d. Procedures of Implementation
Implementing immersion classes, the schools have to pass the following stages:
1 Planning
The schools which implement immersion classes have to make a teaching learning plan. It includes standard competence, basic competence, syllabus,
and lesson plan. The teachers and the students of the immersion classes have to be selected based on the criteria which have been stated above, whereas the
selection process is based on the schools’ consideration. 2
Organizing The teaching learning activity in the immersion classes is similar to the
teaching learning activity in the regular classes. The difference is only on the medium of instruction used. The immersion classes use English as the
medium of instruction in some subjects while the regular ones use Bahasa Indonesia. At the immersion classes, the subjects which have to be learned
using English include Mathematics, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. In order to improve the teachers’ language skills, the schools have to carry out
English training intensively by cooperating with certain university or English course.
3 Supervising
A quality control is needed in the implementation of immersion classes. There are two kinds of supervision; they are internal supervision done by the
principle of the school, the school committee, the official team of immersion
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program, and the local educational government like Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten and Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi, and external supervision done
by the society and the education stakeholders. The supervisions aim to checking whether the implementation of immersion classes is in accordance
with the plan, to measure the success of the immersion program, and to give some recommendations for the next implementation. The subject of
supervision is the academic activities and the non-academic activities which have been done during one semester.
4 Assisting
The implementation of immersion classes in schools needs assistance which can support the improvement of teachers’ language skills, help the
management of the immersion classes, and motivate the implementation of immersion classes. The assistance is done by the official team of immersion
program. The classroom assistance for the teachers is done by the English teachers or certain people who are appointed by the coordinator of the official
team. 5
Monitoring Monitoring is intended to obtain a description of the improvement on the
quality of immersion classes and to identify the problems which occur during the implementation of immersion classes. The monitoring is done by the local
educational government at least once three months. The subject of monitoring includes the graduation competence, the program management, the school
tuition, and the assessment.
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6 Evaluating
The evaluation stage is done for identifying the achievement and the effectiveness the immersion program in order to develop the quality of the
immersion program. The evaluation is done by the official team of immersion program at least once a year. The evaluation result is addressed to the schools
so that there will be some efforts to improve the immersion program in the schools. The evaluation covers some aspects, like graduation competence,
teaching learning process, the teachers and staffs, the means and properties, the program management, the school tuition, and the assessment.
7 Reporting
Reporting has the purpose of knowing the development of the immersion classes in schools. Reporting is done by the official team of immersion
program at least once during a semester. The report is sent to the local educational government which then is sent to the province educational
government.
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