November 2024

Menurut riset National Foundation for Educational Research, guru masuk dalam jajaran profesi yang paling membuat stres. This condition is getting worse after the pandemic because the teacher faces students who experience learning-loss, that is shown by decreasing the literacy level and the numeracy. Amalia Jiandra, Curriculum Coordinator for Foundation Learning Teachers, Sharing his experiences managing emotions when becoming a teacher. This was conveyed when he was a webinar resource "Managing Emotions for Teachers" held by the Cikal Teacher Campus, Karier.Mu, and the village teaching movement on Saturday (27/01). Aware of the emotions of themselves not only the teacher, Everyone is expected to have the ability to be "to be mindful" or completely present. Meaning, aware where he is and what is done. By being aware, then someone will not be too reactive with what happens around him. As a teacher, many things that can trigger emotions including angry, sad, and frustrated. Therefore, The teacher must be fully aware in order to recognize what emotions he really experienced. Realizing emotions allows the teacher to determine the reaction and attitude wisely. "We teachers must have a good goal. For example, we don't want our students to smoke. But if you don't come intact, good goal does not reach students. So just angry that came out and arrived at the students,"Explained Amalia. To practice full awareness, Amalia provides a few tips: Do journaling regularly, write down feelings and thoughts every day. Listen or play musical instruments. Don't have to play music professionally, the important thing is to feel the rhythm and knock. Provide special time to reflect or meditation. Draw, scribbled, and coloring that is not focused on the results but the process. Always express gratitude for 3 things every day. Doing muscle stretching. Walk with consciousness. Amalia suggested that these tips also be applied to her students. Strategies to develop students' positive behavior even though they are able to manage emotions sometimes teachers are still confused about how to deal with students who often violate agreements. Amalia shared three strategies to develop student positive behavior. First, focus on the goals of the positive behavior. For example students arrive late to school. After discussion with students, The teacher knows that his mistakes are in self management. From there the teacher can think of how to help the student. So the focus is not in late. Second, Immediately give a response to encourage positive behavior right then, both when students take negative or positive actions. This response can help students carry out resflections. "Ask questions that build reflective conversations. For example, do you think how to do you can do the task on time? What do you think we learn this for?"Explained Amalia. Furthermore, Give specific feedback. Instead of just saying, "Wow, you are getting smarter!”, The teacher can say "Mr/mother see your calculations more thoroughly, Usually you are wrong in this section. This time the answer is correct. Can tell you how the process of you count?"" This also applies when students act not according to what we don't expect. Try to compare the phrase ‘if you are lazy like this, you don't go up to class, you know" with "Mr/Mrs see you lack enthusiasm. Right? Try to tell me why, can you help you?'Students are invited to reflect and we as teachers facilitate to help them,"Concluded Amalia. (Yosi)