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The collaboration class for the X Nusantara Educators Meeting week presented Purwati, Community Development Staff PT Maruwai Coal (Adaro). Through a class entitled "Growing Teachers Driving Change in Murung Raya", Purwati talked about Adaro's support for teachers. One of them is through the Independent Curriculum Ready program. Support motivating teachers for learning throughout the year 2023, Adaro runs 5 programs for the educational sector from kindergarten to tertiary level, namely Adaro PAUD with character, Adaro Quality Teachers, Adaro Builds Knowledge, Indonesia Bright Future Leaders (IBFL), and Adaro Vocational Mandiri. Besides that, Adaro together with the Murung Raya Regency Education Office and the Merdeka Leaders Campus are collaborating in the success of the Merdeka Curriculum Ready program. This program provides an opportunity for teachers in Murung Raya to learn more about the Independent Curriculum and its implementation. “Curriculum Changes in Indonesia, namely from the Curriculum 2013 towards the Independent Curriculum requires adaptation. It's not just students who need adaptation, but also teachers,” explained Purwati. "Increasing teacher capacity is carried out through the implementation of the school curriculum starting from the school assessment every year 2022. early 2023 Teacher Mobilization training and simulations were held with teacher participants from 16 assisted villages for assistance in preparing the curriculum,he continued. These various education programs are in line with Adaro's pillar of Turn on Knowledge. The program is inspired by the educational philosophy of the Dayak tribe, namely Pintar Tuntang Harati, which means smart, Intelligent, virtuous, and Alert/Quick Response (Character). Apart from being in accordance with Adaro's pillars, The program is also in line with the challenges Murung Raya faces in the field of education. Ready for the Independent Curriculum Helps Overcome the Difficulties of SMEs This class also presents one of the teachers who had the opportunity to take part in the Ready for the Independent Curriculum program, namely Yulia Pitri. He is an English teacher at SMPN 1 Gloomy. “Taking training is an extraordinary thing for me, from things I don't know to a lot I know,said Yulia. For him, one has to be friendly with change. All his confusion regarding the Independent Curriculum was answered when he had the opportunity to take part in the Independent Curriculum Ready program. The valuable lesson he got from the Merdeka Curriculum was how to humanize relationships with students because teachers need to find out what students' needs are., how do they learn, and to what extent they are capable. Such a good understanding can be a light as well as a guide for teachers to carry out meaningful learning that favors students. At the end, he also did not forget to reflect on himself, "Move to change, start from yourself, smallest scope, be friends with change, rest assured everything will be easy.” Writer: Monica Rini Widiastuti Editor: Yosinta Maharani Here

The issue of literacy is so interesting to discuss. Unequal access to books, The library is far away and in the city center, and the low suitability of books to readers' needs are some of the causes of the low level of interest in reading in remote areas. “The problems that exist today, assessment 2021 shows that Indonesia is still experiencing a literacy emergency. 1 from 2 students have not reached the minimum literacy competency,” said Chatarina Trihastuti, Director of ProVisi at the TPN X collaboration class on Wednesday (11/10) Then. Literacy is one of the main pillars of ProVisi. Partner with various stakeholders, ProVisi is present as a collaborator of the Ministry of Education and Culture to provide technical expertise and recommendations in improving the quality and access to books in order to foster reading habits among children in Indonesia. ProVisi's contribution in 3 pillar program, ie: Selection and Ranking of Books Printing and Distribution of Training Books in this class entitled Quality Reading Books for Indonesian Children, Rina, Chatarina's nickname, share information about quality reading books, recommendations for accessing books, to training information for teachers, parent, as well as various parties interested in literacy issues. He conveyed the important role of quality books in influencing the book system. He stated that books can foster children's interest in reading. “There are no children who don't like reading books, what happens is that children have not found the right reading books,” he said. Characteristics of Quality Children's Reading Books Several characteristics of quality books were conveyed by Rina based on the results of focus group discussions with children at PAUD and elementary school levels. Books that children want to read Books that children really want to read and not what adults want to read are quality books. Children generally choose books because of their attractive colors, illustrations or characters in books, as well as stories that are close to children's experiences. Not limited to certain genres. Quality books consist of various genres, can accommodate children's needs, as well as fulfilling various roles as a window, sliding door, and mirrors. “The important role of the book is strengthened by the opinion of Rudine Sims Bishop, namely books as windows, namely children see new experiences, Sliding doors mean children can explore new worlds, and a mirror so that children can reflect their life experiences," explained Rina. According to reading level, quality books are available for all reading levels. Providing leveled books is very important, because the needs and abilities of each child are diverse. “Children have different reading abilities even though they are at the same grade level,said Rina. Teacher: Having an Important Role for Quality Children's Reading Books Apart from awareness regarding the important role of quality books, training for teachers is also very important and needs to be highlighted. Rina presented the results of research regarding the impact of training accompanied by quality reading books. “Training accompanied by reading books increases students' literacy scores by as much as possible 8% on reading ability and 9% on listening ability,said Rina. Currently there are many platforms that provide access to quality books such as SIBI, Budi, Pibo, Literacy Cloud, Let’s Read, My Book, and Enuma School. "Providing quality reading books for children will grow the book ecosystem, interest in reading grows, literacy skills grow hand in hand. Let's spread the joy of reading anywhere and anytime,” concluded Rina. Writer: Monica Rini Widiastuti Editor: Yosinta Maharani Here

