Vocational school students are often stigmatized as naughty and difficult to discipline, even outcast students. But for Andi Zupriaty, State High School teacher 7 Pangkajene Islands, South Sulawesi, His students are just like other humans who just need to be heard and embraced.
Zupriaty admitted, At first he also had difficulty dealing with students and responded by becoming a fierce teacher. Student who storms alone, play mobile, Hunger in the morning because she hasn't had breakfast is a condition that Zupriaty faces every day.
“This condition makes me annoyed and angry, I scold and lecture, talk at length but don't change. Just been lectured, the kids are acting up again, I became more and more angry, I run out of energy to get angry,” the story goes.
Luckily for Zupriaty, she actively participates in online learning forums, He finally found good practices from other regional teachers who he said could answer his needs. This good practice is the use of non -cognitive diagnostic assessments that can understand aspects of students beyond academic abilities.
Students Have Problems Outside School
The assessment is carried out by distributing a sheet of paper containing general questions, interest, to the personal condition of the student. The answer to each student becomes a turning point for Zupriaty as a teacher. Many answers make him touched.
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There are students who write “madam, I need attention "but there are also those who return the paper without answering one question besides filling out personal data. When asked directly, Students just silent not answer.
“It took months for me to finally approach the student. Every day try to make an approach. Sometimes I accompany him to pull the grass, pick up trash, sitting on the classroom terrace, until finally he wanted to talk, even if it's a little,” said Zupriaty.
“It turns out he had serious family problems. Amazingly he was still able to go to school. Good grief, What kind of teacher am I?, So far, he's just been angry and doesn't know the student's condition,he continued.
This consistency is not only applied to students whose actions are challenging, but to all of them. Every morning Zupriaty comes to class to tell stories and listen to students' stories while having breakfast.
Learning Changes That Favor Students
Changes not only occur in the student's relationship with Zupriaty but also the student's relationship with learning. Based on the results of the assessment, Zupriaty always designs the learning needed by students.
"I use an independent canvas learning to map that needs to be prepared for learning in accordance with the results of the assessment. Pupils are more interested in the subjects I,he explained.
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Zupriaty reduces lectures and more often prompts students with questions. He also often applies differentiated learning to accommodate the needs and conditions of different students according to the results of the assessment.
For good practice in favor of this student, Zupriaty was elected as speaker Peak Nusantara Educator Meeting XI end of last year together 14 other teachers.
He advised the teacher and the community not to give stigma to vocational students. "All students are special, All students have the potential to grow and develop,”
“As a teacher, you really need to play a role that is not just about imparting knowledge, but also building positive humanizing relationships as a life skill,” he concluded. (Yosi)
