Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (USAID PRIORITAS)

Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (USAID PRIORITAS) Quarterly Report No. 1

July 2012 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by RTI International.

Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (USAID PRIORITAS) Quarterly Report No. 1

Contract AID-497-C-12-00003 May–June 2012 Prepared for USAID/Indonesia Prepared by RTI International 3040 Cornwallis Road Post Office Box 12194 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194

The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 1 TABLE 1.

SUMMARY OF SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS ................................................................................... 2

RINGKASAN EKSEKUTIF .................................................................................................................................... 3 RANGKUMAN PENCAPAIAN PENTING .............................................................................................................. 4 1

PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 5 1.1 MOBILIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE START-UP .............................................................................................. 6 1.1.1 Office establishment ......................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Staffing.............................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1.3 Project planning and administration ................................................................................................ 7 1.1.4 Activities planned for the coming quarter ........................................................................................ 7 1.2 TECHNICAL START-UP ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2.1 Planning and coordination ................................................................................................................ 8 1.2.2 Stakeholder consultations: national level ......................................................................................... 8 1.2.3 Stakeholder consultations: provincial level ....................................................................................... 8 1.2.4 Stakeholder consultations: district level ......................................................................................... 11 1.2.5 Selection of TTI and districts ........................................................................................................... 15 1.2.6 Module review and assessment: ..................................................................................................... 15 1.2.7 Activities planned for the coming quarter: ..................................................................................... 15

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TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES ............................................................................................................ 17 2.1 ACTIVITIES DURING THE PAST QUARTER ....................................................................................................... 17 2.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 19

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WHOLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 20 3.1 WHOLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN FORMER DBE DISTRICTS ............................................................................ 20 3.2 WHOLE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN COHORT 1 PRIORITAS DISTRICTS ............................................................... 20

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GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND LINKAGES .................................................................................... 21 4.1 OUTLINE OF ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 21 4.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 21

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ICT FOR EDUCATION (ICT4E) .................................................................................................................. 22 5.1 OUTLINE OF ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 22 5.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 22

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CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES ......................................................................................................................... 23 6.1 OUTLINE OF ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 23 6.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 23

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COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING ..................................................................................................... 24 7.1 OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES........................................................................................................................... 24 7.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 24

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION .......................................................................................................... 25 8.1 PERFORMANCE MONITORING ..................................................................................................................... 25 8.2 ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE COMING QUARTER: ......................................................................................... 25 8.3 FUTURE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................... 25

ANNEX A: PROVINCIAL REPORTS ................................................................................................................... 26 ANNEX B: DELIVERABLES ............................................................................................................................... 50 ANNEX C: ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND GLOSSARY .............................................................................. 53

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Executive Summary The United States Agency for International Development–Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (USAID PRIORTAS) project began in May 2012 with the aim of achieving expanded access to quality basic education (IR1). The intermediate results (IRs) that the project aims to achieve are as follows: 

strengthened instruction targeted districts (IR1-1)

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improved education management governance in targeted schools (IR1-2)

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strengthened coordination between all levels of the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and education institutions (IR1-3).

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in and USAID PRIORITAS encourages the expansion of quality education in basic education, such as facilitating the expansion of giving children the opportunity to develop creativity or their own ideas.

This report covers the period from May through June 2012 and represents the mobilization period for the project, which commenced on May 1, 2012. The report is a brief summary of project start-up activities conducted in this initial two-month period. Significant activities include the following: 

Completion of key staffing (with the exception of one position, which is in process and will be filled next quarter)

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Establishment of temporary offices in Jakarta and all provinces; initial administration arrangements and procurement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and other equipment have begun

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Completion of key planning documents: 

Year 1 Work Plan

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Procurement Plan

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Grants Manual and Implementation Plan

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Completion of Rapid Assessment of modules from DBE and other projects

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Preparation for consultations with national counterparts

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Initial consultations with provincial counterparts

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Consultations with former DBE districts

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Informal consultations with Teacher Training Institutions (TTI)

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Preparation and submission of draft Performance Management Plan (PMP)

Details of project achievements this quarter are summarized in the following Table 1 below.


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Photos 1 and 2: USAID PRIORITAS East Java and North Sumatera convey socialization to stakeholders and LPTK partners in the districts about USAID PRIORITAS programs. Photo 3: PC West Java visiting schools to look at the sustainability and impact of DBE programs, such as those that occurred at the Madrasah Al Ahliyah Karawang. Teachers are consistent in and familiar with using ICT for learning in various subjects.

Table 1.

Summary of Selected Achievements

Activity

Target

Achievement this Quarter

Procurement Plan

Complete in first quarter

Completed

Year One Work Plan


Completed (to be revised early in second quarter)



Completed

Rapid Review of Modules


Completed

Performance Management Plan (PMP)


Completed (to be revised early in second quarter)

Mobilization of key personnel


Completed with one national position due to be mobilized in July

Initial consultations with national counterparts

Commence in first quarter

Planned for second quarter

Initial consultations with provinces


Conducted in all provinces. Consultations in Aceh pending inauguration of Governor and several district heads.

Consultations with former DBE districts


Conducted in all provinces

Informal consultations with TTI


Conducted in most provinces

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Ringkasan Eksekutif Program USAID PRIORITAS yang dimulai pada bulan Mei 2012, bertujuan untuk meningkatkan akses terhadap pendidikan dasar yang berkualitas (IR 1). Bersumber dari tujuan ini, diharapkan program mampu mencapai tujuan-tujuan antara berikut ini: 

Meningkatkan kualitas pembelajaran sekolah pada wilayah mitra (IR1-1)

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Meningkatkan kualitas manajemen dan tata kelola di sekolah/madrasah mitra (IR1-2)

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Memperkuat koordinasi dari berbagai tingkat pemerintahan dengan institusi-institusi pendidikan (IR1-3)

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USAID PRIORITAS mendorong perluasan pendidikan berkualitas di pendidikan dasar, seperti memfasilitasi perluasan kesempatan anak untuk mengembangkan kreasi atau gagasannya.

Laporan ini mencakup kegiatan program di bulan Mei sampai dengan bulan Juni 2012. Kegiatan program di bulan ini secara umum adalah kegiatan mobilisasi dan kegiatan start-up. Beberapa kegiatan penting di dalam periode ini adalah: 

Mobilisasi seluruh staff kunci (kecuali satu posisi yang tersisa, yang diharapkan dapat diisi di tri wulanan yang akan datang)

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Persiapan kantor sementara baik untuk tingkat nasional di Jakarta, dan di tingkat provinsi, yang didalamnya mencakup pengelolaan administrasi dan pengadaan alat-alat kantor dan TIK yang terkait juga sudah dimulai.

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Penyelesaian dokumen-dokumen perencanaan program: 

Rencana Kerja untuk satu tahun pertama (Year One Workplan)

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Rencana pengadaan (Procurement Plan)

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Rencana pengembangan panduan dan implementasi hibah (Grants Manual and Implementation Plan)

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Menyelesaikan kajian cepat modul-modul DBE dan program pendidikan lainnya di Indonesia

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Persiapan untuk konsultasi dengan mitra kerja di tingkat nasional

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Konsultasi dengan mitra kerja di tingkat provinsi

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Konsultasi informal dengan LPTK (Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan)

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Penyiapan dan pengajuan draft PMP (Performance Management Plan) – Rencana Monitor Kinerja

Detail pencapaian program PRIORITAS triwulan ini dapat dirangkum dalam tabel berikut ini.


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Foto 1 dan 2: USAID PRIORITAS Jawa Timur dan Sumatera Utara menyampaikan sosialisasi kepada para stakeholders mitra di daerah dan LPTK tentang program USAID PRIORITAS. Foto 3: PC Jawa Barat berkunjung ke sekolah mitra DBE untuk melihat keberlanjutan dan dampak program seperti yang terjadi yang terjadi di di Madrasah Al Ahliyah Karawang, para guru konsisten dan terbiasa dalam memanfaatkan IT untuk pembelajaran mata pelajaran.

Rangkuman Pencapaian Penting Kegiatan

Sasaran

Pencapaian Triwulan Ini

Rencana Pengadaan

Selesai dalam triwulan pertama

Selesai

Rencana Kerja untuk satu tahun pertama


Selesai (akan direvisi dalam triwulan kedua)

Rencana pengembangan panduan dan implementasi hibah


Selesai

Kajian cepat modul-modul DBE


Sekesai

Rencana Monitor Kinerja


Selesai (akan direvisi dalam triwulan kedua)

Mobilisasi staff untuk posisi kunci


Hampir Selesai (masih ada satu posisi yang diharapkan terisi mulai triwulan kedua)

Konsultasi dengan mitra kerja di tingkat nasional


Akan dijalankan di triwulan kedua

Konsultasi dengan mitra kerja di tingkat provinsi


Telah dijalankan di semua provinsi. (Konsultasi di Aceh masih menunggu pelantikan gubernur dan beberapa Bupati/Walikota)

Konsultasi dengan mitra kerja DBE


Sudah dijalankan di semua provinsi

Konsultasi informal dengan LPTK


Sudah dijalankan di semua provinsi

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Students showing the results of their writing in a diary after reading a favorite storybook. The culture of reading and writing will be an important part of the USAID PRIORITAS program to improve students' language skills.

1 Project Planning and Management This is the first quarterly report for PRIORITAS. The report covers the period of May through June 2012—the first quarter of project implementation. The project began on May 1, 2012. Thus, the reporting period for this report covers less than the normal quarterly period of three months. This report contains a number of Indonesian terms and acronyms that are explained when first used and are included in the glossary in Annex C. Individual Provincial Reports are included in Annex A. These are in Bahasa Indonesia; however, the main points from these Provincial Reports are included in English in the main body of this Quarterly Report. Activity in the first quarter focused on mobilization and project start-up. The main activities included office establishment, staffing, preliminary consultations with provinces and some districts, and preparation of project plans. Technical and administrative start-up activities will continue in the second quarter. These will include completion of permanent office arrangements (national and provincial); completion of staffing; selection of partner districts, partner teacher training institutes (TTIs), district coordinators, district facilitators and partner schools; preparation of formal working agreements with provinces, districts, and TTIs; and formal launching activities at national, provincial, and district levels.


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1.1

Mobilization and Administrative Start-Up

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Office establishment

The project began operation in the RTI Indonesia office in the Bursa Efek Jakarta (BEJ) Building in Jakarta in May. In the first week of June, the team moved to temporary office accommodations in the Sampoerna Strategic Building nearby. Plans are well advanced for permanent office space in the Ratu Plaza Building, located in Jalan Sudirman, adjacent to the national Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC) buildings. Contract negotiations are close to completion and office building, ICT, and layout plans have been prepared. It is expected that the office space will be ready to occupy in September 2012. The PRIORITAS team has established temporary offices and conducted procurement surveys for permanent office space in all target provinces. Small temporary offices have been variously established in rooms provided within the District Education Offices (DEO), TTIs, and private accommodation. The demands of the project—including the needs for security, space, meeting rooms, parking, adequate electricity, and ICT support—require that private accommodation be rented for all permanent provincial offices. It is expected that all provinces will have established permanent offices by the end of June or early July 2012. 1.1.2

Staffing

Key staff members at the national level were mobilized in this quarter, including the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), Governance and Management Advisor, and Policy and Stakeholder Coordination Advisor. The Teacher Training Advisor is due to start at the end of July. Staff for the following national positions have also started in this quarter: Whole School Development Advisor, Teacher Education Specialist (Junior Secondary), Gender and Equity Specialist, Governance and Management Specialist (Education Management Information System [EMIS]), Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Performance Evaluation Director, and Advocacy and Communications Specialist. The M&E Specialist is due to begin in September. Personnel for the Teacher Education Specialist (Early Grade Learning) and Governance and Management Specialist (Finance and Planning) positions have been proposed to USAID. In addition, the national Finance and Grants Manager, Human Resources (HR) Manager, and Information Technology (IT) Manager have all started work. The following positions have been filled for provinces. 

Provincial Coordinators (PCs) for all provinces started in May.

A number of specialists joined the teams in this quarter:

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Whole School Development Specialists: Started in Aceh, North Sumatra, West Java, and Banten (in Banten the position is combined with the Governance and Management Specialist position). Appointments in East Java and Central Java have been proposed to USAID. The staff for the position in South Sulawesi will start in July.

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Governance and Management Specialists: Started in all provinces, except for North Sumatra (expected to start in September).

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Teacher Training Specialists (Primary): All are expected to start in July.

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Teacher Training Specialists (Junior Secondary): All are expected to start in July.

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Teacher Training Institute (TTI) Development Specialists: All are expected to start in the coming quarter. USAID PRIORITAS – Quarterly Report No. 1, May – June 2012

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Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists: Started in all provinces except for South Sulawesi (due to start in July).

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Information Technology Specialists: Started in all provinces except for South Sulawesi (due to start in July).

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Communications Specialists: Started in all provinces except for Central Java (appointment being finalized, expected to start in July), Banten (appointment being finalized), and South Sulawesi (due to start in July).

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Accountants: Started in all provinces except for Banten (appointment being finalized, expected to start in July) and South Sulawesi (due to start in July).

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Administrative Assistants: Started in all provinces except for South Sulawesi (to be appointed).

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District Coordinators: All will be appointed in the coming quarter. In former DBE districts, one District Coordinator (DC) is expected to cover two districts in most instances. In newly selected PRIORITAS districts, DCs will be jointly selected with the districts once district selection is complete, with one DC per district. Districts will provide office space, usually within the DEO.

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Project planning and administration

The following plans were prepared and submitted this quarter: 

Year 1 Work Plan

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Procurement Plan

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Activities planned for the coming quarter

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Complete arrangements for permanent offices in Jakarta and all provinces

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Complete staffing mobilization

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Complete initial procurements for administration and ICT

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Expand work plan to include five-year indicative plan and budget

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Conduct initial internal orientation and planning workshop with all personnel.

Technical Start-Up

An important objective of PRIORITAS, especially for sustainability and dissemination of good practices, is to develop capacity within provincial and district governments and TTIs, together with the commitment to further developing and disseminating these good practices. This focus began with the first day of project activity. Activities to support this objective during the start-up period included stakeholder coordination meetings. Informal meetings were held with provinces to introduce the program and begin informally to discuss plans for joint activity to achieve project aims. Meetings were also held with many former DBE districts. In the coming quarter, partner district selection will take place and follow-up provincial and district meetings will be conducted to discuss and agree on plans for project implementation and dissemination of programs. Meetings will also be held with national counterparts. These meetings are expected to result in province and district plans to support the dissemination and sustainability of good practices.


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1.2.1

Planning and coordination

Planning and coordination for PRIORITAS in this first quarter built on the relationships and experience of DBE, along with the work of the USAID Bridging Team, appointed to assist with coordination in the period immediately following the completion of DBE and through the mobilization period of PRIORITAS. Following early meetings between senior PRIORITAS personnel and USAID, a three-day meeting was held in May with PCs and the USAID Bridging Team. A second planning meeting with PCs and the Bridging Team was held over two days on June 12–13, 2012.

USAID PRIORITAS staff in Banten meeting with education stakeholders and the Provincial Governor.

