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PASURUAN: MBE Supporting Teacher Professionalism
Learning... keep on learning. Those are words we often hear. Certainly teachers need to demonstrate creativity in order to raise the quality of teaching in their classes. Commitment and knowledge are necessary for teachers to design successful lessons to deliver PAKEM. By using PAKEM methods, it is hoped that students will have the opportunity to be more creative and to enjoy learning.
Teachers need to be innovative in designing lessons which make it easier for students to learn competencies. At the teachers working groups (KKG and MGMP) centered around the MBE partner schools, facilitators try to model PAKEM lessons focused on student learning. Teachers at the working groups observe the modeling in order to see what they need to upgrade and improve.
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1. Ibu Lilik, Bahasa Indonesia facili-tator, modeling a lesson with students from SDN Karanganyar. The teachers present at the KKG are watching at the back of the classroom.
2. Facilitators and the teachers at the KKG discuss their experiences after the modeling, talking about the suc-cesses and trying to solve any problems encountered during the lesson.
3. A facilitator and teachers at the KKG sharing their experiences, while making lesson scenarios.
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The first round of teachers work-ing group activities in the MBE clusters in three sub-districts took place over a period of two weeks. In the second round of meetings the best teachers from the mentoring in the first round were chosen to do a real teaching and to be observed by the participants in the working group (KKG). This was done to motivate teachers who have potential and to make them an example for others.
Teachers have different rates of development, which need to be supported by the teachers working groups. In this way the teachers end up teaching more professionally and in a manner which is appropriate to the conditions of the students in the different schools in which they work.
Impact of the National Review Meeting in Pasuruan
At the beginning of March, 2006, MBE held a national review meeting in the Grand Bromo Hotel, Probolinggo. The activities included visits to MBE schools. Pasuruan was the other area visited besides Probolinggo.
The schools visited included SDN Bukir, SDN Bangilan, SDN Mandaranrejo 1, SDN Petamanan and SMP Muhammadiyah.
Here are some of the changes in the five schools visited :
1. SDN Bukir gets many visitors
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Visitors from West Sumatera (above)
and North Sumatera (below)
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2. SDN Bangilan makes good progress
3. Community participation at SDN Mandaranrejo
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Above: Tables given by the parents
Below: Forming a parents class group
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4. SDN Petamanan as a model school
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Above: The school is used for training and serves as an example for others
Below: Being used for a teachers working group (KKG) meeting.
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5. SMP Muhammadiyah doing good work
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Above: A lesson in SMP Muhammadiyah
Below: Students learning at PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, Pasuruan
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