Abide Master Plan

SECTION 2: REFLECTION QUESTIONS REFLECTION QUESTIONS: We invite you to consider where you are and where you want to be in the context of the following questions. 1. How does (or how can) the curriculum I use and the way I teach it reflect Christ? 2. How am I (or how can I be) mindful of the great controversy as I teach? Where is this highlighted in the curriculum and in my interactions with students? 3. How do I (or how can I) point my students to search the Bible for answers in what I teach? 4. Where is (or where can there be) physical evidence of being distinctively Adventist? 5. How is our mission statement (or how can it be) evident and integrated in our curriculum, instruction, and assessment? God made humankind in His image — to think, create, love, and relate. One of the primary goals of the Adventist school is to intentionally and holistically share a biblical worldview in all teaching and learning and in our pursuit of Godly wisdom. A teacher’s personal biblical worldview will also be shared through their interactions with each other and with their students. As we first abide in Christ, we can support our students achieve excellence in their God-given abilities and talents, while nurturing them in areas they find challenging. We are given this advice: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” (Psalm 32:8, NIV) “To restore in man the image of his Maker, to bring him back to the perfection in which he was created, to promote the development of body, mind, and soul, that the divine purpose in his creation might be realized — this was to be the work of redemption. This is the object of education, the great object of life.” (Ellen White, Education , pp. 15, 16) “Each Adventist school is a battlefield in which the forces of Christ are being challenged by the legions of Satan. The outcome will, to a large extent, be determined by the position given to the Bible in the Adventist school. If Adventist schools are to be truly Christian, then the biblical perspective must be the foundation and context of all that is done.” “Each topic within the curriculum, and even human life itself, takes on new meaning in the light of God’s Word.” (George Knight, Educating for Eternity , pp. 105, 106, 92) Deliberate Learning: Seeking wisdom through a biblical lens 8