The Description of School The English Teachers

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CHAPTER III PROFILE OF THE SCHOOL

A. The Description of School

MTs N 8 Jakarta is located on Jl. Komp. BTN Kresek Indah Duri Kosambi Cengkareng Jakarta Barat. There are 33 teachers who teach 569 students in MTs N 8 Jakarta which divided into three grades; 146 students in first grade, 243 students in second grade and 180 students in third grade. The school has 16 classrooms, 1 teacher room, 1 principal room, 14 rest rooms, 1 library, 2 laboratories, such as computer lab, and biology lab, 1 “UKS” room, 1 meeting room, 1 administration room, 1 cooperation, and 4 canteens. This school has subject hours for all subjects include “Muatan lokal” and special course pendalaman materi for third grade after they are finished school, such as English, mathematics, science and social.

B. The English Teachers

Teachers become very important in every school. Without teachers, the students will study by themselves. There are several functions of the teachers, such as; they become a facilitator in classroom, become an instructor, become a guide in learning process, etc. In MTs N 8 Jakarta, there are 4 English teachers. All of them have responsibilities to teach based on the class, three of them to teach class one, two and three, then one of them only teach mulok muatan lokal for class one until three especially for English conversation and personal details of the teachers can be seen on this table below: Table 3.1 The Table of Teachers ’ Profile No Name A graduate from Teaching Experience Teaching at Grade Status 1. Dra. Rina Nova UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Since 1995 16 years VIII Civil Servant PNS 2. Rudi Hartono, S.Pd STKIP Kusuma Negara Since 2006 5 years IX Civil Servant PNS 3. Heni, S.Pd Univ. Indraprasta Jakarta Since 2008 3 years VII Honorary Honorer 4. Siti Umiyati, S.Pd Univ. Muhammadi yah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta Since 2008 3 years I-IX To teach Mulok “Muatan lokal” Honorary Honorer

C. The Teaching-learning English Activities