The first week of Teaching
Experience has been passed. So many new experiences that I got in SMAN 61
Jakarta, I had a great master teacher, observed some classrooms that had
different atmosphere, replaced the teacher who absent, and many more. SMAN 61
Jakarta is the best Senior High School in East Jakarta because of its
achievements. The last National Final Exams, SMAN 61 Jakarta occupied the top
ten for DKI Jakarta Province, and the top nine was occupied by other Senior
High Schools outside of East Jakarta. This school became RSBI in 2007, so they
have used Bilingual class for four years. Mathematics is one of the subjects
that use English, all of the worksheets and presentation files is made using
English, the book is bilingual, and also the teacher, even some the teachers
use English in teaching at the most. SMAN 61 Jakarta applies “two teachers for
one subject” in each grade, so actually I had two master teachers, but because
of something then I only had one mater teacher.
Actually, the main tasks for
Teaching Experience are being an assistant of a teacher, and micro teaching for
2 x 20 minutes. Unfortunately, I did not experience it yet, so I just collected
some information or data of the schools. My master teacher is Miss Rim, for me
she is one of a great teacher because of her action in the classrooms was
really great. Not only her English, but also her classroom management was
great. She teaches 10th grade, 4 classes, and three days a week;
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Her background is Mathematics Education from
Christian University of Indonesia (UKI). I guess so many students like her
because of her appearance. It was really like 21st century teacher.
It’s so inspiring me, a nice appearance, fluent English, a great classroom
management, etc.
At the previous Monday, 17th Oct
2011, Miss Rima did not come to the school because of sick. On the Tuesday, she
came then we had a discussion about our teaching preparation. She assigned me
to teach “Linear Inequalities” in two classes, 2x45 minutes for each class at
the first meeting, and then 1x45 minutes for each class for the 2nd
meeting. She also suggested me to use one book which students’ use. After read
the material, I wondered “why the material is so short?” Then I’ll use my own
book for the reference. Another discussion, she asked me to teach in the second
week. She wanted me to observe her class in the first week, than asked me to
prepare my lesson plan for my teaching next week. I observed her classes – X.5
and X.6 – for twice on Tuesday, but she only taught 1x30 minutes for each class
because there was a school event, so I still haven’t seen her lesson plan. The
atmosphere of those classes really different, one was quiet, the other was
talkative, but she overcame it nicely. I don’t know why the first class was
quiet, either because of Miss Rima as home-teacher (wali kelas), or another
reason
On Wednesday, she did not come
because she doesn’t have any class, so I prepared my lesson plan at that time
to be counseled on the Thursday. On Thursday, we discussed my lesson plan, and
then she needed to consider and give feedback in her house, so she will give
feedback objectively and give my lesson plan on Friday. Even she had not any
class for Friday, but she had to come to the school because of school’s
event–inauguration of OSIS’ leader. Early Friday, she gave my lesson plan that
has been corrected–feedback, and then she suggested me to use another book as
reference for my teaching. In fact, the material in that book is quiet much,
but more systematic. Then she gave me time until Friday Pray to fix my lesson
plan, so I worked hard by myself. How about my partner? He did not come on
Wednesday and Friday, so I made my lesson plan by self and he only added some
ideas on Thursday. After Friday Pray, I had the last discussion of the first
week with her. She liked my lesson plan, my presentation file, and she hoped I
can implement it nicely when teaching.
Before we had the last discussion,
she assigned me to come to class X.3 and X.4. The teacher was absent, but she
had made a worksheet about Logarithm. She asked Miss Rima to come to the class,
but Miss Rima asked me to do it. Because of I’m Miss Rima’s assistant, so I
agreed and come to those classes. That’s the first time I come to the classroom
alone. I was quiet nervous when they asked me to teach them, whereas I have not
any preparation for teaching Logarithm, and also because there was not any
marker, then I did not teach them. I just sat on teacher’s chair, and then they
come one by one to ask some questions, that were such as a really great
experience for me.
About the implementation of my
Lesson Plan, I only can prepare the best of myself and the tools for teaching
next week. I really hope that my preparations will success in two classes, X.1
and X.2–the classes which I never observe before.
I learned how to manage the
classroom nicely; it’s like what I should do when the atmosphere is really
quiet or very talkative. If the classroom so quiet, I should force some
students to answer the question, for the talkative classroom, I should quiet
for a while, waiting until the class becomes quiet, and then continuing my
teaching and learning. It sounds so mean, but that’s what I’ve learned. I
really hope can learn more tricks for managing my classroom and I’m sure the 2nd
week will be more challenging, and more interesting. I really hope so.
