An Introduction to Training with REinspired
If you've read the book, you'll have a good idea what REinspired is all about - what we do, how we do it, why we do it that way.
While it is true as we say in the book that 'it's not rocket science', neither is it simply a matter of printing our lesson plans, giving them to a teacher and asking when you can deliver them!
A long term relationship needs good foundations and if that's what you are seeking with schools it's crucial to get it right from the start.
You may be confident you know all you need to get started. If so that's great. We'd really like to hear how it goes, what works for you, and what you do differently.
If not we can help you through our training and mentoring programmes. We've been delivering RE lessons and building relationships with our local schools for over a decade. Whether you are approaching a school for the first time or you are searching for ideas for a particular topic we can probably help.
We offer several open training days in Reading:
RE Matters - Taster Day
This is a one-day training session that's designed to help you catch the vision, understand the method, and decide whether it's right for your church. During the day you will get to experience and reflect on some typical REinspired lessons and see how we set about developing a lesson.
RE Inspired - Getting Started
This is a one-day training session that's designed to help you get started with finding your volunteers, approaching schools, making sure everybody understands what it's about, and becoming familiar with preparing for and delivering a primary lesson.
RE Inspired - Basic Lessons
During this practical one-day training session you get to experience some of our non-seasonal lessons, and share and develop ideas for adapting our lessons for your needs, and practise delivering parts of these sessions.
RE Inspired - For Spring Festivals
During this practical one-day training session you get to experience our Easter and Pentecost sessions for Key Stages 1 and 2; discuss and develop ideas for adapting our lessons for your needs; and practise delivering parts of these sessions.
RE Inspired - For Advent and Christmas
During this practical one-day training session you get to experience our Advent and Christmas sessions for Key Stages 1 and 2; discuss and develop ideas for adapting our lessons for your needs; and practise delivering parts of these sessions.
We are also happy to deliver one of these training days or one tailored for your needs at your venue, either as an open event or just for your church.
Contact us for more information about any of these training days.