As a result of these meetings, work planning was well informed, and PCs were able to confidently move ahead with the administrative start-up described above, as well as with technical start-up activities described below. 1.2.2

Stakeholder consultations: national level

Preparation for national level consultations with government stakeholders began with meetings between USAID and PRIORITAS in June 2012. In the coming quarter, the project team plans to meet with USAID and relevant technical directorates at MOEC, the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA), and the National Development Planning Board (BAPPENAS). The purpose of these meeting will be to provide information about resources and programs available under PRIORITAS. The inclusion of BAPPENAS is strategic due to the position this institution holds as a national planning agency working closely with technical ministries. The Coordinating Ministry for People’s Welfare (Menko Kesra) will also be invited to join USAID in meetings with technical directorates. A process of mapping out the relevant sections and personnel within the national ministries and bodies has commenced. PRIORITAS will begin initial consultations early in the following quarter, assisted by the appointment of a Government Relations Consultant to the national PRIORITAS team. 1.2.3

Stakeholder consultations: provincial level

Provincial level consultations took place as follows: Aceh: Initial meetings were conducted with the Provincial Education Office (PEO), the Regional Development and Planning Board (BAPPEDA) and the MORA Regional Office. Further consultations will take place in the coming quarter, following the inauguration of the new Governor, which took place on June 25. PRIORITAS will seek an audience with the Governor and senior provincial personnel as soon as possible. North Sumatra: On May 31, 2012, PRIORITAS met with the PEO, specifically the Head of PEO and the Head of Programs. The PEO is very enthusiastic about the PRIORITAS program and indicated that they are ready to cooperate for the success of this program in North Sumatra. The PEO also provides temporary office space for PRIORITAS and indicated that it is willing to allocate budget

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funds for the dissemination program. To support coordination, the PEO has appointed the Head of Programs as a member of the technical team to support the PRIORITAS program. On June 6, PRIORITAS met with BAPPEDA. BAPPEDA welcomed the new project and indicated that they are ready to support the dissemination of the program with a budget allocation. To facilitate the coordination of the program, the Agency has appointed Bpk. Ambarita as a member of the technical team. On June 7, PRIORITAS met with MORA, specifically the Head of the Provincial Office and the Head of the Mapenda Curriculum section. MORA indicated strong support for the program in North Sumatra. The provincial office of MORA is ready to cooperate in implementing the program. MORA will propose a budget for dissemination through the routine government budget, as well as instructing district/city-level offices and madrasah to allocate funds for dissemination. A meeting was also held with the province level Quality Assurance Body (LPMP) on June 22. LPMP indicated that they are ready to cooperate with PRIORITAS and hope to be involved in the selection of partner districts/cities. Banten: PRIORITAS met with the Head of provincial BAPPEDA, the Head of BAPPEDA’s Social and Cultural section (Kabid Sosial Budaya), the Provincial Accreditation Board (BAP), the Head of Mapenda in MORA’s Regional Office, and the Head of the PEO. The PRIORITAS program was introduced and the program discussed. The response was very positive. West Java: An initial meeting with provincial stakeholders was held on May 25, 2012, in the PEO. The meeting was attended by representatives of the PEO, the regional MORA office, The National Science Teaching Center (P4TK IPA), and The Provincial Teacher In-Service Training Center, known as BPTKPU.1 Issues discussed included the selection criteria for USAID partner districts, integration of PRIORITAS with the provincial program, activities of other donors, and prospective university partners. Some informal meetings also took place with stakeholders at the provincial level to investigate the response of stakeholders to PRIORITAS. These included the following: 

June 19: meeting with the Head of Social and Cultural section of BAPPEDA, West Java Province.

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June 20: meeting with representatives from the Regional Office of MORA, West Java

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June 21: meeting with the Head of West Java Province LPMP

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June 25: meeting with lecturers from BPTKPU, West Java Province.

Results of these meeting include the following: 

BAPPEDA will provide support to districts and cities to disseminate good practices from DBE if regarded as beneficial to the region in improving the quality of basic education. However, the budgetary allocations for education in the province of West Java still focus mainly on improving access to education.

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In principle, the activities of PRIORITAS can be synergized with future planning in the office of the Provincial MORA.

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The agreement between PRIORITAS and the LPMP should be sufficient to deal with cooperation between PRIORITAS and the Board of Education and Human Resource Development’s Education Quality Assurance Board known as BPSDM and the LPMP.2

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Balai Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Pendidikan Umum; a unit under the provincial Education Office in West Java that develops teacher performance in regular schools. 2

The Badan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Pendidikan dan Penjamin Mutu Pendidikan is the national level Teacher Inservice Training Center, formerly known as PMPTK.


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The LPMP in West Java is conducting a program called Quality Acceleration Program (PAM), with target junior secondary schools (SMP). PAM is a follow-up to the School Self-Evaluation program known as EDS. LPMP is also mapping teachers in West Java. LPMP has appointed one operator in each district and subdistrict. LPMP invited PRIORITAS to take advantage of the data and the results of this mapping.

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To support the sustainability of the program from scratch, four BPTKPU lecturers will be appointed to serve as facilitators for PRIORITAS.

USAID PRIORITAS Central Java staff meeting with the rector of the State University of Surakarta, Prof. Joko Nurkamto. Central Java: Coordination meetings were held with the Head, Secretary, and Head of the Planning Section of the PEO, as well as with the Head of the Social and Cultural Section in the provincial BAPPEDA, and the Head of the Cooperation Secretariat of Central Java Province. Discussions focused on planning for cooperation between PRIORITAS and the Provincial Government of Central Java. In this context, the provincial government requested a copy of the Grant Agreement between the Governments of the United States and Indonesia. Based on this Agreement, the provincial government will create a legal basis for cooperation, termed a Memorandum, Agreement, Terms of Reference for Cooperation, or similar such title in accordance with the regulation Permendagri No. 15 of 2009. PRIORITAS has submitted a draft agreement to the Head of the Foreign Cooperation Bureau and the Secretary of the Provincial Education Office. The Head of the Cooperation Bureau will study the draft and will discuss the proposed cooperation plan internally. He also suggested that USAID send an official letter to the Governor of Central Java, stating that Central Java Province is selected as a partner for the implementation of the USAID program and that, to follow up on the agreements at the national level, it is now necessary to hold further discussions at the provincial and district levels. To gain broad support for PRIORITAS implementation, meetings were also held to introduce the program to the following entities: the Provincial Legislature (DPRD) and the Provincial Board of Education (Dewan Pendidikan). The Vice Chairman of the Parliament of Central Java Province and the Chairman of the Board of Education indicated that they fully support PRIORITAS. With this program, they indicated that they hope to improve the quality of education, narrowing the quality gap between regions and between schools in Central Java Province. East Java: The PC and the USAID Education Liaison Consultant met with the Governor’s expert staff on June 28 at the Governor's office. He indicated that he strongly supports the PRIORITAS program and will strive for a budget allocation to fund dissemination of the program to nontarget 10


districts. As a result, the project sent him details of follow-up activities and program implementation strategies. The MORA office, especially the Head of the province-level religious education section (Mapenda) also expressed strong support for dissemination activities in the form of policies and budgets. MORA requested that the PRIORITAS program should be delivered to clusters of madrasah, independent of regular schools. Due to the small number of primary-level madrasah, which are known as Madrasah Ibtidiayah (MI), too few MORA personnel were trained by DBE as facilitators or trainers for MIs. (Approximately 20% of primary school children are educated in madrasah.) South Sulawesi: Coordination with the provincial stakeholders began while the PC served on the USAID Bridging Team and included meetings with the PEO, the MORA Office, BAPPEDA, and LPMP. In the first week of June, the PC also met with the Head of the Cooperation Bureau of the Office of the Governor to discuss the mechanisms for cooperation between the Government of South Sulawesi Province and PRIORITAS. The key point in these meetings was that the Government of South Sulawesi and relevant stakeholders in the province welcomed the offer of cooperation from USAID PRIORITAS. To strengthen this cooperation, it is now important for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be established between the government of the province and USAID PRIORITAS. 1.2.4

Stakeholder consultations: district level

District level consultations took place as follows: Aceh: Coordination with districts was limited in this quarter to discussions with the DEO in Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar. The Heads of both offices indicated that they will cooperate with PRIORITAS to implement the planned education development programs. Coordination with other districts, as with the provincial government, needs to wait until newly elected regents and mayors have been inducted following the induction of the new Governor in late June. North Sumatra: Coordination meetings took place in all former DBE districts this quarter, including the following: June 5 and June 19, City of Binjai: PRIORITAS met at the Office of the Mayor of Binjai, with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Head of BAPPEDA, Head of Education, and separately with the Head of MORA. The district government strongly welcomed PRIORITAS, and confirmed that it is hoping to become a partner. The district indicated that it commits to the allocation of funds to support dissemination of the PRIORITAS program. June 6, Deli Serdang District: PRIORITAS met at the DEO with the Head of the Education Office, Head of Programs, Head of the Culture and Social program at BAPPEDA, and separately with the Head of MORA. The district government strongly welcomed PRIORITAS, and confirmed that it is hoping to become a partner. The district reported that it is ready to commit to the terms proposed for partnership with USAID PRIORITAS. In July–August 2012, the district government will replicate DBE3 programs with a budget of Rp 588 million. June 20, North Tapanuli: PRIORITAS met with the Head of the DEO, the Head of Basic Education, and the Head of Mapenda, MORA. Meetings took place separately in each office. The district government strongly welcomed PRIORITAS and confirmed that it is hoping to become a partner. The district reports that it is ready to commit to the terms proposed for partnership with USAID PRIORITAS. June 21, Sibolga: PRIORITAS met at the DEO with the Head of the DEO and the Head of Basic Education. The district remains committed to follow up on the DBE program, and is very interested in again becoming a partner with USAID through PRIORITAS. USAID PRIORITAS – Quarterly Report No. 1, May – June 2012

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June 22, South Tapanuli: A meeting was held at the Regent's office with the Bupati, Deputy Bupati, Assistant 2, Head of Education, the Education Secretary and the Head of Basic Education, the Secretary of BAPPEDA, and Mapenda MORA. The district gave a very enthusiastic welcome to the USAID PRIORITAS program and indicated that it wishes to become a program partner. The district government indicated that it will support the project and is committed to budgeting for the dissemination program. June 25, Tebing Tinggi: PRIORITAS met at the Mayor's office with the Deputy Mayor, the Secretary of BAPPEDA, the Head of Education, and separately with the Head of Mapenda, MORA. The district indicated that it welcomes PRIORITAS and hopes to become a partner. June 26, City of Tanjung Balai: PRIORITAS met at the official residence of the Mayor, with the Mayor, the Head of Education, Head of MORA office, and Head of BAPPEDA. The Mayor welcomed USAID PRIORITAS and indicated that the district is ready to support both in terms of authority and funds to support the program. June 28, Dairi: PRIORITAS met with the Bupati, Head of BAPPEDA, Head of Social and Cultural programs at BAPPEDA, the Head of Secondary Education at the Education Office, Head of Basic Education, the Head of MORA office, Head of Mapenda MORA, Head of the Parliament, and Chair of Commission C at DPRD. Dairi District is very supportive of continuing the DBE program and confirmed that it is willing to partner with USAID PRIORITAS. The district indicated that it is committed to allocating a budget to support the dissemination of the USAID programs. Banten: PRIORITAS met with former DBE districts, including BAPPEDA, the Education Offices, and MORA to introduce the program. All districts and cities responded positively and enthusiastically. Notwithstanding this, the Tangerang City Education Office will require a further approach and more intensive effort. West Java: Coordination with the potential partner districts for PRIORITAS has not yet been conducted. The focus this quarter was on seeking information through the Provincial Education Office, LPMP, and a unit under the provincial Education Office in West Java that develops teacher performance in regular schools, known as BPTKPU (Balai Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Pendidikan Umum). Central Java: PRIORITAS met to coordinate with a number of former DBE districts this quarter: Demak, Kudus, Blora, Grobogan, Boyolali, and Karanganyar districts. It was explained to the districts that USAID PRIORITAS will provide technical assistance to former DBE districts for a two-year follow-up period to support the continued dissemination of DBE programs. In addition, the former DBE districts will be used for a study visit for new PRIORITAS districts. The districts were invited to send a letter of interest to USAID PRIORITAS in Jakarta to signify if they are still interested in working with USAID. All six districts visited expressed interest in continuing the cooperation. The general view is that the DBE program associated with learning and educational management was very useful for schools. DBE has reportedly had a positive impact on the progress of these schools. In early July, PRIORITAS will continue with a second round of district visits to former DBE partners: Purworejo and Jepara. Socialization will also continue to prospective partner districts that have disseminated DBE programs, including Salatiga, Surakarta, Mageleng, Batang, Wonosobo, and Banjarnegara districts. East Java: The PC and the USAID Education Liaison consultant conducted socialization and coordination meetings with relevant stakeholders, including BAPPEDA, the DEO, and MORA in Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Nganjuk, Bojonegoro, Sampang, and Bangkalan danTuban. Results of these meeting are as follows: 12


May 28, Sidoarjo: A meeting was held in the Sidoarjo DEO with the Head of Development, who explained that the DEO Head is committed and ready to continue the DBE program with funding support. In Year 1 of the PRIORITAS program, the district plans to continue disseminating the DBE program, following the existing plan in five subdistricts consisting of ten clusters/Teacher Working Groups in secular primary schools (Kelompok Kerja Guru [KKGs]) and five Secondary School Teacher Discussion Groups, grouped by subject matter (Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran [MGMPs]). The program includes training and mentoring for teachers and is called “Quality Improvement of Primary Education." A budget of Rp. 800 million has been allocated for this program. The DEO continues to support facilitators who were trained by the DBE. June 4, Pasuruan: PRIORITAS met with the DEO, BAPPEDA, and MORA; the Head of Culture and Social Programs explained that the DBE program is being disseminated through the mapping of elementary, junior high, and high schools in cooperation with the State University of Malang (UM). In addition to disseminating the program, the district hopes that PRIORITAS will be able to support preparation of their 2013 Rencana Strategis (Five-Year Educational Development Plan or Renstra) and a program for illiteracy eradication. The team also met with the Head of Secondary Education, who said that the DBE program is being disseminated through the teacher discussion groups known in Pasruan as PKGMP (Peningkatan Kinerja Guru Mata Pelajaran, literally “Subject Teacher Performance Development,” similar to MGMP), for subject teachers in 10 meetings per year to develop 15 subjects. The program is now up to the fourth meeting. The aim is for 140 facilitators to train 1,400 teachers. Participating teachers are given transport funding of Rp 20 thousand/person. This activity is supported entirely by the Sampoerna Foundation, making use of resource persons from the DBE Program. A third meeting was held with the Secretary of the DEO. He suggested that supervisors be prioritized in training, so they can later serve as district facilitators, an asset for the district. He requested that PRIORITAS activities support and not interfere with DEO activities. The DEO initially plans to develop a lesson study program in primary schools. The most recent meeting was with the Head of Mapenda, MORA, who explained that MORA has established a Madrasah Development Center in Pasuruan. The members are facilitators from both the DEO and MORA, who have been trained by DBE and are developing a common curriculum that is integrated with the Qur'an and the Hadith. In addition, the DBE program is also being disseminated through school operational assistance funding (BOS) in the form of training on management; academics; and Yayasan3 evaluation for principals, vice-principals, teachers, and IT operators at the school. Based on the development of this DBE program, he is optimistic and ready for the district to become a pilot region for PRIORITAS in madrasah development. June 5, Nganjuk: PRIORITAS met with BAPPEDA and the Head of Secondary Education at the DEO. The district’s support for PRIORITAS is reportedly related directly to the sustainability of the DBE program. He suggested that supervisors can be trained in advance and take advantage of the personnel who were trained by DBE. For the current year, dissemination funding is made possible through the World Bank-funded Basic Education Capacity (BEC) project. The Head of Secondary Schooling stated that dissemination of the DBE program has become a necessity for Nganjuk. He has conducted training for pengawas (supervisors) on their core-mandated tasks and functions, to support dissemination. But he asked that training be conducted on Saturday/Sunday so as not to interfere with routine activities. The DEO is also prepared to allocate funds for dissemination. As for the future implementation of DBE dissemination programs through PRIORITAS, the basic concept proposed by the Head is as follows:

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Teachers need to be mentored, especially in curriculum implementation.

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The Chair of the MGMP for each subject should participate in the training.

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The DEO will coordinate with the Madrasah Development Center to plan and implement dissemination programs.

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Teachers should also be trained in the use of ICT to support learning.

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The DEO is prepared to fund dissemination through the 2013 budget.

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Long-term strengthening of roles and functions at the management level will support stepby-step achievement of the minimum service standards (SPM) regulation

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The MOU will be signed by the district and should be witnessed by the local parliament. The future sustainability of this program will be discussed together.

