EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO CONDUCT TEACHING ASSISTANCE IN THE CAMPUS TEACHING PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITAS PANCASAKTI TEGAL

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the stages of preparing eligible higher education students for conducting sets of teaching assistance and the supply of required materials in the Campus Teaching Program provided by the Indonesian government to improve the national education quality. The stages involve pre-assignment, whilst-assignment, and final-assignment. Meanwhile, the supply of materials involves hard skills and soft skills. It is a descriptive case study at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. The data were collected through observation and interviews with the related parties involved in implementing the Campus Teaching Program at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal, consisting of two persons in charge of running the Campus Teaching program and five students involved in the program. It is stated that Universitas Pancasakti Tegal as part of the educational system in Indonesia has highly supported the implementation of the Campus Teaching Program as one of the emancipated learning programs by giving broad opportunities for students and lecturers to take part actively in the program. Additionally, the university also gives high support and appreciation for the students and lecturers who are eligible and involved in the Campus Teaching program by making elaborate preparation through sets of preliminary activities through several coordination and discussion sessions organized by the Educational and Professional Development Division (LP3) for completing the required material provision supplied by the national committee of the program before they are assigned to the targeted schools.