Teacher Standards English Teacher’s Performance at the Vocational School

there are some requirements which must be acquired as a good teacher as well as an English teacher. Teacher must know their subject. They should master English so they can transfer their knowledge well. Before they teach, they must be sure that they are really ready to run a class. They also must use appropriate teaching methodology to give an interesting lesson. Teachers should be creative enough to run teaching activity. One thing that must not be forgotten that teacher must find out about their students, know them and respond to them. Teachers must be able to recognize their student, included their name, face, interest, and attitude. It is not right if a teacher only pay attention to a particular student. Teachers also must be passionate and patient when they teach so they can help students make progress. Teachers need to guide each student to achieve learning goals. Every teacher needs to understand their roles, so teaching activity will run effectively. When teachers realize their roles, it is expected that they can place themselves in an appropriate position. Thus, learning activity can run effectively. As stated by Brown 2001: 167, there are five roles of an interactive teacher which are as a controller, director, manager, facilitator and resource. In addition, Jacobsen, Eggen, Kauchak 2009: 9-14 describe that teachers need to encourage development and achievement, constructivism in the class and motivate students.

b. Teacher Standards

Teaching is done by a professional. Ur in Richards and Renandya 2002:388 states a professional term applied to “people such as doctors, teachers, and lawyers as they are the expertise involves not only skill and knowledge but also the exercise of highly sophisticated judgment, and whose accreditation necessitates extensive study, often university- based, as well as practical experience”. Indonesia Act No. 14 year 2005 on Teachers and University Lecturers Article 1 Verse 1 also states that teacher is a professional educator who educates, teaches, guides, directs, trains, assesses and evaluates learners of a formal kindergarten, elementary andor senior level. Based on those statements, it can be said that as a professional, a teacher must be an expert in teaching. Teachers are expert who need to be more than good enough. Teaches are demanded to realize that they are working in high standards of profession. They are responsible to uphold the standards. It is in line with Riddel 2003:245 who says “good teachers need to be more than good teachers, they need to be good colleagues and employees, and they need to remember that they are working in a very responsible profession which aims to maintain high standards.” It is clear that as a professional, teacher has a certain standards which must be acquired. As stated by Ur in Richards and Renandya 2002:389, those standards involve knowledge of subject and of its methodology, behaviour and relationships with clients such as learners and patients and other professionals. Pettis in Richards and Renandya 2002:394 also states that principles, knowledge, and skills are fundamentally integrated in the professionally competent teacher. Thus, those standards are directly related to competences which include knowledge, skill, personality and attitude. In line with those standards, Cooper 2011: 3 also describes five areas of competences which must be owned by a well-educated teacher. Those are; 1 command of theoretical knowledge about learning and human behaviour, 2 display of attitudes that foster learning and genuine human relationships, 3 command of knowledge in the subject matter to be taught, 4 repertoire of teaching skills that facilitate student learning, and 5 personal practical knowledge. Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan of Indonesia 2013 also states that educator must fulfil academic and competences qualification as a learning agent, and also must has ability to achieve national education purposes. Moreover, it also explained that there are some competences which standardized educator, such as pedagogic, personality, professional and social. Afterwards, it also specified that as an English teacher, those competences are clarified as 1 teacher must has knowledge about any aspect of linguistics of English includes linguistics, conversation, sociolinguistics and strategies, and 2 teacher must master spoken and written English and receptive and productive English for any communicative aspects includes linguistics, conversation, sociolinguistics and strategies.

9. Assessment Design Model