June 6, Bojonegoro: Meetings were held with BAPPEDA, the DEO, and MORA. BAPPEDA indicated that they fully support the dissemination program that will be conducted by the DEO. The Secretary of the DEO expressed support and indicated that they will provide policy support. The Head of Mapenda indicated that MORA is committed to supporting cross-sectoral coordination with other relevant stakeholders, especially the DEO, to improve the quality of education. The Head of Planning in the DEO advised that the district is conducting a specific training of trainers (TOT), and training to strengthen management (School Work Plans [RKS]-based EDS) and learning. These three activities are being implemented with independent funding from already certified teachers,4 BOS funds from the schools, and the District Government Annual Budget (APBD). June 25, Sampang: Discussions took place with the Head and Secretary of the DEO, the Head of Kindergarten/Primary Schooling, and the Head of Junior Secondary Schooling. In general, the DEO welcomed the assistance provided through the dissemination of PRIORITAS and will prepare a policy to provide the best facilitators and develop programs and activities with funding from the district budget, self-help from certified teachers, as well as from the school BOS budgets. BAPPEDA will provide a budget for the DEO through this year’s General Funds Allocation (DAU). MORA and Mapenda have allocated independent funding for dissemination. June 26, Bangkalan: Meetings were held with the Secretary of the DEO and the Head of Planning. They indicated that they are very pleased and will prepare a budget to support dissemination. A budget for the current year already exists. PRIORITAS also met with Commission III (Education Commission) from the Bangkalan Parliament, which is in principle very supportive and indicated that they will push the budget through. June 27, Tuban: PRIORITAS met with the Head of the DEO, the Head of Primary/Kindergarten Schooling, and BAPPEDA. Dissemination of the DBE program is taking place this year. A district budget of Rp.300 million has been allocated, and the implementation team consists of trained facilitators from the DBE program. BAPPEDA expressed support for the implementation of policies and will support the budget for dissemination. MORA is also reportedly ready with funds for implementation of the DBE dissemination program. South Sulawesi: Since serving on the Bridging Team of USAID, the PC has coordinated with and visited a number of former DBE districts to discuss the districts’ commitment and follow-up postDBE, as well as their expectations for PRIORITAS. The PC also coordinated by telephone with the contact person at the DEO (Head of the DEO, Secretary, and Head of Division) in those districts that have not yet been visited.

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Based on the visits and telephone contacts, the former DBE districts generally display a quite strong commitment to follow-up of the DBE program and hope to remain a partner with USAID through PRIORITAS. The exception is Jeneponto District: although they are still very hopeful of becoming a program partner for PRIORITAS, there is no evidence of commitment related to dissemination of the DBE program by the local government, particularly not by the DEO. 1.2.5

Selection of TTI and districts

Criteria for the selection of TTIs and districts (including former DBE districts and Cohort 1 PRIORITAS districts) were agreed with USAID this quarter in preparation for selection in the coming quarter. Preliminary consultations are underway in some areas at the province and district level, as described above, to determine districts’ commitment to the program. 1.2.6

Module review and assessment:

Training modules and tools from DBE1, 2, and 3 were reviewed, and recommendations were made for updating and revision in light of changing GOI policy and developments in the field. In addition to reviewing DBE materials, the “rapid assessment” took into account training modules and materials developed under other projects, including the United Nations Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF)- and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)- funded projects, as well as the results of training and interventions conducted under all of these. A report on this assessment was submitted to USAID in June. Key findings are as follows: 

The modules: In general, the modules were assessed as feasible for use by PRIORITAS. There are a great many more modules and materials than are needed for the core training envisaged. Further work will focus on repackaging these existing materials for use in PRIORITAS training. For this, the review recommended using materials from the UNICEF Mainstreaming Good Practices in Basic Education (MGP-BE) project as a basis for training in schools, in addition to drawing on DBE and other materials. Materials updating, modification, and repackaging will be an ongoing process. The rapid assessment, while comprehensive, was not exhaustive. It is likely that more modules may become available for consideration during the course of the project’s implementation.

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The training delivery approach: The review recommended that the approach taken by DBE, similar to that taken by other projects, should be adopted by PRIORITAS. That is, district facilitators are selected from the ranks of school supervisors and practitioners and trained to facilitate the training and mentoring of teachers and schools. PRIORITAS will add a stronger focus in preparing, supporting, and using Teacher Training Institutes (TTIs), including universities, the Lembaga Penjaminan Mutu Pendidikan (Provincial Quality Assurance Institute or LPMP) and similar province-level agencies, as higher-level trainers and facilitators. It is envisaged that, over time and through PRIORITAS, the TTI will develop greater familiarity with the realities of schools and classrooms and with good practices in teaching, management, and governance, to increasingly take on the role of providing inservice training for district facilitators and clusters of schools.

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Re-selection of DBE districts: Districts will be invited to express interest and demonstrate commitment. It is envisaged that most will be included for a program of assistance with replication.

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Selection of Cohort 1 PRIORITAS districts: New districts will be jointly selected with the province and USAID, based on agreed criteria.

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Teacher Training Institution (TTI) selection: TTIs will be selected, based on agreed criteria in consultation with USAID.


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Planning and coordination meetings with national counterparts.

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Provincial and district Cooperation Agreements (Kerangka Acuan Kerja [KAK]) finalized.

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National and provincial launching events.

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Planning and coordination meetings with all districts and TTIs.

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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Baseline: The PMP will be finalized, and baseline data will be collected.

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Administrative Mobilization: Recruitment will be completed and staff mobilized, national and provincial offices will be established, district coordinators appointed, and district offices established.


2 Teacher Training Institutes 2.1

Activities During the Past Quarter

One of the core strategies of PRIORITAS is to work with TTIs to (1) build their capacity for design and delivery of in-service and pre-service teacher training, based on good practice principles and (2) strengthen linkages between schools, subdistricts, districts, provinces, and TTIs to improve the delivery of teacher inservice training and support for better governance and management at school and district levels. Preliminary meetings were held in most provinces this quarter to informally introduce the program and discuss possibilities for collaboration. TTI selection and further meetings will take place in the coming quarter.

USAID PRIORITAS Central Java staff meeting with the rector of the Islamic University (IAIN), Prof. Nur Ahmad Lubis, MA.

Aceh: Coordination with TTIs, particularly with Syiah Kuala University, took place. Preliminary discussions suggest Syiah Kuala University and Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Ar-Raniry as university partners. North Sumatra: Preliminary meetings took place with the State University of Medan (UNIMED) and IAIN Medan. PRIORITAS met with the Assistant Rector I, UNIMED, and the Rector of IAIN on June 7, 2012. Both IAIN and UNIMED indicated that they are ready to cooperate with PRIORITAS, particularly for capacity building of teachers who are trained through the teacher certification training (PLPG) and lecturers who manage teaching practicum (PPL) students. The two institutions both expressed strong support for the concept of developing a support center within their institutions to support capacity development for lecturers, and also to act as a mechanism for building institutional linkages with the PRIORITAS program. Banten: Following preliminary research and consideration of TTIs in Serang, and Banten Province in general, PRIORITAS visited the Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa (UNTIRTA) university, and specifically the Education Faculty (FKIP) and the Assistant Rector for Cooperation with outside bodies. This institution was previously a partner with DBE2. Other TTI visited were with IAIN Sultan Maulana Hasanudin (SMH) Serang Bantam, where the team met with the Dean of the Faculty of Tarbiyah and the Assistant Rector for Cooperation. Previously SMH IAIN conducted training for teachers using the DBE3 Better Teaching and Learning (BTL) 1-4 modules. They also plan to train students using the PPL BTL Module 2. The institution was quite enthusiastic in their response. They indicated that they would like to be involved in PRIORITAS from planning through to evaluation. West Java: The PC, accompanied by the Governance and Management Specialist, visited the Indonesian Education University (UPI), and specifically the Research and Community Service (LPPM) Center, on June 6. The meeting discussed the outcomes of coordination with DBE, including the dissemination of school-based management (SBM) programs conducted over some years by UPI through the student field work (internships or KKN Thematic Program. As a “service provider” of


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DBE1 programs, UPI needs to conduct refresher training to introduce SBM modules that will be revised by PRIORITAS. UPI obtained a grant of Rp.462 million this year from the Governor for implementation of the Thematic KKN program. UPI (the Head of LPPM) is also a coordinator for the POS DAYA Program, coordinating the nine universities in East Priangan, West Java (Tasik, Ciamis, Banjar, Garut). DBE1 modules have been uploaded on the UPI Website: http://prmawamitra.upi.edu/kerjasama-upiusaid/ for use as a source of research in online libraries by staff and student. Modules on the Website also need to be updated after they have been revised by PRIORITAS. The PRIORITAS team also visited Universitas Islam Nasional (UIN) Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung on June 28. The team was welcomed by the Dean and two Assistant Deans. The purposes of this visit were (1) to provide a general introduction to PRIORITAS, (2) to outline in general terms the type of cooperation that may be established between PRIORITAS and the UIN, and (3) to discuss the role of UIN if later selected to become a PRIORITAS partner. Information obtained from UIN includes the following: 

The Tarbiyah Faculty holds bachelor-level courses in teaching Mathematics, Languages (Arabic and English), Islam, and primary madrasah teacher training (PGMI).

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UIN is collaborating with 49 schools/madrasah located around Bandung, Bandung District, and Sumedang for the PPL program. The program is currently being redesigned to integrate with KKN activities so that students are not just training to be teachers, but also to practice socializing with the community.

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The Tarbiyah and Teaching Faculty are also disseminating the DBE Lesson Study program in collaboration with UPI.

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Development of the Laboratory School will begin in 2012.

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UIN also provides a special certification for Religion teachers and has partnered with UNINUS UIN, IAIN Sheikh Nurjati Cirebon, IAIC Tasikmalaya, and STAIN AlMusaddadiyyah Garut in the certification process. This connection could form the basis for a consortium if the UIN later becomes a partner with PRIORITAS.

The Dean indicated that he hopes that UIN will be a PRIORITAS partner and will report the results of the discussion to the Rector. Central Java: PRIORITAS consulted informally with the State University of Semarang, Semarang IAIN Walisongo, and UKSW Salatiga. Based on these preliminary meetings, the project plans to visit the TTI in the coming quarter to provide information on the programs to be developed. East Java: Meetings are scheduled for the coming quarter. South Sulawesi: The PC has held meetings with various parties at the State University of Makassar (UNM). Since serving on the USAID Bridging Team, the PC has met with the Rector, the Head of LPMP, Research Institutions, Primary School Teacher Development Program (PGSD), and School Effectiveness Center. In addition, PRIORITAS met with UNM partner institutions such as the Kopertis Region IX, which oversees about 300 TTI, including 20 universities, and the Consortium of University Affairs of Eastern Indonesia. UNM has been cooperating with a number of districts for the dissemination of the DBE program and is in the process of assisting Balikpapan in particular to analyze the District Profile for Teachers and Education Personnel (PTK), which in turn will form the basis of a policy on the distribution of teachers. UNM is also working with Bulukumba to provide ongoing professional development for

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teachers in the district. Direct coordination with other TTIs has not yet taken place because, in general terms, UNM is regarded as the main partner of DBE and, most likely, PRIORITAS. The State Islamic University of Sultan Alauddin Makassar, which is coordinated by MORA, may also be a potential partner.

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Select partner TTIs, and identify relevant personnel and centers within each TTI, with which to work.

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Conduct introductory and planning workshops to map out joint plans and intentions and begin to identify, plan, and schedule key TTI lecturers' participation in district-based training.

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Involve staff in provincial training of facilitators and district training of schools, as well as provincial planning and coordination activities with districts.

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Identify 14 Support Centers for development.

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Identify existing TTI laboratory and university partner schools to include in PRIORITAS teacher training.

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Begin training of selected TTI staff in using materials and approaches in their pre- and inservice training.

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Select “good practices” schools in former DBE and PRIORITAS districts that are suitable for use by TTIs for implementing practical teaching activities with their pre-service students.

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Conduct initial meetings to introduce the TTIs to provincial and district planners and decision-makers.

In addition to working with the TTIs, PRIORITAS will work with non-academic service providers, including government agencies such as the LPMP and LPPKS (national In-Service Training Institute for Principals, based in Solo) and Balai Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Pendidikan Umum (BPTKPU), a teacher training body in Bandung. PRIORITAS may also work with nongovernment service providers, such as LPKIPI (Lembaga Pelatihan Dan Konsultan Inovasi Pendidikan Indonesia) in Surabaya. Initial discussions were held with the LPPKS during this reporting period. In the coming quarter, a mapping exercise will identify appropriate partners, and initial consultations will be held.


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3 Whole School Development A key focus for PRIORITAS is the development of groups of schools, using a “whole school development” (WSD) approach. In addition to directly assisting groups of schools to improve the quality of teaching – and learning outcomes – WSD activities will provide a focus for the training of TTIs, and for provinces and districts to improve the management and governance of basic education. The “whole school development” approach means (1) that training in teaching and learning, schoolbased management and community participation are Creating a successful learning environment is an important part of the training for teachers. provided in an integrated way and (2) that all components of the school community are involved: teachers, principals, committee members and school supervisors.

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Whole School Development in Former DBE districts

Activities in the former DBE districts will commence next quarter. Activities planned for the coming quarter: 

Former DBE district facilitators and trainers will be reselected

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All facilitators will receive training in the use of the revised training modules. Dissemination will follow the plans drawn up by and agreed with the districts.

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Project assistance for training in these districts will be confined mainly to training of facilitators, provision of training materials and support for facilitators in implementing training. Other training costs will be covered by government and school funding.

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Whole School Development in Cohort 1 PRIORITAS Districts

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4 Governance, Management, and Linkages 4.1

Outline of Activities

Effective management of education in districts requires good supervision, data management, resource allocation, monitoring and evaluation at district level. Establishing a vision jointly with local governments and legislature and an appropriate sequencing of support for planning, finance, human resource and data management activities will be a first activity. Discussions have commenced on an informal basis, as described above, with provinces and with former DBE districts. Consultations with PRIORITAS districts will commence in the coming quarter after Cohort 1 districts are selected. In addition to specific district concerns, PRIORITAS will focus on: (1) the relationship between districts and service providers (TTIs) for delivering teacher training, to include issues of unit costs for in-service and to examine how to make use of district facilitators; (2) the development of a longterm human resource plan, including teacher allocation and staff development plans; (3) the development of a plan and budget to disseminate activities to all schools within a district. Good policy and governance are driven by open discussions on specific issues with high quality data. Based on results of the rapid assessment of DBE and related materials, in the coming quarter, work will commence in preparation for the redesign of key tools from the DBE1 program to assist districts to collect and analyze data for policy and planning, using the MOEC’s new EMIS, known as DAPODIK. Interventions at the district level and major activities to strengthen linkages between districts, provinces, TTI and national ministries will commence somewhat later in the project, after initial work with TTI and on whole school development has taken place. In the short term, activity will focus on joint planning and consultations.

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Revision of modules and tools: Following the recommendations of the rapid assessment of DBE modules and tools, commencing July 2012, relevant tools and materials will be revised and updated. A particular emphasis will be given to tools for personnel management and financial analysis. This is expected to take some time and not be completed until 2013.

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District and province consultations: Initial consultations will determine district and province needs and priorities and will establish mechanisms for partnership in the project planning, implementation and evaluation processes.

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Initial TOTs will be conducted to introduce the revised materials to project personnel (Provincial Specialists) and key personnel from TTIs, including LPMP. This will include a national level workshop to be followed by provincial workshops.

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PRIORITAS will assist in reviewing progress, planning and budgeting for dissemination in former DBE districts. As described above, many are conducting ongoing dissemination. All will need to plan and budget for dissemination as part of their commitment to participating in PRIORITAS.

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Linking schools, districts, provinces and TTI: Activities to strengthen linkages between the different elements responsible for teacher in-service and pre-service training, needs assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation will take place initially as part of the activities described above for Whole School Development and Teacher Training Institutes.


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5 ICT for Education (ICT4E) 5.1


The objective of the PRIORITAS Information and Communication Technology for Education (ICT4E) program is to improve the use of ICT for teaching and learning in effective, innovative and appropriate ways. The project will promote ways to better use currently and widely available ICT in Indonesia, particularly laptops and hand phones. A study of ICT4E will be conducted prior to the refinement and implementation of the program, which consists of three main components: 1. Improving teaching and learning through the USAID PRIORITAS has placed a particular provision and deployment of ICT equipment focus on improving the use of ICT in education. to selected schools and TTIs, and the training of teachers, lecturers, school managers, and administrators on the utilization and maintenance of the ICTs to improve student learning outcomes; 2. Increasing the supply of online teaching and learning resources and improving teaching practicums through working with partner TTIs to develop their role as hubs of good practice in teaching and learning, through an increased use of available ICTs; 3. Increasing access to distance education in-service training courses through the development and use of ICT-based distance learning materials designed to support districts, TTIs, and others to fulfill their responsibilities for in-service training for teachers, especially in early grades reading. The ICT4E program will be piloted in two PRIORITAS districts in West Java and selected based on the presence of supportive infrastructure, the population density, and the need for a reliable network. The project will monitor and evaluate the pilot closely and consider ways the interventions could be modified, developed, and expanded, based on proven impact. Activity in this program is expected to start next quarter with a study of ICT usage in West Java.

