You’re sitting in your classroom thinking: “How can I help them get this? I’m supposed to teach them a Biblical perspective. Maybe I should talk with Tom. Michele mentioned a good book and a workshop next month. I wonder if we should work as a department to develop some curriculum for this. What would be the best thing to do?”
 
Stop. Don’t start by talking to a colleague. Don’t start by a reading book or attending a workshop. Don’t start by writing curriculum. These are solutions.

Instead, DEAL with your students' learning needs:

(1) Define your students’ learning needs. Look at your students’ work. Talk with your students and give them a survey. Do this in order to select one student learning need you will address.

(2) Explore ways to address the student learning need you selected by reading one of the blogs below. Then, choose 1 way to meet this learning need and make a plan to address it. Now, get the training and support you need.

1. How can you help your students see the importance of Biblical perspective?
2. How can you help your students understand that a Biblical perspective can be applied to course content?
3. How can you show your students what applying a Biblical perspective looks like?
4. How can you help your students understand how you teach from a Biblical perspective?
5. What vocabulary words do your students need to learn?
6. What engaging instructional strategies will help your students?
   
7. How can you give your students opportunities to think through answers for themselves?
8. How can you provide time during class for reflection?
9. How can you design assessments so that your students connect a Biblical perspective with their lives?
10. How can you give your students more practice?

(3) Act. Just do it! And be sure to tell your students what you are doing and why.

(4) Look at the results. Discuss them with your students and colleagues.