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MADIUN: SMPN 11 Building a Good Image
Under the leadership of Ibu Endang Lilik Utami, SMP Negeri 11 Kota Madiun has developed its own ways to improve the school.
1. The 7K Program (The 7K are order, beauty, cleanliness, safety, working as a family, a shady environment and discipline). This program is intended to develop good habits in the students, including politeness; not throwing litter; caring for the cleanliness of the environment; discipline and the other aspects of this program. Each month one of the classes becomes winners of the 7K program and receive a trophy.
The trophy is displayed in class as a symbol of their victory because they have tried to achieve order, beauty, cleanliness, safety, working as a family, a shady environment and discipline.
2. A Rewards and Punishment Board: On the rewards board, as well as the names of the students, there is a column to display stars as a sign of students' success. Examples of the positive aspects of students behavior which have received recognition include showing initiative in asking questions. There is also a punishment board.
If teachers notice negative behavior from the students, for example rowdy behavior in class, the teacher places a sticker in the shape of a ball on the punishment board next to the student's name.
3. Display Boards for Each Student: Making interesting and well mounted displays has improved the classroom environment. Ibu Endang Lilik was of the opinion that as the students mainly come from outlying areas of the town of Madiun, they needed more practical activities.
Writing, drawing, discussion and handicraft work are the first steps in developing the students' potential. Displaying their work develops the students' self confidence.
4. Making Weekly Lesson Plans: In order to ensure that they are ready to teach, teachers are required to make weekly lesson plans, which are ireviewed by the school principal. This is not just an administrative measure, rather it is intended to develop the teachers capacity to understand and implement student active learning.
The school principal gives feedback and corrects the lesson plans made by the teachers and offers help to teachers who have problems.
5. Improving Teachers Working Groups: The subject teachers working groups (MGMP) are being developed so that the teachers in SMPN 11 have a forum in which to discuss difficulties they face in their teaching.
According to Ibu Endang, by means of this program, order, beauty, cleanliness, safety, working as a family, a shady environment and discipline of the school can be developed more easily and the school becomes a better and happier place.
BANYUMAS: SDN 2 Kalisalak Improves its Ranking
Academic achievement has become the measure of progress in schools. As a result schools are very proud if the academic achievements of their students improve. SDN 2 Kalisalak, which is one of the MBE schools in Kebasen district in Banyumas, has made extraordinary progress in the grade 6 final examinations. In the school examinations in 2005 SDN 2 Kalisalak was ranked 16 out of 39 primary schools (SD and MI) in Kebasen sub-district.
This year's achievement has made everyone in SDN 2 Kalisalak very proud, because the school has risen to be ranked number 4. The hard work of the school principal, Ibu Siti Mariyah and the teachers (photo above) and everyone in SDN 2 Kalisalak has been instrumental in achieving this excellent result.
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1. Academic achievement has not been forgotten. One by one the students' academic achievements are gaining recognition. Students are pictured together with the school principal as 2006 winners of the English contest (a trophy awarded by the Head of the Local Parliament in Madiun).
2. Thomas Adven Bimo showing the results of a biology lesson
3. The school financial report is displayed openly. The report is displayed on the school next to the school budget. This is so that anyone, who needs to, can see it and make corrections, if necessary.
4. Operation Ant: To support the 7K program Operation Ant takes place every Friday, during which every student has to collect at least five pieces of litter and put it in the garbage bins. As a result the school is always a clean and pleasant place.
5. Ibu Endang Lilik Utami on Friday with a pile of lesson plans for review. After reviewing them, Ibu Endang Lilik is ready to give feedback to the teachers on Mondays.
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A Visit from the Ministry in Jakarta
On 1 June 2006 Ibu Harina Yuhetty, an expert adviser on the quality of education to the Minister of National Education, together with Bpk Yusufhadi Miarso, a senior member of staff of the Jakarta Teacher Training University visited an MBE school, SDN 3 Kanigoro and SMPN 1 Madiun. The visit was to gather information on innovation in schools to support improvements in the quality of education. The staff of the school felt they were very lucky to be getting assistance from MBE because it helped raise the quality of student learning. The visitors were surprised with the efforts that had already been made by the school.
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