Because I've Feared Nothing More

Welcome to your new home, Miss

25th of January 2019, For the first time, I visited the school where I will be deployed – SMP Negeri 1, one of the best junior high school among the schools in Madiun City. The school prepared a welcoming program for me and for Dream, also a student teacher from Thailand who will be teaching Social Studies in the same school. The program was held in the main office of the Head Master, as they call him. He who manages the school. Later that time, we were asked to introduce ourselves and to tell them our expectations while we stay in there. As I stood up and face everyone, I breathe and smile for I know I’m already part of them. They made me feel like I am not different. And finally, this is the beginning of everything. It feels so right to be with them. By then, I believed that this would be a great experience that would help me to become confident and mature enough to handle either small or big situations in my teaching career and would definitely would broaden my view in every aspects of life.

Both fear and excitement runs into my blood. As I met Ibu Rose, my mentor, I was genuinely happy for she made me sure that everything will going to be fine. Another warmed welcome, another home, as I say. Finally, I met my supervisor, Ibu Iik. The moment I saw her, I was relieved because she gave me her smile where she made me felt nothing would be a problem. I was really the happiest that moment. I do more steps forward and promised to take risks because yes, I've feared nothing more.

Will to go on...

After the welcoming part, immediately Ibu Iik asked me if I want to meet the students and without a thought, I said yes for somehow I am too excited to meet different kind of students. And I don't have any regret on meeting them for the first time. Seeing them very excited when we entered the classroom made me to go on with this journey.

So Real

Tomorrow after, they gave us a little tour in SMPN1. With Fifi, our buddy and one of the teacher also from the school, helped us to be familiar in the whole campus. We met staffs and students along our way. It is so good to see and feel that we really welcome in their home.

SMP NEGERI 1 MADIUN

A. PROFILE OF THE SCHOOL

SMP Negeri (SMPN) 1 Madiun, is one of the State Junior High Schools in East Java Province, Indonesia. Same with SMP in general in Indonesia during school education at Madiun 1 Public Middle School is accepted within three years, starting from Class VII to Class IX . This is a favorite school in the city of Madiun.

VISION OF THE SCHOOL.

"Excellence in achievements inspired by a sense of faith and piety, international insight, care for environmental preservation"

MISSION OF THE SCHOOL

1. Realizing the practice of religious values, personality, and noble character for students so that they are able to adapt to the development of global culture in accordance with national identity.

2. Realizing innovative, creative, dynamic and international-minded students.

3. Realizing the application of strong and standardized international quality management (Total Quality Management).

4. Realizing ICT-based learning.

5. Creating quality educators and education staff with international standard competencies

6. Realizing relevant, up-to-date and forward-looking school facilities and international standards. 7. Realizing a healthy school that is always concerned about environmental sustainability.

8. Realizing schools that always make efforts to prevent environmental damage.

9. Realizing schools that always carry out environmental management.

10. Print championships in the academic and non-academic fields at the city, provincial and national levels.

B. ACADEMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

SMNP 1 has main study area in center of the school where students usually stay during their vacant time. They have also this Library where everyone can freely use when they need reliable information in the teaching and learning process. It is the main support system of the school where teachers and students can stay and study here and also possible to borrow any books they needed. Addition, the school has computer rooms. But usually they use these during their examination weeks.

C. TEACHING SYSTEM

In SMNP1, students and teachers go to school 6 days of a week. Every Mondays, the school holds a flag ceremony, starts at 6:30 AM. The following days, from Tuesday to Saturday they’re having different activities. Morning class starts at 7:25 AM and ends at 12:00. The class will continues at 1:00 PM and ends at 3:00 PM. Every hour is consists of 40 minutes and usually every subject has maximum of 80 minutes per week which considered as 2 hours.

D. MATERIALS AND LEARNING SOURCES

The school has a lot of well-used facilities. Each classroom has own speakers connected to the teacher’s room. Speakers are use when there are announcements and during the ends and starts of every class. Also, classrooms have each LCD and Projector use in teaching and learning process.

E. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

The students are given activities and tasks which can be in group works, individual quizzes and seat works, recitations and examinations for them to be evaluated. Their grades are measured also by calculating the overall results of their performances. When a student didn’t pass the percentage set every period after the examination, he/she will be given multiple remedial until everything is fine.

F. CURRICULUM

The curriculum used by SMPN1 Madiun is Curriculum 2013. Teachers in the lesson plan here consider the characteristics of Curriculum 2013.

The characteristics of Curriculum 2013 is: (1) competence is expressed in the form of core competencies that are detailed further in the subject’s basic competencies (2) the balance of spiritual and social attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and to apply them during various situations in schools and communities; (3) the life-based learning; (4) scientific approach; (5) learners produce work (products) through project-based learning; (6) mastery learning; (7) a student-centered learning; (8) authentic assessment; and (9) the teacher as a facilitator.

The curriculum used by the schools put forth by the Goverment at 2013 according to Permendikbud Number 81A Year 2013 about Curriculum Implementation [38]. The first findings, the process the management in the learning is lesson activities plan, the implementation of learning activities, and learning evaluation (which can be seen below).

PLAN

1. Make a daily work plan.

2. Daily work plan adjust the annual program and the semester program which is based on Curriculum 2013.

3. The class plan adapted to the conditions of learners in the classroom.

4. Developing the lesson plan.

5. Discussion with colleagues.

IMPLEMENTATION

1. The learning activities consist of preliminary activities, core activities, and the closing.

2. The task of the teacher are varied.

3. The teacher carry out preventive and curative measures to maintain classroom order conducive situation.

EVALUATION

1. Daily tests, midterm and final exams.

2. Report the semester exams in the form of report cards with the format specified by Education Office.

G. TEACHING PLAN

I always prepare the lesson plan that I used to make since then. It is the detailed lesson plan that we used to do in our country. This teaching plan is consist of five parts; Objectives which includes your aims that you want the students to achieve at the end of the period. Second, Subject Matter under it are your topic and references. Next is the Procedure wherein preparation and presentation happens. Also, the review and motivation is in here. As well as the lesson proper or the discussion of the teacher. Then, Evaluation includes the generalization where the summarizing of the lesson happens and the application of the lesson learned by the students. And lastly, is the Assignment given by the teacher related to the previous topic or to the next topic.