The Role of Education Supervisors is to Improve the Professionalism of Teachers in Blended Learning in RA
Al Mubarak for the 2019/2020 Academic Year
528 2, 2., January 2023
Anticipating all possible risks posed by Covid-19 to the health of the residents of the education
unit, the closure of the education unit cannot be avoided (Mustafa et al., 2021).
The Learning From Home (BDR) policy is an alternative so that students still get their
rights in obtaining educational services. The government through the Circular Letter of the
Minister of Education and Culture Number 15 of 2022 concerning Guidelines for the
Implementation of Learning from Home has regulated the learning mechanism from home so
that it is necessary to redesign distance learning using an online, offline or combination
approach. The education unit can take advantage of the availability of infrastructure to carry
out the learning process optimally.
The BDR policy through Distance Learning (PJJ) in educational institutions has a major
impact on the learning and assessment process (Saifulloh & Darwis, 2020). The results of the
evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) after 10
months of PJJ implementation, showed a decrease in student learning outcomes during the PJJ
system was implemented. PJJ creates limitations in terms of learning for both teachers and
students. Students have no friends in learning, as a result of which difficulties in learning are
borne by themselves and become a psychological burden for students. The Minister of
Education and Culture stated that PJJ is less effective and has negative impacts on students,
including the threat of dropping out of school, decreased learning achievement, child growth
and development constraints and psychosocial pressure and violence against children. Another
problem is the unequal access to learning support facilities, either due to regional factors or due
to the socioeconomic background of parents.
The outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic that hit Indonesia
has caused all aspects of life to be greatly disrupted, including the education sector (Nurhidayat
et al., 2021). Anticipating all possible risks posed by Covid-19 to the health of the residents of
the education unit, the closure of the education unit cannot be avoided.
The Learning From Home (BDR) policy is an alternative so that students still get their
rights in obtaining educational services. The government through the Circular Letter of the
Minister of Education and Culture Number 15 of 2022 concerning the Guidelines for the
Implementation of Learning from Home has regulated the learning mechanism from home so
that it needs to be redesigned for distance learning using online, offline or combination
approaches. The education unit can take advantage of the availability of infrastructure to carry
out the learning process optimally.
So far, online learning is a learning process that utilizes the internet network in the learning
process. Online learning provides opportunities for students to learn with the flexibility of
learning time and wherever students and teachers are. Students can interact with teachers using
several applications such as classroom, video conference, telephone or live chat, zoom, or
through WhatsApp groups. The online learning process is learning whose success will be
greatly influenced by the ability of teachers to use technology in delivering learning materials.
Data from literature studies on the delivery of material by e-learning show that not all learners
will be successful in online learning.
Data from other studies also show that obstacles that will affect the success of online
learning include lack of interaction, delivery of material that is not understandable to students,
the unpreparedness of parents to guide their children to learn, and the ability of parents to
finance more spending on the internet as a means of online learning.