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Planning and implementation of a study of ICT use in schools and TTIs.

Training, followed up with mentoring and cluster activities, is an effective way to bring about change in schools.

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6 Cross-Cutting Issues 6.1


To address the objective of increasing access to quality education, a number of cross-cutting issues have been identified. Approaches to address poverty, transition, child protection, inclusion, and gender, and to promote healthy habits, will be incorporated (1) through whole school development, and (2) by including the information and skills required to address these issues in training for teachers, principals, supervisors, district and provincial administrators, TTIs, and community members. In addition, junior secondary schools and primary schools will be linked for joint training and information-sharing within geographical areas to support transition.

A teacher using a ‘big book’ which she has made in order to improve students’ reading skills.

To support this approach, initial activity includes a series of consultations with USAID, national counterparts (including MOEC, MORA, the Ministry of Health [MOH] and the Ministry for Women’s Empowerment) and stakeholders, including gender and health specialists and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to survey existing resources and strategies for possible integration into PRIORITAS. During this quarter, the national Gender and Inclusion Specialist took part in the rapid assessment of modules and materials for use in PRIORITAS. Informal consultations took place with the MOEC, specifically the Secretariat for School-Based Management, under the Directorate for Kindergarten and Primary Schooling. Bpk Palogo, representing the Secretariat, indicated that he welcomes PRIORITAS and is ready to cooperate with and support the project. He will appoint a contact person in charge of the transition to junior high school and inclusive education officials. Discussions also took place with UNICEF (Ibu Astrid Dionisio–Child Protection Specialist) about the protection of children in education. UNICEF has developed a series of child-friendly schools and education modules. This includes the module titled Pedoman Pelatihan untuk Guru Tentang Pencegahan Kekerasan Terhadap anak di Sekolah (Guidelines for training teachers in solving violence against children in schools). UNICEF offers the possibility of cooperation with PRIORITAS as the childfriendly school program has been implemented by UNICEF in the following PRIORITAS provinces: Aceh, Central Java, East Java, South Sulawesi NTT, and Papua.

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Ensure a gender and equity focus in the planning and implementation of a study of ICT use in schools and TTI.

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Follow up consultations with MOEC, the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment, and other stakeholders at the national level.

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Conduct an assessment of government policies related to inclusive education, transition to junior high school. and related issues.

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Initial discussions will also be conducted with SMERU around the design of specific studies that address poverty and participation in school.


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7 Communication and Reporting 7.1

Overview of Activities

To share information, increase ownership of the project by stakeholders, and support sustainability and dissemination of good practices, PRIORITAS will (1) report routinely to both USAID and counterpart agencies, (2) produce a range of special reports from time to time to highlight specific issues of policy and practice, and (3) publish via a range of media products, including newsletters and Websites. Media activities will include publication of quarterly provincial newsletters. Representative and outstanding articles will be collated and included in a quarterly national newsletter to be published in both English and Bahasa Indonesia. In addition, a project Website will be established to include: (1) a site for sharing information about the project, and (2) an interactive site for practitioners on good practice, an online “community of practice.” During the first quarter, work began on design of a “Fact Sheet” to introduce the project to The Fact sheet for USAID PRIORITAS is one strategy used in counterparts and stakeholders. A program communication. standard PowerPoint presentation was also prepared for use in consultations with provinces, districts, and TTIs. Work on Website design will begin early in the coming quarter. Newsletter production will begin late in 2012 or early 2013, after initial activities and early results become available to report. In the meantime, the fact sheet will be used for consultations and communication with stakeholders at all levels. For a list of project reporting deliverables, please see Annex B.

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Submission of first quarterly report;

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Completion of concept design for Website;

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Completion of fact sheet in English and Bahasa Indonesia.


8 Monitoring and Evaluation 8.1

Performance Monitoring

Performance monitoring provides the evidence needed to make timely and well-informed decisions on project implementation. Monitoring and impact evaluation will support broader decisions about the effectiveness of the project. PRIORITAS will conduct performance monitoring at regular intervals during the project cycle in target districts and schools and in collaboration with GOI, USAID, and other donor programs as appropriate. During this quarter, the draft Performance Management Plan (PMP) presented in the proposal was reviewed and submitted to USAID for approval at the end of June.

8.2


Revision and completion of the PMP based on feedback from USAID

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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E): After the PMP is finalized and approved, a plan for data collection and analysis to meet the requirements of the PMP will be prepared. The initial baseline survey will then be conducted in the following quarter, using the PMP and M&E plan.

8.3

Future Activities 

Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA): The EGRA program will be designed, discussed with counterparts in MOEC and MORA, and materials prepared for the assessment. EGRA will then be implemented in a sample of schools and districts for use as baseline data in assessing project impact. EGRA will also be subsequently used as a tool for district policy and planning and, particularly, linking to teacher training needs.

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Early Grades Math Assessment (EGMA): A similar approach will be taken to that for EGRA above.

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Assessment of primary and junior secondary school mathematics and science.

Special studies will include the following: 

Collaborative Management and Governance needs assessment

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Assessment of the Role of Provincial Government.

Developing a culture of reading and writing is an important part of the USAID PRIORITAS program to improve students' literacy.


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Annex A: Provincial Reports ACEH Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Administrative Startup Kantor

Proses pencarian dan bidding kantor mulai dilakukan pada tanggal 5 Juni dan pengajuan usulan ke kantor PRIORITAS Jakarta pada tanggal 12 Juni 2012. Hingga saat ini belum ada penetapan kantor yang akan ditempati. Kondisi ini berdampak pada kurangnya focus pelaksanaan kegiatan.

Staf

Hingga tanggal 28 Juni, staf USAID PRIORITAS Aceh berjumlah 5 orang: PC, Accountant Specialist, IT Sepecialist, Admin Asisten, dan Whole School Development Specialist (WSD Specialist). Whole School Development Specialist mulai bertugas pada 18 Juni, sedangkan staf lainnya bertugas pada 4 Juni 2012. Kami juga telah mengusulkan penugasan staf lain, yaitu Gevernance and Management Specialist dan M&E and Performance Evaluation Specialist untuk ditugaskan pada Juli 2012. Hal yang paling penting untuk USAID PRIORITAS Aceh adalah perekrutan Communication Specialist. Beberapa candidat telah diwawancarai HR RTI pada tanggal 30-31 May dan satu candidat lainnya belum diwawancarai. Oleh karena itu, hingga saat ini USAID PRIORITAS Aceh belum memiliki Communication Specialist. Dampak dari belum ada staf ini koordinasi eksternal dengan provinsi dan kab/kota masih dilakukan oleh PC

Technical Startup Koordinasi Internal

Koordinasi internal, baik dengan staf USAID PRIORITAS Aceh maupun dengan team nasional berjalan lancar. Koordinasi dengan staf provinsi dilakukan setiap hari kerja. Akan tetapi, hasil koordinasi masih terbatas. Koordinasi dengan pemerintah provinsi belum dilakukan karena kami menunggu pelatikan Gubernur. Pelantikan baru belangsung tanggal 25 Juni dan kami merencankan melalukan audiensi dengan Gubernur.

Koordinasi dengan Provinsi

Koordinasi dengan Kabupaten/Kota

Koordinasi dengan Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, Bappeda, dan Ka. Kanwil Kemenag telah dilakukan. Akan tetapi mereka menyarankan untuk kembali bertemu setelah pelantikan Gubernur definitif. Menurut mereka, program yang akan dilaksanakan PRIORITAS sangat baik bagi pendidikan Aceh sehingga perlu dibangun komitmen dengan Gubernur terlebih dahulu. Koordinasi dengan pemerintah kab/kota masih terbatas dengan Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banda Aceh dan Aceh Besar. Kedua kepala Dinas tersebut akan bekerja sama dengan PRIORITAS untuk menjalankan program-program pendidikan yang telah mereka rencanakan. Kondisi koordinasi dengan Pemda kab/kota sama dengan Pemda Provinsi karena bupati/walikota belum dilantik. Kami sedang menunggu pelantikan mereka dan setelah itu, koordinasi akan segera dilakukan.

Koordinasi dengan TTI

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Koordinasi dengan TTI, khususnya dengan Universitas Syiah Kuala telah dilakukan. Namun demikian, kami telah menetapkan Universitas Syiah Kuala dan IAIN Ar-Raniry sebagai universitas mitra.


Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Koordinasi dengan donor lian

Belum dilakukan

Seleksi Kabupaten/Kota Seleksi ulang distrik DBE – konsultasi awal

Belum dilakukan

Seleksi kabupaten Cohort 1 – konsultasi awal

Belum dilakukan

Kegiatan lain Pengadaan mobil sedang menunggu persetujuan kaontor USAID PRIORITAS Jakarta


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NORTH SUMATRA Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


Sejak tanggal 1 Juni 2012 USAID PRIORITAS Sumut telah berkantor sementara di Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Sumatra Utara, Lantai 4, Jl. T. Cik Di Tiro No. 1 D, Medan. Fax: 061-4532710.

Staf

Sampai dengan 29 Juni 2012, staf kantor yang sudah bergabung: 1. Agus Marwan, Provincial Coordinator mulai bekerja 21 Mei 2012; 2. Hariyadi, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist mulai bekerja 5 Juni 2012; 3. Erix Hutasoit, Communication Specialist mulai bekerja 11 Juni 2012; 4. Agus Prayitno, Whole School Development Specialist mulai bekerja 18 Juni 2012; 5. Edi Setiawan Malaha, IT Specialist mulai bekerja 4 Juni 2012; 6. Dewi Rosanna Siagian, Admin Assistant mulai bekerja 4 Juni 2012; 7. Tirta Gunawan, Driver mulai bekerja 15 Juni 2012.

Technical Startup

Koordinasi Internal

Sudah dilakukan 2 kali rapat internal untuk menyusun rencana kegiatan program dan administrasi kantor. Rapat pertama dilaksanakan pada 5 Juni 2012, dan rapat kedua dilaksanakan pada tgl 18 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor USAID PRIORITAS Medan. Koordinasi internal telah menghasilkan rencana kerja untuk bulan Juni 2012.


Sudah dilakukan sosialisasi dan koordinasi dengan stakeholder provinsi, antara lain dengan: 1. Dinas pendidikan provinsi Sumut, bertemu dengan Bapak Drs.Syaiful Syafri, MM Kepala Dinas Pendidikan, Ibu Elisabeth Simanjuntak Kasubag Program. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada 31 Mei 2012 bertempat di kantor Diknas. Diknas sangat antusias dengan program USAID PRIORITAS, dan siap bekerjasama untuk mensukseskan program ini di Sumut. Diknas juga menyediakan ruangan untuk kantor sementara USAID PRIORITAS, dan bersedia mengalokasikan anggaran dana untuk diseminasi program. Untuk mengefektifkan peran Diknas dalam program USAID ini, Diknas telah menetapkan Ibu Elisabeth Simanjuntak sebagai anggota tim teknis untuk program USAID PRIORITAS. 2. Bappeda provinsi provinsi Sumut, bertemu dengan Bapak Ir. S.K. Ambarita Kasie Sosial dan Kesra. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada 6 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor Bappeda Sumut. Bappeda menyambut baik program ini, dan siap untuk mendukung pengalokasian anggaran diseminasi program. Untuk memudahkan koordinasi program, Bappeda telah menetapkan bapak Ir. S.K. Ambarita sebagai anggota tim teknis. 3. Kantor Kementrian Agama provinsi Sumut, bertemu dengan Bapak Drs. Abdul Rahim,M.Hum kepala kanwil kemenag provinsi Sumut dan Bapak Drs. Dahyar, M.Pd kasie Kurikulum Mapenda. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada 7 Juni 2012, bertempat di kantor wilayah kemenag Sumut. Kemenag sangat mendukung program USAID PRIORITAS di Sumut. Kemenag provinsi siap untuk bekerjasama dalam mengimplementasikan program. Kemenag akan mengusulkan anggaran melalui DIPA untuk diseminasi program, disamping akan menginstruksikan kepada para satker di tingkat kab/kota dan madrasah untuk mengalokasikan anggaran diseminasi. 4. LPMP Sumut, bertemu dengan Bapak Bambang Winardji kepala LPMP Sumut.Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada tgl 22 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor LPMP. Melalui pak Bambang, LPMP siap untuk bekerjasama dengan USAID PRIORITAS, dan diharapkan dapat dilibatkan dalam seleksi mitra kab/kota

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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 USAID PRIORITAS.


Kegiatan sosialisasi dan koordinasi telah dilaksanakan di semua district DBE, antara lain: 1. Dengan Kota Binjai, dilaksanakan pada tanggal 5 Juni 2012 dan 19 Juni 2012 bertempat di Kantor Walikota Binjai, dan bertemu dengan Bapak M. Idaham walikota Binjai, bapak Timbas Tarigan wakil walikota, Bapak Elyuzar Siregar kepala Bappeda, Anang Wibowo kepala dinas pendidikan, serta secara terpisah bertemu dengan Bapak Al-ahyu kepala kemenag Binjai. Pemko Binjai sangat menyambut baik program USAID PRIORITAS, dan sangat berharap dapat menjadi mitra. Pemko akan berkomitmen untuk mengalokasikan anggaran diseminasi dalam mendukung program USAID PRIORITAS. 2. Dengan Kabupaten Deli Serdang, dilaksanakan pada 6 Juni 2012, bertempat di kantor Dinas pendidikan, bertemu dengan Bapak Jaswar Sekretaris, Bapak Yusnaldi kasubag Program dinas pendidikan, Bapak S. Manurung kasie Sosbud Bappeda, dan secara terpisah bertemu dengan Bapak Dur Berutu kepala kemenag, Bapak Torang Rambe Mapenda kemenag Deli Serdang. Pemkab Deli Serdang sangat mendukung program USAID PRIORITAS, dan berharap dapat menjadi salah satu mitra. Pemkab siap untuk berkomitmen dengan syarat yang dijaukan oleh USAID PRIORITAS. Bahkan di bulan JuliAgustus 2012 ini, pemkab akan melakukan replikasi program DBE3 dengan anggaran sebesar 588 juta rupiah. 3. Dengan Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara, dilaksanakan pada 20 Juni 2012, bertemu dengan Bapak Osmar Silalahi kepala Bappeda, Bapak Roy Tobing Kabid, Bapak Saut Panjaitan Kabid Dikdas dinas pendidikan, Bapak Munir Aritonang sekretaris kemenag, dan Bapak Aminuddin Ujung kasie Mapenda kemenag. Kegiatan dilaksanakan secara terpisah di kantor dinas masingmasing. Pemkab Tapanuli Utara menyambut baik program USAID PRIORITAS, dan berharap untuk dapat menjadi salah satu mitra. Pemkab siap berkomitmen untuk memenuhi syarat-syarat untuk menjadi mitra program. 4. Dengan Kota Sibolga, dilaksanakan pada 21 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor Dinas Pendidikan, dan bertemu dengan Bapak Alpian Hutauruk kepala dinas pendidikan, Bapak Soepono Kabid dikdas, Bapak Aswad sekretaris kemenag. Pemko Sibolga masih komit dalam menindaklanjuti program DBE, dan sangat berminat kembali untuk menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS. 5. Dengan Tapanuli Selatan, dilaksanakan pada 22 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor Bupati, bertemu dengan Bapak Syahrul Pasaribu Bupati, Bapak Aldinz Rapolo Siregar Wakil Bupati, Bapak Saulian Sabih Situmorang Asisten 2, M. Irsal Lubis kepala dinas pendidikan, Monalisa sekretaris dinas pendidikan, Bapak Umar kabid dikdas, Bapak Ikhwan sekretaris Bappeda, Bapak Makruf kasie Mapenda Kemenag. Pemkab Tapanuli Selatan sangat antusias menyambut program USAID PRIORITAS, dan berkeinginan untuk menjadi mitra program. Pemkab akan mendukung dan berkomitmen dengan anggaran untuk diseminasi program. 6. Dengan Kota Tebing Tinggi, dilaksanakan pada 25 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor walikota, bertemu dengan Bapak Irham Taufik wakil walikota, Bapak Kaban sekretaris Bappeda, Pardamean Siregar kepala dinas pendidikan, dan secara terpisah bertemu dengan Bapak Pangadilan Dasopang kasie Mapenda kemenag. Pemko Tebing Tinggi menyambut baik dan sangat antusias dengan program USAID PRIORITAS, dan berharap dapat menjadi salah satu mitra.


