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Career Class: Become an Independent Learning Influencer Teacher

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

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Teacher Talent: Solutions to the Search for the 21st Century Teacher

The collaboration class with the code KOL402 presents the theme "Learning Designer Teacher" which is held on Wednesday (11/10) sore. Pia Adiprima, selaku Teacher Development Specialist karier.mu, be the resource person for this session. He discussed the profile of the 21st century teacher. The collaboration class is one of the classes presented at the Archipelago Educator Gathering week (TPN) X. Collaboration class is an initiation class for inviting collaboration from companies, donor agencies, consortium, and organizations related to programs or projects provided to teachers, students, headmaster, supervisor, as well as school. At the beginning of the session, Pia showed two pictures of a classroom atmosphere and asked participants to look for the differences. The two images are an 80s era classroom and a 20th century classroom. It turns out, not much difference. “Four decades have passed, However, classroom learning provides the same picture. Education should transform for the better. This transformation is related to what is taught and how it is taught,” said Pia. According to Pia, Indonesian education needs learning designer teachers to carry out this transformation, namely teachers who are able to create conditions, situation, and the best environment for students to develop. He quotes educationists and book writers, Sir Kenneth Robinson, who says that teachers are like gardeners and students are like plants. Plants can actually grow by themselves. However, plants can grow well if the environment provides the right support and stimulation. Just as students need. 3 21st Century Teacher Profile On this occasion, Pia also provides the profile of an instructional designer teacher. According to him, a learning designer teacher needs to have a reflective nature, so that he can continue to strive to provide meaningful learning for his students. "Besides that, Teachers also need to have an independent nature. Teachers always look for opportunities to design learning rather than worrying about obstacles,he explained. “Third profile, Teachers must also have a creative nature. He is not afraid to fail to create progress in education,continued Pia. In order to support prospective teachers and teachers to have these three profiles, Pia explained, Karier.Mu collaborates with the Cikal Teachers Campus to launch the Teacher Talent program. Alumni of the Teacher Talent program will have the profile of an independent learning teacher, including abilities as a 21st century teacher. Besides that, they will also be guaranteed to teach at partner schools, including Cikal School, Independent Student School, Growing Schools, Indonesian Core Quantum School, and many others. Teacher Talent opens up wide opportunities for educational units who want to join as partners. Benefits for school partners, namely the ease of getting qualified teachers. "Teacher Talent is a solution for schools which have had difficulty finding teachers with certain qualities and criteria,” concluded Pia. Writer: Fitriyanti Purwo Editor: Yosinta Maharani Here

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Save The Children and the Learning Teacher Foundation Prepare the Sumba Learning House

Learning Teacher Foundation (YGB) mendukung Save The Children (STC) preparing a breakthrough for educational change in West Sumba, namely the Sumba Learning House (RBS). RBS is a learning space to improve the competence of educators in that area. The plan will be officially launched in the third quarter of this year. YGB provides support in the form of strategies so that RBS can have a sustainable impact. This strategy is carried out through three pillars, namely curriculum, community, and communication. “We are sure, Sustainable educational change can occur if we hold three important keys, namely a curriculum that empowers the teacher community, leader, and supervisors; diverse and empowered community networks, as well as communication that facilitates the spread of good practices of educators who are already free to learn,” explained Bukik Setiawan, head of the YGB. YGB will provide a team that accompanies and guides STC in developing a theory of change, role determination, to the preparation of educator development curricula. Including teachers, mover, and community for RBS. "Through our assistance, STC will have an integrated framework between changes at the individual level, level, community, and regional level. Each intervention can be traced its impact at these three levels. Thus, STC can play a strategic role in driving educational change in West Sumba,said Buck. Augustine Mau Tokan, Innovation and Child Rights Specialist STC, disclose, the RBS initiative departs from the reality that many educators in West Sumba do not have sufficient teaching qualifications. Shown from the low average score of the Teacher Competency Examination (UKG) district compared to other regions. "We have also conducted research directly, opened a chat with teachers in West Sumba. Many feel that the mechanisms and space for capacity building for teachers and school principals are very limited,he explained. Augustine hopes, this collaborative project has an impact on real change in West Sumba. Students will have literacy skills that can support their life needs in the present and the future. He also hopes, YGB as a partner can provide strategic and technical support. Mainly in the development of the theory of change. The theory of change is the foundation that YGB and STC will use to develop teachers, mover, and learning communities in West Sumba. “YGB has expertise, experience, and movements in the field of curriculum and module development to increase the capacity of teachers and the teacher community both through online and offline platforms. Experience and a set of skills like this are needed for the development of our initiative which seeks to provide a platform for developing teacher competency,Augustine concluded.

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