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We would like to share our experience and activities when we were join ICAS Conference about “ Assessment for Better Teaching Outcomes” with special guest Mr. Greg Reid. He is assessment project officer at EAA, UNSW Global. The other guest was Mr. Liam Hammer. Currently , he is employed as the Vice Principal (Secondary) at Global Jaya International School .
He is the Chair of the Indonesian IB MYP Coordinator’s Network (Dunia), sits on the Executive Commitee of the Association of National Plus Schools of Indonesia (ANPS) and represents the IB Asia Pacific as an IB Recognition Ambassador.
The other guest were teachers from SD AL Muslim Surabaya, Rr. Martiningsih. In 2013 she received first place as Surabaya’s Top Achiever Teacher from the City Mayor of Surabaya.
The fourth guest was Fifi Anggraini Donohadi, M.Pd. She Has been a teacher since 1996 and a IBYP trainer since 2008. Currently she is working as PYP Coordinator together with Ms. Early Kurnia at Sekolah Victory Plus, Bekasi, and actievly participates in IBYP training in Schools in South East Asia.
This conference was really Interesting. It started on Friday, 13 June 2014 until Saturday, 14 June 2014.
At. 7:30 am– 3:00 pm. There were four sessions. The topic of Session 1 was “Developing effective assessments” by Mr. Greg Reid. The Topic of Session 2 was “Authentic Assessment” by Ms. Fifi and Ms. Early. After that they informed us about what’s new from ICAS. Session 3 was unforgetable moment, because the presenter (Ms. Rr. Martiningsih from surabaya) was really funny.
The last session was about “Assesing higher-order thinking (HOT) skills”. On Saturday, 14 June 2014 it was about “Otimising educational outcomes through effective school-based assessment (SBA)”. Session 2 was about “An introduction into the principles of effective Assessment”. Session 3 was “Using ICAS result to inform teaching and understanding data analysis”. The last session was” Building assessment for learning communities”.
There is a benefit of joining this conference, we can make a good relation with other teachers also sharing about our experience. It also really inspires us to be good teacher and improves our teaching and learning methods.
Thank you...
Written By : Windi, SMP Teacher
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5 Juni 2014 TK B Sekolah Nasional Plus Darma Bangsa, Bandar Llampung, Indonesia mengadakan pelepasan wisuda wisudawati sebanyak 40 anak. Acara pelepasan ini dihadiri kurang lebih 150 orang. masing-masing dari wali murid, tamu undangan, bapak Dr.Tri Jalmo, M.Si selaku Headmaster Sekolah Darma Bangsa, Mr. Michael Isla selaku Academic program/curriculum, Ms. Usnul Umi M. S.Pd selaku kepala sekolah NTK Darma Bangsa. Acara ini berjalan dengan tertib, kondusip dan terhitung sangat meriah sebab acara ini dimeriahkan dengan penampilan-penampilan adik-adik kecil dari TK A Sweety, Shiny dan Nursery Cutie yang meliputi tari dan menyanyi.
Acara yang dimuali pukul 08.30 wib itu memberikan gambaran bahwa pendidikan di kota Bandar Lampung telah menciptakan suatu yang positif, dan memberikan contoh mengedepankan pendidkan.
Dalam sambutannya, kepala sekolah NTK Darma Bangsa, mengemukakan bahwa acara pelepasan ini adalah merupakan kebanggaan dan merupakan moment yang sangat penting untuk meningkatkan mutu kualitas pendidikan anak kususnya di Sekolah Darma Bangsa. Beliau juga mengatakan dalam sambutannya bahwa anak merupakan pusat aset orang tua yang sangat berharga dalam kehidupan. Untuk itu anak perrlu diarahkan, dididik baik di lingkungan sekolah maupun lingkungan keluarga. Tanpa adanya pengarahan dan pendidikan maka anak menjadi bodoh dan tidak terarah. Akhirnya anak sulit untuk diatur.
Sambutan selanjutnya adalah perwakilan dari orang tua kelas TK B Smile, ibu Aria Tripati dan ibu Ani dari kelas TK B Happy menjelaskan bahwa acara ini terlaksana berkat dukungan dari pengurus yayasan, dewan guru dan wali murid yang bersama-sama membantu untuk kesuksesan acara. Beliau juga menjelaskan dalam pidatonya bahwa pelepasan wisuda-wisudawati ini sebagai penguat anak didik untuk lebih semangat belajarnya pada tingkat berikutnya namun dalam segi non fisik antara anak didik dan guru masih tetap dan selamanya akan melekat dihati.
Written By : Ms. Bertha, NTK Teacher
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