PT Paragon Technology and Innovation (ParagonCorp) filled one of the nine collaboration classes in the series of the X Nusantara Educators Gathering week (TPN X) on Wednesday (11/10). Just like his name, Collaboration classes bring together companies or donor institutions with educators so that educational collaboration can be established between them. Present with the class topic "Creating Sustainable Goodness for The Greater Good", Nelsa Dwi Wahyuni, Senior CSR Officer ParagonCorp, explain, The company focuses on four pillars of CSR, namely education, Women empowerment, health, and environment. "The biggest portion is education because education is the key to all aspects of our lives. "That's why we have been holding Wardah Inspiring Teachers since 2017," said Nelsa. Wardah Inspiring Teacher (WIT) is a training program for teachers as a form of appreciation from ParagonCorp. During training, teachers will be accompanied by coaches and WIT alumni from previous years. So far it has 10.000 more WIT alumni who are still active in sharing good practices on various occasions including at TPN. "We also invite the wider community to recommend inspirational teachers in their surroundings to take part in this program,” said Nelsa. This year, WIT registrant 2023 reach 10.000 teacher. With the high enthusiasm of educators for learning, ParagonCorp is committed to continuing to contribute to Indonesian education. “For teachers, please register for our various collaboration programs, please, You can be a participant in our various programs or if you already have your own program and want to apply for sponsorship, we are also very open,said Nelsa. Wardah Inspiring Teahcer alumnus: Anggi Rizka Pustika's Protean Career Soars, one of the WIT alumnus 2019, attend this class session. He said, The impact of WIT training is different from other teacher training. In the year 2019, he underwent training for almost a year so the training received was very in-depth. This opens up many new opportunities for developing his career as a teacher. “From there it opened up new things for me. Has an impact on students and other fellow teachers. I was invited as a trainer to various forums to tell how to make learning media,” explained Anggi. Besides that, after becoming an alumnus, he can become a companion and even a trainer for the next generation of WIT. “Because after becoming an alumni, I got the opportunity to continue learning by being a study friend, teacher trainer in the next generation of WIT,” concluded Anggi. Watch the Wardah Inspiring Teacher Profile Project Cast Festival in Palembang, Bogor, Batu, and Makassar. Writer: Sarmina and Yosinta Maharani Here Editors: Yosinta Maharani Here

At the X Archipelago Educators Gathering week, there are four influencer teachers who share their good practices in career classes, namely Daniel Leonard Sinaga, Lina Wijayanti, Rein Noor Asysfa, and Devy M. Ystykomah. Through classes held on Sundays (8/10) This, It is hoped that more educators will be interested in having a wider impact on the world of education through social media. This class also provides new insight that an educator's career is not limited to being a school principal or supervisor, but there are many paths. Join the Community to Learn with Daniel Leonard Sinaga, a physics teacher at St. Ignatius, who currently has tens of thousands of followers on Instagram, said, Previously, he often experienced missing information and misunderstandings. This became a worry for him and encouraged him to create content that could help. "When I first started creating content, I faced many challenges, including the problem of consistency in creating content, because I'm busy teaching too. Apart from that, I also feel alone and feel like there are not many requests for my content,said Daniel. To overcome these challenges, Daniel joined the Nusantara Learning Teacher Community (KGBN). Through the community Daniel said, he doesn't feel alone anymore and can collaborate. Besides that, Daniel also takes study classes to improve the quality of his content. Currently through its content, Daniel promotes the use of Merdeka Mengaja Platform (PMM). He became one of the Creators of PMM's Mobilizing Friends. Agree with Daniel, Lina Wijayanti, in his opening deliver, Teachers need to disseminate good teaching practices in the classroom. Thus, There are many good impacts that other teachers can take from these good practices. Lina calls it a proclamation of learning. “Students will be served optimally. For parents, This content is also a learning report in the form of documentation. Besides that, Creating learning content in the media can also motivate other fellow teachers, and for teachers, learning content on social media can also be an inspiration in the classroom, so this can have a domino effect of sharing good practices," explained the deputy for education at the Al Khairiyah Surabaya Foundation. Even learning content on social media, Lina continued, can educate the public, especially things related to learning. For example, how to teach mathematics according to the child's level. “What we can do as teachers to start creating content that drives change is to change our mindset, prepare equipment, and do it consistently from day to day,” said the influencer teacher who almost reached it 100.000 the follower. Tips for Becoming the Next Influencer Teacher, third speaker, Rein Noor Asysfa, head of Madrasah Ummul Mukminin Aisyiyah South Sulawesi and also a member of KGBN Makassar. Rienda displays some of the benefits of making learning videos, among others: concise material, interactive, interesting audiovisual, and can also be an archive of material. He also shared tips on how to make interesting learning videos. First, prepare material in detail and completely. Once the material is ready, Teachers also need to prepare tools to make learning videos. To make the video more interesting, according to Rienda, Teachers can also use the app to create videos. The last speaker was no less interesting, namely a junior high school teacher 1 Kunjang and also deputy general chairman of KGBN, Devy M. Ystykomah. According to Devy, Meetings with students or teachers at school produce experiences that can become content. Apart from that, content on social media can also be used as a means to answer various misconceptions and also disseminate good practices. Writer: Fitriyanti Purwo Editor: Yosinta Maharani Here