Workshop for Teachers in Makassar
State Alumni Teacher's Association (SATA) held a day workshop for teachers in Makassar. It was on Saturday, November 25 in UIN Alauddin campus Makassar City. Although we expected about 50 teachers to attend the event, surprisingly we had around 80 teachers participated in the workshop. The workshop was about KTSP (2006 curriculum) and best practices in teaching. Before the workshop, the audience received very valuable information about American scholarships for teachers and students in Makassar who would like to continue their study in the US. Michael McCoy explained all about it and the audience looked enthusiastic about finding more a program called ETA (English Teaching Assisstances). On the other occasion, the representative from USAID and American Cormer also presented their programs on education in Indonesia and how the US government takes an active part in the development of the education.
The workshop was also attended by the rector of UIN Makassar and he took the chance to open it. Pak Muis, the director of Lembaga Bahasa UIN, spoke about the English Language Center which provides a wide access to public for resources in learning and teaching. Pak Jalu led a discussion on KTSP and how his school has implemented it in the classrooms. Some participants shared their experiences about the implementation of KTSP and the obstacles they had to get resolutions from the audience and speaker. In the other rooms, Anthony Zak, American Fellow in Makassar, taught English teachers some practical strategies handling large classes.
In the end, SATA commited to donate a computer set to a poor school in Makassar as a action of community service. The distribution will be made in December this year. To make a post action of the workshop, the audience was challenged to compete to design a creative lesson plan in their classroom learning and SATA will provide a pocket camera and a mini grant to support the activities.
The audience passed positive comments on the event, but some of them regreted about the limited time they had. They hope to have a similar event in the near future to enhance quality teaching.
Click http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jalueleven/album/576460762356909503 for photos.
The workshop was also attended by the rector of UIN Makassar and he took the chance to open it. Pak Muis, the director of Lembaga Bahasa UIN, spoke about the English Language Center which provides a wide access to public for resources in learning and teaching. Pak Jalu led a discussion on KTSP and how his school has implemented it in the classrooms. Some participants shared their experiences about the implementation of KTSP and the obstacles they had to get resolutions from the audience and speaker. In the other rooms, Anthony Zak, American Fellow in Makassar, taught English teachers some practical strategies handling large classes.
In the end, SATA commited to donate a computer set to a poor school in Makassar as a action of community service. The distribution will be made in December this year. To make a post action of the workshop, the audience was challenged to compete to design a creative lesson plan in their classroom learning and SATA will provide a pocket camera and a mini grant to support the activities.
The audience passed positive comments on the event, but some of them regreted about the limited time they had. They hope to have a similar event in the near future to enhance quality teaching.
Click http://new.photos.yahoo.com/jalueleven/album/576460762356909503 for photos.
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