Record Yourself...and Improve

If you are serious about getting better as a teacher, then I have a serious recommendation for you:

Get an inexpensive digital recorder and record your lesson times. Then listen to yourself. (It's even more powerful to use videotaping, but that's not as feasible in all situations. A small digital recorder will slip into your pocket and won't distract anyone. )

Two things will happen.

First, you'll be amazed and disappointed at your goofs, ums, mistakes, and where it didn't come out right. Think about how to do it better next time. Say it aloud, too, to reinforce it. This kind of feedback really sharpens your presentation.

Second, you'll be amazed and delighted at how God's grace worked in and through you.

The whole effort is sobering, because it puts everything into perspective. You see how God is working in spite of you!