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 7.

8.


Koordinasi dengan donor lain

Dengan Kota Tanjung Balai, dilaksanakan pada 26 Juni 2012, bertempat di rumah dinas Walikota, bertemu dengan Bapak Thamrin Munte walikota Tanjung Balai, Bapak Hamlet Sinambela kepala dinas pendidikan, Bapak Hatyatsah kepala Kemenag, dan Bapak Ahmad Sanaan kepala Bappeda Tanjung Balai. Walikota sangat menyambut baik program USAID PRIORITAS, dan siap mendukung baik dalam hal anggaran dana daerah dan tenaga daerah untuk mensupport program. Walikota berkeinginan untuk bermitra dengan USAID PRIORITAS. Dengan Kabupaten Dairi, dilaksanakan pada 28 Juni 2012 bertemu dengan Bapak S.S. Ginting Asisten 2 Bupati, Bapak Sebastianus Tinambunan kepala Bappeda, Bapak D.H. Tamba sekretaris Bappeda, Bapak Besli Pane Kabid Sosbud Bappeda, Bapak Naek Lumban Tobing Kabid Dikmenum dinas pendidikan, Bapak Sahat Simorangkir Kabid Dikdas, Bapak Hasan Basri Bancin Kepala Kemenag, Bapak Inur Sagala Kasie Mapenda Kemenag, dan Ibu Mardiana Delphi Ujung Ketua DPRD, Bapak Silalahi Ketua Komisi C DPRD. Pemkab Dairi sangat mendukung kebertlanjutan program DBE, dan berkeinginan untuk bermitra dengan USAID PRIORITAS. Pemkab berkomitmen untuk mengalokasikan anggaran diseminasi untuk mendukung program USAID PRIORITAS.

Telah dilakukan sosialisasi dan koordinasi dengan Universitas Negeri Medan (UNIMED) dan IAIN Medan, bertemu dengan Purek I UNIMED Bapak Prof. Dr. Chairil Ansari, M.Pd, dan Prof. Dr. Nur Ahmad Fadhil Lubis, MA Rektor IAIN Sumut bertempat di Rektorat UNIMED dan Rektorat IAIN pada tanggal 7 Juni 2012. UNIMED dan IAIN siap bekerjasama dengan USAID PRIORITAS, terutama dalam pengembangan kapasitas dosen-dosen yang selama ini melatih PLPG dan dosen-dosen yang mengelola mahasiswa PPL. UNIMED dan IAIN sangat mendukung adanya support training center untuk mendukung pengembangan kapasitas bagi dosen, dan sekaligus dapat menjadi alat untuk membangun kelembagaan program USAID PRIORITAS. -

Seleksi Kabupaten/Kota

Seleksi ulang distrik DBE – konsultasi awal

Surat kesediaan bermitra dengan USAID PRIORITAS telah disampaikan kepada Bupati/Walikota di semua district DBE. Sebelum surat disampaikan telah dijelaskan proses seleksi untuk menjadi mitra. Dari diksusi dan konsultasi dengan daerah, semua district DBE sangat berminat dan bersedia untuk menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS. Semua district berjanji akan menyampaikan surat balasan kesediaan bermitra tersebut sebelum tanggal 13 Juli 2012. Surat kesediaan bermitra telah disampaikan ke Walikota Sibolga pada 21 Juni 2012, ke Bupati Tapanuli Selatan pada 22 Juni 2012, ke Walikota Tebing Tinggi dan Bupati Tapanuli Utara telah disampaikan pada 25 Juni 2012, ke Walikota Tanjung Balai pada 26 Juni 2012, ke Walikota Binjai dan Bupati Deli Serdang pada 27 Juni 2012, dan ke Bupati Dairi pada 28 Juni 2012.


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Kegiatan lain Berpartisipasi dalam US Independece Day Even di Medan

Dalam rangka US Independence Day Even yang diselenggarakan oleh Konsulat AS di Medan, USAID PRIORITAS Sumut telah berpartisipasi dengan menyediakan satu table untuk pameran yang memuat modul-modul dan buku best practises program DBE dan program USAID PRIORITAS. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan pada 29 Juni 2012 bertempat di Hotel JW. Marriot.


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BANTEN Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


Mencari alternatif kantor. Alternatif yang paling representatif dan memenuhi beberapa persyaratan yang telah ditentukan adalah rumah di Komplek Ciceri Indah Blok M No.1 Kelurahan Sumur Pecung, Kota Serang Banten. Kami berharap sekali segera diapprove Jakarta agar bisa segera “ngantor”.

Staf

Sudah dilakukan dua kali interview, tetapi masih ada beberapa posisi yang kosong dan belum bergabung. Posisi tersebut adalah: Teacher Training Institutes Specialist, Teacher Training Specialist SMP & SD/MI, ICT for Education Officer, Communication Specialist, Operation Manager, Accountant, District Coordinators dan Drivers. Staf yang sudah bergabung: PC, Admin Asisstant, IT Specialist/M & E, Governance & Management Specialist/Whole School Development Specialist


18 Juni 2012 berkoordinasi dengan tim yang sudah bergabung yaitu PC, Admin Asisstant, IT Specialist/M & E, Governance & Management Specialist/Whole School Development Specialist dan USAID Bridging Consultant. Penjelasan awal program Prioritas kepada tim.


Menemui Bappeda Proponsi Banten Kabid Sosial Budaya, Badan Akreditasi Propinsi (BAP), Kanwil Kemenag dan Kabid Mapenda Propinsi Banten, Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi Banten. Sosialisasi dan penjelasan program Prioritas. Respon sangat positif dan siap membantu.


Menemui Bappeda Kab/Kota daerah DBE, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kemenag menjelaskan program Prioritas yang akan dilaksanakan. Semua Kab/Kota merespon positif dan antusias. Khusus untuk Dinas Pendidikan Kota Tangerang perlu pendekatan lebih jauh dan upaya intensif.


Setelah mempelajari dan mempertimbangkan beberapa LPTK yang ada di Kota Serang dan Propinsi Banten pada umumnya, kami mengunjungi UNTIRTA khususnya FKIP dan Pembantu Rektor Bidang Kerjasama. LPTK ini sebelumnya adalah mitra DBE2. Perguruan tinggi lainnya yang dikunjungi adalah IAIN Sultan Maulana Hasanudin (SMH) Serang Banten dan bertemu dan berdiskusi dengan Dekan Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Pembantu Rektor Bidang Kerjasama. Sebelumnya IAIN SMH ini secara aktif telah men-TOT para dosennya dengan modul BTL14, dan membekali mahasiswa yang akan PPL dengan modul BTL 2. Respon mereka cukup antusias, dan mereka menyarankan agar dilibatkan dari mulai perencanaan sampai evaluasinya.


Bertemu dengan pengelolan SSQ 3 AUSAID bantuan Australia untuk pemercepatan akreditasi madrasah di Indonesia. Sasaran di Banten di 3 Kabupaten Serang, Kabupaten Lebak dan Kabupaten Tangerang. Pelaksananya adalah MDC propinsi Banten. Donor lain yang ada di Banten adalah Jica, Unicef dan beberapa donor lain belum sempat bertemu langsung. Akan terus ditelusuri supaya ke depan bisa bersinergi dengan baik.

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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


Menemui Bappeda, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kasi Mapenda mereka nampak “nyambung” dan menyambut dengan antusias. Khusus untuk Kota Tangerang perlu sosialisasi dan pendekatann yang lebih intensif.


Menemui Bappeda Propinsi, Kemendikbud, dan Kanwil Kemenag. Hasil diskusi dengan mereka muncul urutan yang disarankan oleh mereka: 1. Kabupaten Pandeglang, 2. Kabupaten Serang, 3. Kabupaten Tangerang, 4. Kota Tangerang Selatan dan 5. Kota Serang. Mereka menyarankan urutan tersebut berdasarkan tingkat ketertinggalan daerah tersebut.

Kegiatan lain Review Sekolah Mitra

Melacak jejak sekolah mitra DBE dan mengunjungi beberapa diantaranya. PSBG masih bertahan meski optimalisasi pemanfaatannya perlu “recharge”. MTSN Pasir Sukarayat Rangkasbitung nampak makin lebih baik, baik dari sisi penataan sekolah maupun pembelajarannya.


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WEST JAVA Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Administrative Startup

Kantor

Staf

Kantor USAID PRIORITAS Jawa Barat untuk sementara menempati Kantor Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Barat sampai dengan bulan Juli 2012. Pencarian kantor permanen USAID PRIORITAS Jawa Barat dilakukan sejak tanggal 30 Mei 2012. Kriteria yang ditetapkan selain harga sesuai budget antara lain adalah tidak jauh dari kantor Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, aman, nyaman, siap pakai, bukan daerah banjir, tidak terlalu jauh ke jalan utama, area parkir cukup memadai. Pengajuan 3 alternatif sudah dilakukan, saat ini sedang melakukan proses tender. Diharapkan awal Agustus kantor permanen sudah siap untuk digunakan. No.

Posisi

Nama

Keterangan

1

Provincial Coordinator

Erna Irnawati

Aktif 21 Mei 2012

2

Akuntan

Eka Rosmitalia

Aktif 30 Mei 2012

3

Admin Assistant

Ika Prasari Cessnarsi

Aktif 30 Mei 2012

4

IT Specialist

Danang Trimulyatno

Aktif 30 Mei 2012

5

Management and Governance Specialist

Rudi Sopiana

Aktif 30 Mei 2012

6

Whole School Development Specialist

Makinuddin

Aktif 18 Juni 2012

7

Communication Specialist

Dindin Solahudin

Aktif 25 Juni 2012

8

M & E Specialist

Indra Gunawan

Aktif 2 Juli 2012

9

TTI Development Specialist

10

Teacher Training Specialist - Primary

11

Teacher Training Specialist - JSS

12

ICT4E Officer

13

Teaching & Learning Operation Manager

14

Driver

Yeti Heriyati

Debi Riyatno

Aktif 8 Juni 2012

Technical Startup

Koordinasi Internal

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USAID PRIORITAS mengadakan kegiatan pertemuan antara PC USAID PRIORITAS dan Bridging Team USAID pada tanggal 22 Mei 2012 yang bertujuan untuk mendapatkan masukan dari Bridging Team tentang keberlanjutan program DBE di daerah dan harapan-harapan stakheholder di provinsi maupun kabupaten/kota terhadap proyek baru USAID. Dibahas juga tentang draft workplan tahun pertama USAID PRIORITAS. PC Meeting telah dilakukan sebanyak dua kali, yaitu pertemuan pertama pada tanggal 21 Mei dan 23 Mei, pertemuan kedua pada 13 Juni 2012. Dari dua kali pertemuan tersebut membahas tentang draft workplan, staffing, anggaran, IT system, kantor di provinsi, administrasi dan keuangan. USAID PRIORITAS – Quarterly Report No. 1, May – June 2012

Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


Meeting awal dengan stakeholder provinsi telah dilaksanakan pada tanggal 25 Mei 2012 bertempat di dinas pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Barat. Meeting dihadiri oleh perwakilan dari dinas pendidikan provinsi, kantor wilayah Kemenag Jawa Barat, P4TK IPA, dan BPTKPU. Beberapa point yang dibahas antara lain adalah kriteria pemilihan daerah mitra USAID PRIORITAS, integrasi program USAID PRIORITAS dengan program provinsi, kegiatan lembaga donor lainnya, calon universitas yang bisa dijadikan mitra USAID PRIORITAS. Tim USAID PRIORITAS Jabar melakukan beberapa pertemuan informal dengan stakeholder di tingkat provinsi untuk mengetahui respon stakeholder terhadap proyek USAID PRIORITAS, yaitu: Tanggal 19 Juni 2012 bertemu dengan Kepala Bidang Sosial dan Budaya Bappeda Provinsi Jawa Barat. Tanggal 20 Juni 2012 bertemu dengan perwakilan dari Kantor Wilayah Kemenag Jawa Barat Tanggal 21 Juni 2012 bertemu dengan Kepala LPMP Provinsi Jawa Barat Tanggal 25 Juni 2012 bertemu dengan widyaiswara BPTKPU Provinsi Jawa Barat. Hasil dari pertemuan tersebut antara lain adalah: Bappeda akan memberi dukungan kepada kabupaten/kota untuk mendiseminasikan praktik baik DBE jika memang itu bermanfaat bagi daerah dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dasar. Mengingat alokasi penggunaan anggaran pendidikan di Provinsi Jawa Barat masih fokus untuk peningkatan akses pendidikan. Secara prinsip, kegiatan USAID PRIORITAS nanti dapat disinergikan dengan perencanaan di kantor Kemenag Provinsi. Perjanjian kerjasama antara USAID PRIORITAS dengan LPMP Provinsi Jawa Barat sebaiknya cukup dengan perjanjian kerjasama antara USAID PRIORITAS dengan BPSDM PPMP (Badan Pengembangan SDM Pendidikan dan Penjamin Mutu Pendidikan). LPMP Jawa Barat mempunyai PAM (Program Akselerasi Mutu) dengan target SMP. PAM ini merupakan program tindak lanjut dari EDS. Jika ternyata nanti daerah mitra USAID PRIORITAS sama dengan PAM maka sebaiknya target sekolahnya dibedakan. LPMP juga sedang melakukan pemetaan pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan se Jawa Barat. Di setiap UPTD dan kab/kota, LPMP mempunyai masing-masing 1 orang operator. LPMP menyarankan jika USAID PRIORITAS memerlukan silahkan memanfaatkan data dan hasil pemetaan ini. Untuk menjaga keberlanjutan program dari awal maka terdapat 4 orang widyaiswara dari BPTKPU yang dapat dijadikan fasilitator USAID PRIORITAS.


Koordinasi dengan calon kabupaten/kota USAID PRIORITAS belum dilakukan. Saat ini masih fokus mencari informasi melalui dinas pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Barat, LPMP, dan BPTKPU.


PC beserta Manajemen and Governance Specialist melakukan kunjungan ke UPI melalui LPPM UPI pada tanggal 6 Juni 2012. Hasil dari koordinasi tersebut antara lain adalah Diseminasi DBE, khususnya untuk MBS dilakukan terus menerus oleh UPI melalui kegiatan KKN Tematik.


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Mei – Juni 2012 SP UPI perlu mendapatkan penyegaran terkait dengan modul-modul MBS yang sudah direvisi oleh USAID PRIORITAS Untuk tahun 2012, UPI mendapatkan dana bantuan dari Gubernur sebesar 462 juta rupiah untuk penyelenggaraan KKN Tematik. UPI juga menjadi koordinator (Kepala LPPM) Program POS DAYA, mengkordinasikan 9 universitas di Jawa Barat bagian Priangan Timur (Tasik, Ciamis, Banjar, Garut). Modul DBE1 dipasang dan digunakan sebagai sumber pustaka dalam tugas maupun penelitian mahasiswa di WEB UPI. http://prmawamitra.upi.edu/kerjasama-upi-usaid/ Modul-modul yang ada di dalam web tersebut perlu diupdate berdasarkan modul yang direvisi oleh USAID PRIORITAS PC, Communication Specialist, dan Whole School Development Specialist melakukan kunjungan ke UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung pada tanggal 28 Juni 2012. Tim USAID PRIORITAS Jabar disambut oleh Prof. Dr. H. Mahmud (Dekan), Prof. Dr. H. Supiana (Pembantu Dekan), and Drs. Hasan Basri, M.Ag. (Pembantu Dekan). Tujuan dari kunjungan ini adalah (1) menjelaskan secara umum tentang program USAID PRIORITAS; (2) menjelaskan secara umum bentuk kerjasama yang akan dibangun antara USAID PRIORITAS dan UIN; dan (3) menjelaskan peran dari UIN jika nanti terpilih untuk menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS. Informasi yang diperoleh dari UIN antara lain adalah:  Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan mempunyai jurusan MIPA, Bahasa (Arab dan Inggris), Agama Islam, dan PGMI.  

