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4. Orientation before teaching
Following the process of job-interview and micro teaching was the introduction to the job description and then the school and administrative
orientation for the new teachers. After both of my participants passed the job- interview and micro teaching, they were invited to come to the school to meet
with the school principal, the secretary of school boards, and the head of the school boards. In that meeting they were told that they were accepted and they
would be responsible for teaching what subjects at what level. Kiki who started working there from June, 2012 was responsible to teach
English at grade 2 both of grade 2 Glowing and grade 2 Sparkling and became the assistant of homeroom teacher of grade 2 Glowing also. As an English teacher,
Kiki‟s duty were teaching and doing the administrative works. As the assistant of homeroom teacher, she helped the homeroom teacher to lead morning service for
students in the class, to supervise students during snack time and lunch time, and then to watch students during dismissal.
Different from Kiki, Jalu did not start working in that school right from the beginning of new school year. He started working in October, 2013. Jalu replaced
the previous teacher who were left job during the probation.
… the previous teacher was still in the probation. If the teacher is considered qualified enough to teach there, he or she would be hired for a
year. The trial period is 3 months. If the teacher does not show any improvement during 3 months probation but the school boards view that
the teacher has such potency, the trial period is extended into 6 months.
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if he or she does not show any improvement. Actually I don‟t really know the exact case, but what I heard is that the previous teacher thought that
she was qualified enough and thus she felt disappointed that her probation was being extended
. Because of that she quitted. Interview3_J17
Since the previous teacher quitted, the position of English teacher at grade 2 was empty and a new teacher was urgently needed to replace it. And Jalu was the
lucky person who filled that empty position. In his meeting with the school principal, the secretary of the school boards,
and the head of the school boards, Jalu was explained about his job and responsibilities. Jalu was assigned to teach English at grade 2 both of grade 2
Glowing and Sparkling and to teach Christian Education at grade 3 Glowing and Sparkling and also grade 4 Glowing and Sparkling. Besides that, Jalu also had
responsibility as PIC of swimming. Similar with Kiki, as a subject teacher, Jalu had responsibilities to teach and to deal with the administrative works related to
the subject. However, Jalu was responsible for two subjects; English and Christian Education.
Because both of Kiki and Jalu were novice English teachers, they did not know and did not have any knowledge of what kinds of administrative works they
should deal with in that school. Hence, after meeting with the school principal, the secretary of the school boards, and the head of the school boards, they met with
the vice principal to listen to the explanation of what kinds of administrative works they should do besides teaching. The administrative works which they
should handle were: annual program prota program tahunan; semester program promes program semester; syllabus; lesson plan; monthly schedule
52 mos; summary of teaching material; grading; score test analysis; report card
checklist; quiz and test scope and items kisi-kisi soal; and making questions for quiz, monthly test, and final test.
Kiki, who started working the school in June, 2012 had the chance to join one week training about new teaching materials for math and science and also
about administrative works before the first day of school in new school year started. Besides training, Kiki also joined 3 days orientation with the students in
the beginning of the new school year in order to get close to the students and to familiarize the students with the school routines. However, Kiki deplored for she
did not get the chance to observe the students when they were in the class studying with the teacher.
From the first time I joined this school, I did not get any opportunity to observe the students
during the teaching and learning process because I was badly needed to fill the position of the English teacher as soon as
possible. Unable to observe the students made unable to get a clear picture of how to handle children during the lesson
. Because of that, I became terribly stressed.
Interview3_K32 Unlike Kiki, Jalu who joined this school not from the beginning of new
school year did not get any opportunity to join any training and orientation days with the students. Jalu only met with the vice principal after meeting with the
school principal, the secretary of the school boards and the head of the school boards to get the explanation about what administrative works which should be
done by him. However, Jalu got the opportunity to observe the students when they were studying in the class. After he had been accepted, Jalu were given the
53 opportunity to observe teacher who teach English and Christian Education at
grade 1.
5. Dealing with administrative works for the first time
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