Establishing & Building Relationships
- Have a genuine desire to reach more kids
- Be consistent in your attendance.
- Be intentional in your preparation.
- Listen to each child.
- Use email and texting to communicate with families.
- Pay close attention during greeting & departure times.
- Read the child’s body language.
- Send cards for birthdays and absentee.
- Serve as sponsor for camps, retreats and events.
- Teach VBS with children promoting into your class.
- Visit in times of illness or crisis.
- Celebrate the uniqueness of each child.
- Ask questions like; what is something you did this week?
- Prepare child information forms and journal observations.
- Develop friendships with parents in order to make visits, calls and other contacts.
- Use an “Open Enrollment” for your class.
- Ask, “How can I pray for you?”
- Divide outreach responsibilities among teachers.
- Seek to discover more prospects.
- Enlist prayer partners or team.
