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• Organizing the Workshop Rotation Model by Jill Bennett
  Structuring the model for your church. For the Workshop Rotation Model, think of the Lord at the core of your organizational structure.
• Organizing the Model Chart Teachers, Shepherds, and teams for environment design, materials, props/teaching tools, room setup and curriculum.
• Upholding the Integrity of the Workshop Rotation Model by Joyce Claus
  What are the theological and educational bases for the Model? What are the guidelines for ensuring integrated learning and upholding the Model's integrity?
• Spiritual Journals by Joyce Claus
  Using the Intrapersonal Intelligence in the Model. Prompts for spiritual journal writing. Successful journal writing. Managing journals. Time constraints.
• Computers in the Workshop Rotation Model by Joyce Claus
  What purpose do they serve? Are your computers serving the Workshop Rotation Model or are you serving them? Choose computer activities that engage the children in learning the lesson's objectives rather than passive mouse clicking.
• How To Do Scriptless Drama by Jill Bennett
  For a variety of reasons, children may not react well to working from a script. Here's how to have them enact Bible stories without scripts and get more from the workshop.
• A Theological Foundation for the Workshop Rotation Model Excerpts from the thesis of the Rev. Dr. J. Robert Claus
  The Body of Christ as learning context for new ways of thinking.
• A Vision for a Transformative Sunday School by the Rev. Dr. J. Robert Claus
  Structuring the model in your church. The Workshop Rotation Model and its curricula can be a way to restore the "eco-system" of home, work, schools, and church.