Jul 21, 2021Reflecting on the First Orientation DayToday is my first day meeting my students officially as a teaching. This is my first job where I officially responsible to accompany and facilitate students to learn in a whole academic year. Along the preparation process, I kept feeling nervous, could I be a good teacher who help the…2 min read
Jul 17, 2021Understanding Students’ InterestsPlanning teaching and learning activity is one of the most challenging parts of the teaching profession. It needs a lot of experience to know the students’ needs and the aspects needed to be considered. The one thing that I learned from this SEP is to carefully consider students’ interests. In…2 min read
Jul 16, 2021Test Oriented LearningThis school experience program is the first international curriculum for me. I always wonder how international curriculum work in Indonesia, how their teaching and learning activity would be like and what makes it so different with national school. …2 min read
Jul 15, 2021Creativity in TeachingI have been learning in a public school for 10 years, but somehow this school feels different from my experience as a middle school student. This school was said to be the best middle-high school in Jakarta. Their orientation was actually similar to other public schools: good academic achievement, great…2 min read
Jul 14, 2021Diversity of LearnersIn the middle of a densely populated city, there was a school with green grass, tall trees, a large yard, and beautiful scenery. Children could play, breathe the fresh air, and be free. …2 min read
Jul 13, 2021Maintaining Communication with ColleaguesMy experience in this school is very limited due to many communication problems. First, our manager teacher gave us very little time to do observation in the school. The reason was that the teachers did not want to be observed too much, they saw it as a burden in which…1 min read
Jul 5, 2021Trust for StudentsAt first glance, this school felt just like another school. However, the first minute I observed the classroom activity, I realized that the school is different and worked on wonderful things. The first thing that I noticed is how everyone acted nicely to each other. Teacher’s attitude to the students…2 min read
Jun 17, 2021Reflection: Assessment in TeachingThe thought about assessment always fascinated and overwhelmed me at the same time from the first time I learned about it in the classroom. At the beginning of my study, I was fascinated by the fact that assessment could be used not only to know the students’ learning achievement but…4 min read
Jun 8, 2021Years of ExperienceOn my eighth time having SEP (School Experience Program)— which also the last SEP during the teacher education program, I was feeling confident in my ability to teach. I have done 8 SEP, I have been a tutor on my campus for 2 semesters, I have been a private tutor…3 min read
Dec 12, 2020Unit 3 Evidence of Reflection: Group Teaching Using Digital TechnologiesThe impact I recognize the most from feedback given by colleagues and students is to see the things I did not notice before. For example, in the group teaching, one of my colleagues’ feedback was “the color matter so bright color that chosen really good”. Previously, I did not realize…3 min read