1st Roundtable Discussion in DKI Training Center

February 9th, The English Program of Jakarta Training Center held its first Roundtable Discussion for Junior Highschool English Teachers. RELO Damon Anderson facilitated the lively discussion, after Itje Chodidjah and Ibu Asih (the Head of the English Training Program) did a warm up activity by leading them to sing and dance.

The program was a further dissemination of the RTD held biwekly at the RELO Center. Ibu Susarsih who attended the RELO RTD found the format was very effective and yet convenient for Professional Development. It motivated participants to share and especially to use their English. Those are the main reasons why she held the Roundtable Discussion for teachers around Jakarta.

The main difference with the one held by RELO was that participants were more homogeneous. When the topic was for Juniro High teachers, then the attendee will be all SMP teachers. Beside that, participatory was more ‘assigned’, either by Headmaster or other authority, while the one in RELO was really voluntary.

Anyway, this was a good beginning. DKI Training Center planned to hold it monthly trargeting at different groups of teachers and educational professionals. Good luck with the efforts, hope RELO can support and join the program accordingly.