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Untuk PPL mahasiswa, UIN bekerjasama dengan 49 sekolah/madrasah yang terletak disekitar Bandung, Kabupaten Bandung, dan Kabupaten Sumedang. Saat ini sedang dirancang kegiatan PPL akan dikolaborasikan dengan kegiatan KKN agar mahasiswa tidak hanya berlatih menjadi guru tetapi juga berlatih bersosialisasi dengan masyarakat. Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan ini juga mereplikasi program Lesson Study bekerja sama dengan UPI. Tahun 2012 ini, akan dimulai pembangunan Lab School

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UIN juga menjadi penyelenggara sertifikasi khusus untuk guru agama Selama ini UIN sudah bermitra dengan UNINUS, IAIN Syaikh Nurjati Cirebon, IAIC Tasikmalaya dan STAI Al-Musaddadiyyah Garut dalam proses sertifikasi. Ini bisa menjadi dasar untuk konsorsium jika UIN nanti menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS. Dekan berharap dapat menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS dan akan melaporkan hasil diskusi ini kepada Rektor. Koordinasi dengan donor lain

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Koordinasi dengan donor lain tidak dilakukan secara langsung namun melalui diskusi dengan dinas pendidikan dapat diketahui bahwa selain DBE ada juga kegiatan Lesson Study dan BERMUTU yang tujuannya sama dengan DBE yaitu meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dasar di Jawa Barat.


Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Seleksi Kabupaten/Kota Tim USAID PRIORITAS Jawa Barat melakukan kunjungan ke kabupaten/kota mitra DBE untuk menginformasikan keberadaan program USAID PRIORITAS, menjelaskan secara umum bentuk bantuan yang akan diberikan USAID PRIORITAS kepada daerah mitra DBE, dan menyerahkan invitation letter untuk menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS. Hasil dari kunjungan tersebut adalah:


Daerah

Hasil

Karawang 25 Juni 2012

Program-program DBE telah masuk pada DPA APBD 2012 Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Karawang, yaitu:  melatih 102 orang untuk peningkatan kapasitas bidang manajemen di level sekolah.  melatih 50 orang guru dalam peningkatan mutu pembelajaran Sekolah Dasar di kelas.  melatih 100 orang guru untuk peningkatan pembelajaran di level SMP. Kepala Dinas berharap, para pengawas lebih banyak dilibatkan, hal ini terkait dengan program dinas dalam pemberdayaan pengawas dinas pendidikan kabupaten karawang. Kepala dinas, merencanakan untuk tetap melaksanakan program-program peningkatan mutu baik di level sekolah maupun di level kabupaten dengan anggaran 2013.

Bogor 26 Juni 2012

Dinas pendidikan sedang menyelenggarakan kegiatan pelatihan komite sekolah dengan target 50 sekolah (100 orang) dari mulai TK, SD, SMP, dan SMA. Dinas pendidikan menggunakan mantan staf DBE1 sebagai fasilitator. Kegiatan ini akan terus dilaksanakan setiap tahun. Tahun 2012 juga, dinas pendidikan mempunyai kegiatan diseminasi DBE2 dan DBE3. Jika mendapat dukungan dari USAID PRIORITAS maka dinas pendidikan dapat memperluas target/cakupan pelatihan teaching and learning. Tahun 2013, dinas pendidikan sudah merencanakan untuk menyusun SIMPEG (system kepegawaian).

Subang 27 Juni 2012

Dinas pendidikan akan menyelaraskan kegiatan diseminasi DBE dengan renja 2013. Terjadi kesepahaman bahwa walaupun tidak ada program pengembangan DBE secara eksplisit, namun ada kegiatankegiatan peningkatan mutu pendidikan, baik dari sisi pembelajaran maupun peningkatan pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan. Program-program DBE 3 telah di replikasi hampir di semua SMP, bahkan di inline kan dengan program BERMUTU dan Lesson Studi, dan berkomitmen akan meneruskan hal-hal baik dari program DBE 3 melalui swadaya sekolah maupun APBD.


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Mei – Juni 2012 Konsultasi terkait dengan criteria pemilihan daerah sudah dilakukan dengan stakeholder provinsi, antara lain Dinas Pendidikan, Bappeda, LPMP, dan BPTKPU. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa criteria pemilihan daerah PRIORITAS adalah:


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Tersebar di 5 wilayah pengembangan Provinsi Jawa Barat (Priangan Timur, Priangan Barat, Bogor, Cirebon, dan Purwakarta)

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Utamakan daerah kabupaten

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Utamakan daerah yang mempunyai nilai rata-rata lama sekolahnya masih jauh dibawah 9 tahun

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Utamakan daerah yang terisolir dan tertinggal Utamakan daerah yang belum tersentuh oleh lembaga donor

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Komitmen kepala daerah tinggi

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Komitmen kepala dinas pendidikan, kepala Bappeda, dan Kepala Kantor Kemenag tinggi Berdasarkan criteria tersebut kabupaten/kota akan dipetakan, kemudian akan dibuat shortlist dan dikonsultasikan dengan dinas pendidikan provinsi. USAID PRIORITAS menentukan daerah potensial. Berkunjung ke daerah potensial calon PRIORITAS untuk menyampaikan informasi awal tentang keberadaan program USAID PRIORITAS dan diskusi tentang kebijakan, program, dan prioritas pendidikan dasar di kabupaten/kota yang akan dikunjungi.

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CENTRAL JAVA Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Administrative Startup

Kantor

Tim USAID Prioritas Provinsi Jawa telah melakukan survey terhadap sekitar 30 rumah atau rumah kantor dengan rentang harga antara Rp. 50 juta hingga Rp. 200 juta. Beberapa kriteria dalam pemilihan calon kantor adalah: (a) harga berkisar Rp. 70 juta/tahun, (b) tidak jauh dari pusat kota, (c) berada pada lingkungan yang aman. Dari jumlah tersebut telah direkomendasikan empat rumah yang memenuhi kriteria untuk ditindaklanjuti, dan akirnya terpilih rumah yang paling memenuhi syarat. Saat ini sedang disiapkan draft kontrak rumah oleh tim Jakarta dan akan segera dikirimkan kepada pemilik rumah untuk dipelajari. Ditargetkan pada pertengahan Juli 2012, set up ruang sudah selesai dan bisa dilengkapi dengan furniture. Sehingga pada awal Agustus 2012 kantor sudah sepenuhnya bisa digunakan untuk bekerja. Beberapa kendala yang muncul dalam pencarian kantor ini adalah: (a) budget yang rendah, (b) harga rumah/kantor di dekat perkotaan jauh lebih tinggi dari budget, (c) tidak adanya penjaga keamanan rumah. Untuk mengatasi tersebut maka kami mencari kantor yang lokasikan agak jauh dari pusat pemerintahan di kota sehingga bisa masuk budget.

Staf

Sebagian staf program dan staf operasional yang direkrut oleh RTI sudah terisi (kecuali Communication Specialist). Staf yang direkrut oleh EDC dan WE sudah ada calon, tinggal menunggu kontrak antara pemberi kerja dan karyawan. PC, 2 spesialis provinsi, dan 4 staf operasional sudah mulai bekerja sejak awal Juni 2011. Bebera staf akan mulai bekerja pada awal Juli 2012 dan sisanya akan aktif pada bulan Agustus 2012. Hingga saat ini posisi DC belum satupun DC yang sudah direkrut.

Technical Startup

Koordinasi Internal

Hingga akhir Juni 2012 koordinasi Prioritas Jateng dilakukan di kantor sementara yaitu di rumah PC. Koordinasi ini dilakukan dalam rangka mempersiapkan kantor dan kebutuhan yang diperlukan untuk kantor dan staffing. Selain koordinasi mempersiapkan kantor dan staffing, koordinasi internal juga diperlukan untuk membicarakan calon-calon kabupaten mitra Prioritas dan mendukung diseminasi di kabupaten eks DBE.


Koordinasi dengan Pemerintah Provinsi telah dilakukan dengan Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, Sekretaris Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, Kasubag Perencanaan Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, Kepala Bidang Sosial Budaya Bappeda Provinsi Jawa Tengah, dan Kepala Biro Kerja sama Setda Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Koordinasi ini terfokus pada rencana kerja sama antara USAID Prioritas dengan Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Terkait hal ini Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Tengah menginginkan mendapatkan foto copy Grand Agreement antara Pemerrintah Indonesia dengan Pemerintah Amerika. Berdasarkan Grand Agrement tersebut Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Tengah akan membuat turunan kerja sama dengan nama Memorandum or Agreement atau Kerangka Acuan Kerja Sama atau nama lain sesuai dengan Permendagri Nomor 15 Tahun 2009. USAID Prioritas Jawa Tengah telah menyerahkan dokumen assitantant agreement tersebut kepada Kepala Biro Kerja Sama Luar Negeri Setda Provinsi Jawa Tengah dan Sekretaris Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Selanjutnya Kepala Biro Kerja Sama akan mempelajari assistant agreemen tersebut dan akan mensosialisasikan secara


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 internal rencana kerja sama tersebut. Selain itu Kabiro Kerja Sama menyarankan agar USAID mengirimkan surat resmi ke Gubernur Jawa Tengah yang isinya menyatakan bahwa Jawa Tengah terpillih sebagai provinsi dalam implementasi program USAID Prioritas, dan untuk menindaklanjuti kesepakatan di tingkat nasional tersebut maka perlu dilakukan kesepakatan di tingkat provinsi dan kabupaten/kota. Untuk mendapatkan dukungan dan masyakarat luas dalam implementasi program ini, juga telah dilakukan koordinasi dengan DPRD Provinsi Jawa Tengah dan Dewan Pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Wakil Ketua DPRD Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Bambang Sadono, S.H, M.H dan Ketua Dewan Pendidikan Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Prof. A.T. Soegito S.H. M.M menyatakan mendukung sepenuhnya program USAID Prioritas ini. Dengan harapan program ini dapat meningkatkan mutu pendidikan, mempersempit kesenjangan mutu antar daerah dan antar sekolah di Provinsi Jawa Tengah.




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USAID Prioritas Jawa Tengah telah berkoordinasi awal dengan beberapa mitra eks DBE yaitu Kabupaten Demak, Kabupaten Kudus, Kabupaten Blora, Kabupaten Grobogan, Kabupaten Boyolali, dan Kabupaten Karanganyar. Kepada kabupatenkabupaten tersebut disampaikan bahwa USAID Prioritas akan memberikan bantuan teknis lanjutan DBE selama 2 tahun untuk melanjutkan diseminasi program-program DBE. Selain itu kabupaten eks DBE akan dijadikan tempat studi visit dari kabupaten baru yang akan menjadi mitra USAID Prioritas. Bila kabupaten masih tertarik untuk bekerjasama agar mengirimkan surat ketertarikan kepada USAID Prioritas di Jakarta. Berdasarkan hasil kunjungan, enam kabupaten yang telah dikunjungan menyatakan tertarik untuk melanjutkan kerjasama. Hal ini didasari selama ini program program DBE yang terkait dengan pembelajaran dan manajemen pendidikan sangat berguna bagi sekolah. DBE yang membawa dampak baik terhadap kemajuan sekolah. Pada awal Juli 2012 akan dilanjutkan ke 2 kabupaten eks mitra DBE yaitu Purworejo dan Jepara. Juga akan dilanjutkan sosialisasi kepada calon mira USAID Prioritas yang pernah mendiseminasikan program-program DBE seperti di Kota Salatiga, Kota Surakarta, Kabupaten Mageleng, Kabupaten Batang, Kabupaten Wonosobo, dan Kabuapten Banjarnegara. Secara informal USAID Prioritas telah menginformasikan kepada Universitas Negeri Semarang, IAIN Walisongo Semarang, dan UKSW Salatiga. Berdasarkan informasi awal ini sedang dijadwalkan kunjungan ke TTI untuk menginformasikan program-program akan dikerjasamakan. Di beberapa kapupaten eks mitra DBE ada yang mendapatkan bantuan program dari BEC-TF (Basic Education Capacity Trust Fund) dan Bermutu dari World Bank. Untuk membantu penyelenggaraan program tersebut USAID Prioritas Jawa Tengah telah berkoordinasi dengan Kabupaten Blora, Demak, Purworejo, Wonosobo, dan Banjarnegara. USAID Prioritas Jawa Tengah mengirimkan tenaga ahli sebagai narasumber dalam penyelenggaraan kegiatan yang didanai BEC-TF. Beberapa program yang telah didesimenasi adalah Renstra, Penghitungan SPM, Rencana Kerja Sekolah, dan Keuangan Pendidikan.


Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


Berdasarkan koordinasi awal dengan eks kabupaten mitra DBE, belum ada satu pun yang mengirimkan surat ketertarikan. Berdasarkan surat ketertarikan tersebut akan dilakukan seleksi ulang dan dilanjutkan dengan penyiapan KAK.


Seleksi kabupaten mitra USAID Prioritas cohort 1 belum dilakukan. Yang telah dilakukan saat ini adalah koordinasi awal dengan Pemerintah Provinsi untuk menentukan kabupaten/kota mana saja yang memenuhi kriteria seleksi. Awal dari semua itu adalah adanya surat permintaan USAID Prioritas yang menyatakan bahwa Provinsi Jawa Tengah menjadi salah satu mitra USAID Prioritas dan selanjutnya meminta kepada Gubernur Jawa Tengah untuk bersedia melakukan kerjasama dan memfasilitasi pemilihan kabupaten/kota yang baru untuk menjadi mitra.

Kegiatan lain

Koordinasi Dengan Sampoerna Shool of Education

Sampoerna School of Education (SSE) saat ini menjadi mitra dari Direktorat Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Ditjen Dikti Kemdikbud yang sedang mempersiapkan pelatihan diseminasi program DBE kepada para dosen LPTK. Terkait dengan hal tersebut pada tanggal 22-23 Juni 2012 di Semarang, Tim Prioritas Jateng membantu untuk merancang materi pelatihan. Program ini adalah program lanjutan yang sebelumnya telah dilaksanakan di Indonesia bagian barat. Sementara wilayah Indonesia bagian timur akan dilaksanakan pada bulan Juli 2012. Materi yang terkait program DBE ada 2 yaitu: (a) pembelajaran aktif di perturuan tinggi selama 3 hari, dan (b) manajemen dan tata kelola sekolah selama 3 hari.


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EAST JAVA Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Administrative Startup East Java Province sudah mencari alternatif kantor yakni 2 di perumahan, 1 di gedung perkantoran dan 1 di lingkungan Unesa. Namun karena mempertimbangkan beberapa faktor meliputi: akes jalan, keamanan, kenyamanan, fasilitas penunjang, rate, kebersihan dsb alternatif kantor masih dalam tahap pertimbangan dan sedang mencari alternatif lainnya.

Kantor

Salah satu alternatif kantor berupa rumah yang sudah di survey di daerah Pondok Mutiara, Sidoarjo.

