Clergy and RE

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• About RE
• About Collective Worship
• About Schools
• About You
• Scenarios
• Resources

Exploring your natural aptitude for teaching.

This section invites you to look at some of your own preferences and what they mean for your instinctive aptitude for teaching.

There are no right or wrong answers! All you have to do to get 10 out of 10 is answer all the questions!

Simply use them to think about how you might adapt to the school environment.

Questions About You

1. Which of these age groups do you find it hardest to communicate with?

• 4-7
• 7-11
• 11-14
• 14-16
• Over 16

2. If given the choice, do you prefer to communicate by...

• writing
• speaking

3. Which feels most comfortable to you?

• always being prepared in any situation
• feeling able to respond spontaneously to a situation

4. Do you think people would consider your usual approach to situations as...

• spontaneous, responsive and easy going
• well-planned, with distinct goals

5. Are you more likely to think children are...

• stimulating
• irritating
• incomprehensible

6. How important is it to you to be respected?

• very
• fairly
• not important

7. When you are the centre of attention, do you feel...

• confident
• shy
• neither, it's not something I notice

8. By instinct, do you prefer to...

• lead
• be alongside
• follow

9. Which do you prefer?

• preaching a sermon
• planning my services
• chairing a meeting
• running a Sunday School session

10. What is your attitude to new challenges?

• I like them
• I like them if I'm not too busy
• I already have more than enough

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