourselves see past the obvious?

​Disabilities are often conspicuous.

Before we can teach we have to make contact. Communication depends on connection. How did Jesus, the master of the universe, find common ground?

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​We have to connect

Multiple Choice

How did we illustrate Jesus' cultivating connection with Peter?

• Jesus planned for Peter's future

• Jesus looked at Peter

• Jesus gave him more than one chance

• Jesus called him friend

Multiple Choice

What part of "CARING" do we reinforce when we use a person's name?

• initiating inquiry

• cultivating connections

• nurturing social/emotional learning

• gaining community actualization

Multiple Choice

Listening helps on many levels, but particularly this one:

• cultivating connections

• initiating inquiry

• affirming personhood

• restoring relationships

​We can't just assume our students recognize connections to us. How are we alike? How are we different? How do we bridge the gap? Talk to the person beside you about effective ways to connect.

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We're grownups.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT part of social/emotional learning?

• self awareness

• self management

• crowd control

• social awareness

Jesus recognized that helping people learn was not just about getting facts across. People need help in order to relate to each other well.

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​We have a lot to teach.

Multiple Choice

In what way did Jesus build SEL in Cleopas and his friend?

• he made them understand thoroughly

• he made an impact on their hearts

• they were invigorated

• all of these

Multiple Choice

What was the first thing Jesus "did" with the lame man?

• He was THERE.

• He left him alone.

• He explained his situation.

• He empathized.

​As a Christian school we should definitely have the advantage when it comes to teaching whole people. Do we take advantage of our opportunities to make a difference in this area?

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Social/emotional learning.