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East Java Province sudah mengambil mobil yang dititipkan di Program EMAS pada tanggal 8 Juni 2012 yaitu Kijang Innova. Namun karena hingga saat ini belum ada kantor tetap maka sementara waktu mobil dititipkan di rumah East Java Provincial Coordinator. Staf yang akan bertugas di Jatim meliputi:  

Staf

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East Java Provincial Coordinator : Silvana Erlina (sudah aktif per 21 Mei 2012 Teaching and Learning TTI Development Spesialist : Abd. Asari (belum aktif, provide by EDC) Teacher Training Spesialist Primary : Juprianto (belum aktif, provide by EDC)

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Teacher Training Spesialist- JSS : Moh Najid (belum aktif, provide by EDC)

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ICT4E : Arif Nuryadin (belum aktif, provide by EDC) Governance and Management Specialist : M. Adri (sudah aktif, provide by RTI)

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Whole School Development Specialist : Supriono Subakir (belum aktif, provide by RTI)

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DC DBE : TBD (belum aktif, provide by WE) DC PRIORITAS : TBD (belum aktif, provide by WE)

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Communication Specialist : Dian Kusuma Dewi (belum aktif, provide by RTI)

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M&E : Budi (belum aktif, provide by RTI) Teaching & Learning Operations Manager : TBD (belum aktif, provide by RTI)

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Accountant : Renov Saputra (sudah aktif per 24 Mei 2012)

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IT Specialist : Anton Gerhana (belum aktif, provide by RTI) Admin Asistant : Kartika (belum aktif, provide by RTI) Driver : Suhariyanto (sudah aktif per 4 Juni 2012)


Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 RTI telah melakukan proses recruitment dan telah ada kesepakatan dengan karyawan untuk bekerja di Program PRIORITAS. Namun karena beberapa diantaranya masih terikat kontrak dengan lembaga donor lainnya, maka berlaku 1 month notification sehingga akan mulai bekerja pada Bulan Juli-Agustus 2012. Sementara untuk karyawan yang di provide oleh EDC dan WE hingga saat ini belum diadakan recruitment dan kesepakatan kerja. .


Koordinasi internal sudah dilakukan antara Provincial Coordinator (Silvana Erlina) dengan USAID Education Liasion (Supriono Subakir) untuk segera melakukan sosialisasi tentang program PRIORITAS di Kabupaten / Kota yang pernah menjadi mitra program DBE.


Provincial Coordinator (Silvana Erlina) dan USAID Education Liasion (Supriono Subakir) telah mengadakan pertemuan pada tanggal 28 Juni 2012 bertempat di kantor gubernuran dengan Bapak Setiadjit staf ahli Gubernur. Dari hasil diskusi beliau sangat mendukung program PRIORITAS dan akan memperjuangkan anggaran untuk membiayai Distric lain diluar mitra PRIORITAS, namun teknisnya sama dengan program PRIORITAS.Untuk tindak lanjutnya kami mengirim kegiatan dan strategi pelaksanaan program PRIORITAS kepada beliau. Kementrian Agama , terutama ka Mapeda Prov( Bapak Mahfud, Asrofi , Hakim dan Bapak Wafi) juga sangat mendukung kegiatan desiminasi dalam bentuk kebijakan dan anggran . Ada satu harapan kamenag, belajar dari pengalaman DBE,Jumlah MI sangat terbatas 20%, sehingga mereka sangat minim tenaga ahli yang terlatih oleh DBE , untuk bergabung dengan Dinas Pendidikan juga tidak memungkinkan. Harapannya di Proram PRIORITAS agar MI diberi gugus tersndiri.

Koordinasi dengan Kabupaten/Kota Exs DBE

Provincial Coordinator (Silvana Erlina) dan USAID Education Liasion (Supriono Subakir) telah melakukan sosialisasi dan koordinasi dengan stakeholder terkait meliputi Bappeda, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kemenag di 4 Kabupaten yaitu Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Nganjuk , Bojonegoro, Sampang, Bangkalan danTuban. Hasil pertemuannya adalah sebagai berikut: Kab Sidoarjo, 28 Mei 2012 Pertemuan dilakukan di Dispendik Sidoarjo diterima langsung oleh Kabid Pengembangan Bapak Drs Munif Beliau menjelaskan Dispendik Sidoarjo telah berkomitmen dan siap melanjutkan Program DBE melalui dana APBD. Untuk tahun pertama program PRIORITAS, rencananya Dispendik Sidoarjo akan melakukan diseminasi program yang telah dikembangkan DBE di 5 kecamatan yang terdiri dari 10 Gugus / KKG dan 5 MGMP dalam bentuk pelatihan untuk guru dan pendampingan yang diberi nama “Peningkatan Mutu Pendidikan Dasar”.Dana pendukung dari APBD sebesar 800 juta .Dinas Pendidikan juga mendukung dan mempersiapkan para fasilitator yang sudah terlatih oleh DBE Kab. Pasuruan, 4 Juni 2012 Di Kab. Pasuruan, Tim tidak hanya berkunjung ke Dispora Kab. Pasuruan namun juga ke BAPPEDA dan ke Kemenag Kab. Pasuruan:

Ibu Silvana dan Bpk Supriono diterima langsung oleh Kabid Sos Bud BAPPEDA Kab. Pasuruan, 4 Juni 2012.


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 Pertemuan dengan BAPPEDA Kab Pasuruan diterima langsung oleh Kabid Sos-Bud Ibu Diana. Beliau menyatakan bahwa program DBE telah di diseminasi melalui pemetaan SD, SMP hingga SMU yang bekerja sama dengan Universitas Negeri Malang. Selain itu diseminasi pada program PRIORITAS hendaknya bisa membantu menyusun Renstra 2013 dan penuntasan buta aksara. Tim juga melakukan pertemuan dengan Kabid Dikmenum Bpk Hasbullah dimana beliau mengatakan bahwa pemantapan program DBE telah dilakukan melalui PKGMP (lesson study) untuk guru mata pelajaran di 4 base camp dengan mengadakan kegiatan 10x pertemuan / tahun untuk pemantapan 15 mata pelajaran dan saat ini sudah masuk pertemuan ke-4. Targetnya adalah sebanyak 1.400 guru dapat terfasilitasi melalui bimbingan langsung 140 fasilitator. Setiap guru yang datang mendapatkan dana transport Rp 20 ribu / orang. Kegiatan ini disupport sepenuhnya oleh Sampoerna Foundation dengan memanfaatkan narasumber dari Program DBE. Pertemuan ke-3 dengan Sekretaris Dispora Kab. Pasuruan Bpk. Sumantri. Beliau memberi saran agar pengawas menjadi prioritas dalam pelatihan nanti sehingga dapat berfungsi sebagai aset fasilitator daerah. Saran beliau sebaiknya kegiatan di program PRIORITAS nanti tidak mengganggu kegiatan efektif kedinasan. Rencana awal Dispora akan mengembangkan lesson study di SD. Pertemuan terakhir dengan Kasie Mapenda Kemenag Kab Pasuruan Bpk Abdul Munif. Beliau menyampaikan, saat ini Kemenag kab Pasuruan telah memiliki Pusat Pengembangan Madrasah dimana para anggotanya adalah fasilitator gabungan Kemenag dan Dispora yang telah dilatih oleh DBE dengan mengembangkan kurikulum umum yang terintegrasi dengan Al Qur’an dan Hadits. Selain itu Kemenag juga telah menindaklanjuti dalam bentuk pelatihan bagi guru melalui dana swadaya dengan materi proses, managerial, akademik, evaluasi bagi yayasan, kepala sekolah dan wakil, guru dan operator IT di sekolah. Dengan pengembangan program DBE ini beliau optimistis dan siap menjadi wilayah percontohan untuk pengembangan program DBE di tingkat Madrasah. Kab. Nganjuk, 5 Juni 2012 Pertemuan di Kab. Nganjuk dilakukan dengan menemui Bappeda Kab Nganjuk Ibu Harianti dan Kabid Dikmenum Dispora Kab. Ngajuk Bpk M. Yasin dengan rincian pertemuan sebagai sebagai berik Ibu Harianti dari Bappeda Kab. Nganjuk menyampaikan dukungannya secara langsung terkait keberlanjutan program DBE yakni PRIORITAS. Beliau menyarankan agar pengawas dapat dilatih terlebih dahulu serta memanfaatkan SDM yang dulu pernah dilatih oleh DBE. Untuk pendanaan diseminasi dimungkinkan tahun ini melalui PAK.

Ibu Silvana dan Bpk Supriono diterima langsung oleh Kabid Dikmenum

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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 Pertemuan Tim dilanjutkan dengan bertemu Dispora Kab Nganjuk yang diwakili oleh Kabid Dikmenum Bpk M. Yasin. Beliau menyatakan bahwa diseminasi program DBE sudah menjadi kebutuhan Dispora Nganjuk. Untuk itu beliau telah melakukan pelatihan berjenjang pada pengawas sesuai tupoksinya agar implementasi diseminasi dapat lebih cepat. Namun beliau minta agar pelatihan dapat dilakukan pada Sabtu/Minggu sehingga tidak mengganggu aktivitas dinas. Dispora juga siap menganggarkan dana untuk diseminasi. Sedangkan untuk implementasi diseminasi program DBE kedepan melalui PRIORITAS, Konsep dasar yang diusulkan oleh Pak Yasin dalam proses diseminasi ini meliputi: 

Guru perlu didampingi terutama implementasi kurikulum

 

Ketua MGMP setiap mapel dapat mengikuti ToT Dispora akan berkoordinasi dengan MKKS untuk pengembangan diseminasi



Pendidik harapannya juga dilatih IT untuk mendukung pembelajaran

 

Dinas siap mendanai untuk desiminasi dengan APBD 2013 Penguatan tupoksi jangka panjang di level management secara berjenjang menuju Perda / SPM  MoU nantinya sebaiknya ditandatangani oleh bupati dan disaksikan oleh DPRD dan membahas bersama keberlanjutan program ini kedepan Kab. Bojonegoro, 6 Juni 2012 Pertemuan Tim di Kab Bojonegoro dilakukan melalui rapat koordinasi dengan tiga komponen yakni Bappeda, Dispendik dan Kemenag. Dalam pertemuan tersebut menghasilkan kesepakatan seperti dibawah ini:  

Bappeda yang diwakili oleh Ibu Yulia mendukung sepenuhnya diseminasi yang nanti akan dilakukan oleh Dispendik. Bpk Edo selaku sekretaris Dispendik juga mendukung kegiatan ini dan akan memberikan dukungan kebijakan.



Bpk Ali Mapenda Kemenag Bojonegoro menyampaikan akan berkomitmen melalui koordinasi lintas sektor dengan Dispendik dan stakeholder terkait lainnya dalam rangka meningkatkan mutu pendidikan.



Kabid Perencanaan Dispendik Bpk Rasmadji mengungkapkan, kegiatan kedepan yaitu penguatan melalui ToT yang lebih spesifik, pelatihan management (RKS berbasis EDS), dan pembelajaran. Ke-3 kegiatan tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan pendanaan mandiri bagi guru yang sudah sertifikasi, mandiri institusi dari dana BOS serta APBD.

Rapat koordinasi antara Tim dan stakeholder Kab Bojonegoro yang terdiri dari Bappeda, Dispendik dan Kemenag yang berlangsung di Kantor Dispendik, 6 Juni 2012


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012 Kabupaten Sampang , 25 Juni 2012 Diskusi di Kab Sampang dilakukan dengan Ka Dinas, Segretaris Dinas Pendidikan, Kabid TK/SD dan Kabid Dikmen. Pada umumnya beliau menyambut baik bantuan desiminasi yang diberikan melalui program PRIORITAS dan akan menyiapkan kebijakan untuk fasilitator terbaik, menyusun program kegiatan serta anggaran pendukung melalui APBD , swadaya dari guru yang sudah sertifikasi serta dari anggaran BOS sekolah BAPPEDA akan mengawal anggran sesuai yang diajukan Dinas Pendidkan melalui DUA di tahun ini . Kamenag dan Mapenda sudah menyaipkan dana secara mandiri untuk desiminasi Kabupaten Bangkalan, 26 Juni 2012 Pertemuan dilaksanakan diruang sekretaris Dinas Pendidikan ( Pak Subaidi, Pak Eric sebagai Ka Subag Program). Beliau sangat senang dan akan menyiapkan anggran untuk mendukung desiminasi, untuk tahun ini sudah ada angaran pendukungnya. Pada kesempatan ini kami juga menemua Komisi III DPRD Kab Bangkalan, pada prinsipnya sangat mendukung dan memperjuangkan melalui APBD Kabupaten Tuban, 27 Juni 2012 Kami berdiskusi di ruang Ka Dinas yang dihadiri oleh, Bapak Drs.Sutrisno, MM , Kabid TK/SD Bapak Sutarno, serta Ibu Maria dari BAPPEDA.Saat ini Kabupaten Tuban AKAN melaksanakan desiminasi program DBE,untuk tahun 2012 anggaran sudah disiapkan sebesar 300 juta,Kabupaten Tuban juga sudah punya tim pengembang yaitu fasilitator yang sudah terlatih dari program DBE . BAPPEDA mendukung kebijakan dan anggran untuk pelaksanaan desiminasi Departemen Agama, juga sudah siap dengan dana untuk pelaksanaan desiminasi program DBE .

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South Sulawesi Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Administrative Startup Sejak minggu Keempat Mei, PC Sulawesi Selatan telah melakukan survei beberapa tempat untuk diajukan menjadi kantor program USAID PRIORITAS. Survei meliputi gedung perkantoran, perumahan, fasilitas ruang pada Lembaga Pemerintahan dan Perguruan tinggi seperti Kantor Dinas Pendidikan, Kantor Gubernur, Bappeda dan Perguruan Tinggi. Dari suvei tersebut

Kantor

Staf

ditemukan bahwa pada Lembaga Pemerintahan dan Perguruan Tinggi tidak tersedia ruang yang memadai untuk menampung sekitar 15 -18 orang calon staf program. Kecuali di Gedung Rektorat baru UNM (Universitas Negeri Makassar) memungkinkan untuk disediakan ruang tapi diperkirakan baru dapat digunakan tahun depan, tetap harus dibayar/disewa sementara gedung tersebut statusnya ada asset Pemerintah yang tidak dibolehkan oleh USAID untuk disewa. Terkendala dengan hal tersebut, maka PC memfokuskan perhatian pada gedung perkantoran (non pemerintah) dan perumahan. Hingga pertengahan bulan Juni PC telah mengirim dua versi penawaran ke USAID PRIORITAS Jakarta untuk diproses, yaitu 4 penawaran dari pihak perumahan dan 3 penawaran dari pihak gedung perkantoran. Diharapkan prosesnya selesai sebelum tanggal 10 Juli sehingga minggu Kedua telah ada kantor permanen program USAID PRIORITAS wilayah Sulawesi Selatan. Komposisi staf program USAID PRIORITAS Sulawesi Selatan telah terisi secara lengkap sesuai struktur yang dibutuhkan, dengan asumsi tidak ada perumahan calon staf yang diajukan oleh EDC. Namun demikian, hingga akhir Juni baru PC yang telah menanda tangani kontrak, sementara para specialist, staf administrasi dan Accounting baru akan aktif pada minggu Pertama dan Kedua Juli. Oleh karena itu meskipun sebelumnya semua staf diharapkan mulai bekerja dari 18 Juni 2012, namun PC meminta untuk diundurkan ke bulan Juli, dengan harapan minggu Pertama Juli telah ada kantor tetap sehingga para staf betul-betul telah berkantor. Ada dua kendala terkait dengan masalah staffing ini yaitu: belum adanya kantor sehingga menyulitkan PC untuk melakukan koordinasi, dan belum rampungnya proses kontrak para calon staf dari EDC. Dengan demikian dari minggu Keempat Mei hingga akhir Juni, baru PC yang efektif telah bekerja, namun sebagian calon staf (RTI) telah membantu secara sukarela. Diharapkan mulai tanggal 16 Juli semua staf secara efektif telah mulai bekerja.


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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012

Technical Startup

Koordinasi Internal

Secara internal PC telah melakukan koordinasi dengan tim USAID PRIORITAS Jakarta dan Bridging Team USAID, terutama dalam hal pembahasan work plan, penyiapan kantor dan staf provinsi. Disamping itu, PC juga telah melakukan koordinasi secara terbatas dengan para calon staf (RTI) provinsi program USAID PRIORITAS Sulawesi Selatan, untuk: memberi penjelasan tentang komponen utama program USAID PRIORITAS, work plan tahun pertama, seleksi kabupaten/kota DBE dan PRIORITAS, dan identifikasi Perguruan Tinggi potensial untuk menjadi mitra.


Koordinasi dengan stakeholders provinsi telah dimulai sejak PC bertugas dalam Bridging Team yaitu: melakukan pertemuan dengan Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi, Kantor Wilayah Kementerian Agama, Bappeda, dan LPMP. Pada minggu Pertama Juni, PC melakukan pertemuan dengan Kepala Biro Kerjasama Kantor Gubernur untuk membicarakan tentang mekanisme kerjasama antara Pemerintah Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan dengan pihak USAID PRIORITAS. Hal penting dari beberapa pertemuan tersebut adalah bahwa Pemerintah Sulawesi Selatan, khususnya stakeholders terkait di tingkat provinsi menyambut baik tawaran kerjasama dari USAID PRIORITAS. Untuk menguatkan kerjasama dimaksud menjadi penting adanya MOU antara Pemerintah Provinsi dengan USAID PRIORITAS.


