Teachers meet together regularly for gospel instruction and other activities.
Teachers can function in all the duties of a deacon.
Postapostolic sources indicate that teachers served under prophets and later under bishops and that these higher offices comprehended the teaching function as well. Each quorum is headed by a presidency acting under the direction and supervision of the ward bishopric. To be ordained a teacher, candidates must be carefully interviewed by the bishop for personal worthiness and then approved in Sacrament meeting by the members of the ward. Teachers meet weekly on Sunday for instruction as a quorum and at other times for social activities or service projects, often with the young women or other young men. In the United States and other areas, some of these activities are organized around the scouting program designed for young men of this age group.