William
D. Oswald, second counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency"I testify that teaching the gospel is a sacred and a holy calling. When you love your students and call them by name; when you open the scriptures and teach from them; and when you encourage your students to ponder the truths of the restored gospel and apply them, then your influence for good will be magnified and the lives of your students will be blessed more abundantly. In that glorious day, they will say to you as it was said of Jesus of Nazareth, 'We know that thou art a teacher come from God.' ""Since every member is a teacher and 'teaching is the center of all that we do,' we all have a sacred responsibility to learn some basic principles of teaching. There are many principles of teaching and learning, and it is not enough for us just to read about them. First, we need to understand these basic principles, and second, we need to be shown how they are used by successful teachers. This can be done by carefully watching able teachers in our wards and branches and reviewing the Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting on Teaching and Learning found on the church Web site or in church magazines."Basic principles that apply to learning and teaching the gospel are found in the scriptures and in "Teaching, No Greater Call."