Sejak bertugas dalam Bridging Team USAID, PC telah melakukan koordinasi dan mengunjungi beberapa kabupaten/kota DBE, berdiskusi dengan stakeholders kabupaten/kota DBE tentang komitmen dan tindak lanjut program pasca DBE, dan mengidentiikasi harapan mereka tentang program USAID PRIORITAS. PC juga melakukan koordinasi melalui telepon dengan para kontak person di Dinas Pendidikan (Kepala Dinas, Sekretaris Dinas, Kepala Bidang) terutama kabupaten/kota yang belum sempat dikunjungi. Dari kunjungan dan koordinasi via telepon, diketahui bahwa umumnya kabupaten/kota DBE menunjukkan komitmen yang cukup baik dalam menindaklanjuti program DBE dan berharap tetap menjadi mitra program USAID PRIORITAS. Kecuali Kabupaten Jeneponto, meskipun masih sangat berharap untuk menjadi mitra program USAID PRIORITAS, namun tidak terlihat komitmen yang terukur terkait diseminasi program DBE yang diasilitasi oleh Pemerintah Kabupaten, khususnya Dinas Pendidikan. Oleh karena itu PC mengusulkan agar tidak dilanjutkan pendampingan di kabupaten tersebut.


Hingga akhir Juni, PC telah melakukan pertemuan dengan berbagai pihak di Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM). Sejak bertugas dalam Bridging Team USAID, PC telah melakukan pertemuan dengan Rektor, Kepala LPM, Lembaga Penelitian, PGSD, dan Pusat Sekolah Efekti, disamping lembaga mitra UNM seperti Kopertis Wilayah IX yang membawahi sekitar 300 PT, termasuk 20 LPTK, dan Konsorsium Perguruan Tinggi Negeri Kawasan Timur Indonesia. UNM telah melakukan kerjasama dengan beberapa kabupaten/kota untuk diseminasi program DBE, dan saat ini sedang mendampingi Kota Balikpapan khususnya Dinas Pendidikan melakukan analisis Profile Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (PTK) yang selanjutnya akan menjadi kebijakan distribusi guru. UNM juga sedang bekerjasama dengan Kabupaten Bulukumba dalam aspek peningkatan kompetensi Guru dalam pembinaan profesionalisme berkelanjutan guru-guru di kabupaten tersebut. Koordinasi dengan TTI lainnya belum dilakukan secara langsung karena pada umumnya merupakan mitra UNM, kecuali Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Alauddin Makassar yang dibawah koordinasi Kantor Kementerian Agama.

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Kegiatan

Mei – Juni 2012


PC belum melakukan koordinasi dengan Donor lain, namun telah melakukan pertemuan dengan lembaga BAKTI yang merupakan lembaga yang memfasilitasi koordinasi antar donor di Kawasan Timur Indonesia. Dari pertemuan tersebut diketahui bahwa pada umumnya pada Tahun 2012, program dari lembaga donor lainnya yang secara spesifik melaksanakan program bidang pendidikan Dasar khususnya dalam aspek peningkatan kompetensi PTK, pembelajaran, manajemen dan tata kelola Pendidikan Dasar telah berakhir, kecuali AUSAID yang programnya meliputi seluruh provinsi dan kabupaten/kota di Indonesia, dan program BERMUTU dari Bank Dunia yang bermitra dengan 5 kabupaten/kota di Sulawesi Selatan dan akan berakhir pada akhir Tahun 2013.

Seleksi Kabupaten/Kota


Terkait dengan seleksi awal distrik DBE, pada tanggal 26 – 28 Juli 2012 PC melakukan kunjungan ke Kabupaten Pangkep, Kota Palopo, Kabupaten Luwu, dan Kabupaten Sidrap. Kunjungan tersebut dimaksudkan untuk melakukan konsultasi dengan stakeholders pendidikan, khususnya Dinas Pendidikan perihal tawaran untuk bekerjasama, disamping itu menyampaikan surat undangan kepada Bupati dan Walikota untuk menjadi mitra program USAID PRIORITAS dalam bentuk pendampingan terbatas. Pada tanggal 2 – 4 Juli 2012, PC akan melakukan kunjungan ke Kabupaten Soppeng, Enrekang, dan Pinrang untuk maksud yang sama.


PC belum melakukan koordinasi dengan kabupaten/kota potensial untuk menjadi mitra USAID PRIORITAS, namun telah mengirimkan list beberapa kabupaten yang memungkinkan untuk diseleksi, seperti: Kabupaten Maros, Takalar, Wajo, Bone, Bantaeng, Tanah Toraja, Barru, Sinjai, Gowa, dan Kota Pare-Pare.


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Annex B: Deliverables Report/Document Type

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Reporting Period

Date Due

Status/ Comments

1.

Procurement Plan

30 days after award

May 30, 2012

Submitted

2.

Grants Manual and Grants Implementation Plan

No later than 45 days after award

Jun 14, 2012

Submitted

3.

First Year Work Plan and Timetable

No later than 45 days after award

Jun 14, 2012

Submitted

4.

Rapid Assessment of Modules, Methods, and Approaches

60 days after award

Jun 30, 2012

Submitted

5.

Performance Management Plan (PMP)

60 days after award

Jun 30, 2012

Submitted

6.

Quarterly Report (1)

USG FY quarter

Jul 15, 2012

Submitted

7.


USG FY quarter

Oct 15, 2012

8.

Assessment of Role of Provincial Government

Within first 6 months of project

Nov 30, 2012

9.


USG FY quarter

Jan 15, 2013

10.

Collaborative Analyses and Identification of Laboratory and Model Schools

8 months after project award

Jan 30, 2013

11.

EGRA and EGMA Assessments

Within first 8 months after award

Jan 30, 2013

12.

Collaborative Management and Governance Needs 5-18 months after Assessment (for each award province)

Oct 2012-Nov 2013

13.


USG FY quarter

Apr 15, 2012

14.

Collaborative ICT4E Needs Assessment for W. Java

Within first year after award

By May 1, 2013

15.


USG FY quarter

Jul 15, 2013

Phased approach


Report/Document Type

Reporting Period

Date Due

Status/ Comments

Routine Reports / Work Plans Quarterly Reports 1.

Due 15 days after every USG FY quarter

May-Jun 2012

Jul 15, 2012

2.

(Dates provided for first 3 years of project)

Jul-Sep 2012

Oct 15, 2012

Oct-Dec 2012

Jan 15, 2012

4.

Jan–Mar 2013

Apr 15, 2013

5.

Apr-Jun 2013

Jul 15, 2013

6.

Jul-Sep 0213

Oct 15, 2013

7.

Oct-Dec 2013

Jan 15, 2014

8.

Jan-Mar 2014

Apr 15, 2014

9.

Apr-Jun 2014

Jul 15, 2014

10.

Jul-Sep 2014

Oct 15, 2014

11.

Oct-Dec 2014

Jan 15, 2015

Annually

First due Oct. 2013

May-Sep 2012

Oct 15, 2012

13.

Oct 2012-Sep 2013

Oct 15, 2013

14.

Oct 2013-Sep 2014

Oct 15, 2014

15.

Oct 2014-Sep 2015

Oct 15, 2015

16.

Oct 2015-Sep 2016

Oct 15, 2016

17.

Oct 2016-Apr 30, 2017

May 15, 2017 ???

Not full year; only 6 months

Duration of project

Mar 31, 2017

30 days before end of project

Annually

No later than 4 weeks before anniversary date of award

Subject to possible schedule change by COR to coincide w/ USG Fiscal year

3.

Annual Reports

12.

18.

Due 2 weeks after end of USG FY

Final Report

Work Plan (Annual Updates to 5-Year Work Plan

Only 2 months; Not full quarter

Report on implementation of Year 1Work Plan Not full year; only 4 months

1.

Work Plan Year 2

Oct 2013 – Sept 2014

Apr 1, 2013

Sept 1, 2013

2.

Work Plan Year 3

Oct 2014 – Sept 2015

Apr 1, 2014

Sept 1, 2014


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Report/Document Type

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Reporting Period

Date Due

Status/ Comments

3.

Work Plan Year 4

Oct 2015 – Sept 2016

Apr 1, 2015

Sept 1, 2015

4.

Work Plan Year 5

Oct 2016 – May 2017

Apr 1, 2016

Sept 1, 2016


Annex C: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary ADB

Asian Development Bank

APBD

Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah (District Government Annual Budget)

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

BAD

Badan Akreditisasi Daerah – District School Accreditation Body

BAN

Badan Akreditasi Nasional (National Accreditation Board)

BAN

Badan Akreditisasi Nasional – National School Accreditation Body

BAP

Badan Akreditisasi Propinsi – Provincial School Accreditation Body

BAPPEDA

Badan Perecanaan Pembangunan Daera (Regional Development Planning Board)

BAPPENAS

Bandan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional (National Development Planning Board)

BE

Bursa Efek Jakarta Building [location of RTI Indonesia Office]

BEC

Basic Education Capacity – a World Bank Trust Fund program

BOS

Bantuan Operasional Sekolah or government allocated School Operational Assistance Funds (per capita school operation grants)

BPSDMP & PMP

Badan Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Pendidikan dan Penjamin Mutu Pendidikan (National level Teacher Inservice Training Center and Quality Assurance Body, formerly known as PMPTK)

Bpk

Bapak (Mr.)

BPTKPU

Balai Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan Pendidikan Umum; a unit under the provincial Education Office in West Java that develops teacher performance in regular schools

BTL

Better Teaching and Learning (DBE training modules)

Bupati

District Council Head (Regent)

Calistung

Baca Tulis Hitung (Reading, Writing, and Math)

COP

Chief of Party (project position)

COTR

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (USAID position)

DAK

Dana Alokasi Khusus – Special Fund Allocation

DAPODIK

Data Pokok Pendidikan, MOEC’s national web-based EMIS

Dapodik

Data Pokok Pendidikan, Basic Education Data, MOEC’s web-based EMIS

DAU

Dana Alakosi Umum – General Fund Allocation

DBE

Decentralized Basic Education Project

DC

District Coordinator (project position)

DCOP

Deputy Chief of Party (project position)

DEO

District Education Office

Dewan Pendidikan

District Education Council

DIKNAS

Kementerian Pendidikan Nasional (Ministry of National Education)

DIKTI

Directorate General for Higher Education

Dinas

District or Provincial Offices

DPRD

Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah (Regional/Local Legislature)

EDC

Education Development Center

EDS

School Self-Evaluation Program

EGRA

Early Grade Reading Assessment


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EGMA

Early Grade Math Assessment

EMIS

Education Management Information System

FKIP

Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (Education Faculty)

GOI

Government of Indonesia

HELM

Higher Education Leadership and Management Project

HR

Human Resources

IAIN

Institut Agama Islam Negeri (State Islamic Higher Education Institution)

Ibu

Mrs.

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ICT4E

ICT4E Information and Communication Technology For Education

IR

Intermediate Result

IT

Information Technology

Kabupaten

District or Regency

KAK

Kerangka Acuan Kerja (Cooperation Agreement or Work Reference Framework)

KKG

Kelompok Kerja Guru (Teacher Working Group-secular primary schools)

KKKS (or K3S)

Kelompok Kerja Kepala Sekolah (school principals Working Group)

KKM

Kelompok Kerja Madrasah (Teacher working Group-religious schools)

KKN

Kuliah Kerja Nyata – program for senior university students to work as interns in companies or villages

Kota

City or Municipality

LP2KS

Lembaga Pengembagan & Pemberdayaan Kepala Sekolah (Institute for School Principal Development and Empowerment, based in Solo)

LPKIPI

Lembaga Pelatihan dan Konsutlan Inovasi Pendidikan Indonesia, an independent education consultancy based in Surabaya

LPMP

Lembaga Penjaminan Mutu Pendidikan (Provincial Quality Assurance Institute)

LPPKS

Lembaga Pengembangan Profesional Kepala Sekolah (national School Principals In-Service Training Institution)

LPPM

Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Maysyarakat – Unit based within universities for research and community service

LPTK

Lembaga Pendidikan Tinggi Keguruan (a teacher training institution)

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

Madrasah

Islamic school

Mapenda

Madrasah dan Pendidikan Agama Islam (unit in MORA office that manages madrasah and Islamic subjects in regular schools)

MBS

Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah (School Based Management)

Menko Kesra

Coordinating Ministry for People’s Welfare

MGMP

Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran - Secondary School Teacher Discussion Groups (grouped by subject matter)

MGP-BE

Mainstreaming Good Practices in Basic Education (UNICEF program)

MI

Masrasah Ibtidiayah (Islamic Primary School)

MKKS

Secondary School Principals’ Working Group

MKKS

Madrasah

MOEC

Ministry of Education and Culture

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MOH

Ministry of Health

MOHA

Ministry of Home Affairs

MORA

Ministry of Religious Affairs

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MSS

Minimum Service Standard same as SPM in Bahasa Indonesia

MTs

Madsrasah Tsanaiwiyah (Junior Secondary Islamic School)

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NTT

Nusa Tenggara Timur (Eastern Indonesian Province)

OVC

Opportunities for Vulnerable Children

P4TK

Teacher and Education Staff Development and Empowerment Center

P4TK IPA

Pusat Pengembangan Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan – Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam –Teachers and Education Personnel Development Center -– Science (located in Bandung)

PADATIWEB

Former National level EMIS

PAKEM

Pembelajaran yang Aktif, Efektif dan Menyenangkan (Active, Effective and Enjoyable Learning)

PAM

Program Akselerasi Mutu (Quality Acceleration Program) – a program operated by LPMP to assist schools in closing the performance gap in their EDS (School Self-Evaluation).

Pengawas

School Supervisor

PC

Provincial Coordinator (project position)

PEO

Provincial Education Office

PGMI

Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidiayah (Islamic Primary School Teacher Development Program)

PGSD

Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar (Primary School Teacher Development Program)

PKGMP

Peningkatan Kinerja Guru Mata Pelajaran, literally “Subject Teacher Performance Development,” conducted in Pasruan and similar to MGMP.

PLPG

Pendidikan PeLatihan Profesi Guru (curriculum for teacher training, specifically for teacher certification training).

PMP

Performance Management Plan

PMPTK

Pusat Mutu Pendidik dan Tenaga Pendidikan (national Center for Teachers and Education Personnel)

PPG

Pendidikan Profesi Guru (Professional Teacher Education program - one year post-baccalaureate)

PPL

Teaching Practicum (practice teaching)

PRIORITAS

Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, and Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students Project

PTK

Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (Teachers and Education Personnel)

Puspendik

Pusat Pendidikian (National Education Testing Center)

Renja

Rencana Kerja (Annual Education Plan)

Renstra

Rencana Strategis (Five Year Educational Development Plan)

RKAS

Rencana Kerja Anggaran Sekolah (Annual School Budget)

RKS

Rencana Kerja Sekolah (School Work Plans)

RKT

Annual Plan

RTI International

Research Triangle Institute International

SBM

School-Based Management


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SD

Sekolah Dasar (Primary School)

SK

Surat Kuasa (Official Letter of Authority from Government)

SMERU

An independent institution for research and public policy studies, based in Jakarta

SMH

(IAIN) Sultan Maulana Hasanudin

SMP

Sekolah Menengah Pertama (Junior Secondary School)

SPM

Standar Pelayanan Minimum (Minimum Service Standards)

STTA

Short-term Technical Assistance

Tarbiyah

Education faculty in Islamic higher education institute

TOT

Training of Trainers

TTI

Teacher Training Institutes

UIN

Universitas Islam Nasional – (State Islamic University)

UM

State University of Malang

UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIMED

State University of Medan

UNM

State University of Makassar

UNTIRTA

Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa

UPI

Indonesian Education University

US

United States

USAID

United State Agency for International Development

UT

Universitas Terbuka (Open University)

Walikota

City Council Head or Mayor

WSD

Whole School Development

Yayasan

Foundation

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