Becoming a Professional Teacher

in 21st Century

Challenges and Opportunities

Itje Chodidjah ELT and Education Consultant

itjechodidjah@gmail.com

Always Reflect on Your Practice

will keep you

Young

and

Updated

Four Cs that children in the 21stneed to have

Critical thinking

Communication skill

Collaboration skill

Cross Cultural Understanding

Four Cs in the 21st century classroom

As never before, we have the ability to :

connect

communicate

collaborate

create

on a local, national and global scale

Sebuah Fenomena Perubahan

yang dahsyat dalam upaya

menyiapkan anak-anak agar

dapat bertahan hidup dan

berkualitas sesuai tingkatnya.

Kita saat ini sedang

mempersiapkan siswa:

untuk pekerjaan yang saat ini belum tersedia

Untuk mampu menyelesaikan persolan yang bahkan kita belum tahu

persoalannya itu apa

English lesson should lead our

students into preparing

themselves to be able to make

sense in English, to use

English, to continue learning it.

Teacher

WHO are you?

A facilitator?

An enabler?

An explainer?

A mediator?

A manager? A worker?

A teacher has never been

anything but .

An educator

Professional

Connected with a job that need special

training or skill especially one that

needs high level of education

What does an Educator do?

Learns!!!!!! Teaches

Facilitates

Mediates

Consults

Manages

Motivates

and many more

How do teachers anticipate the

massive and rapid changes

outside the school walls??

What should a professional

teachers should do?

Willing sincerely to take the challenge and opportunity to become an EDUCATOR

Willing to shift their paradigm

Willing to always learn how to be better teachers all the time

.. always develop their ability in using language to

achieve different social

purposes.

always develop their ability in using language to

develop critical thinking.

always develop their ability in using language to

connect ideas.

. ..always develop their ability in using language to

interact with others.

. always develop their ability in using language to

create coherent and cohesive

texts.

always develop their ability in developing a

challenging enough

learning environment.

What does it mean by developing a

challenging enough learning

environment?

Delivery/

presentation

Cooking/

teaching

Ingredients

resources Menu

Who we serve

Think of these following activities

Reading work-based materials Improving English proficiency with other

teachers

Writing journal Sharing what works Giving and receiving feedback Peer review and observation Action research Accessing internet ????

YOU are

HERE

MGMP Community of happy

learning teachers who always

make happy learners

A Professional Teachers

always willing to learn because

they know that they have the

greatest opportunity to shape

the future of Human Life

Think Globally Act Locally

Start the Professional Teacher

Development from something small

Teacher is the symbol of LIFE

LONG LEARNER

REMEMBER!

If not YOU and I who?

If not NOW when?