PELATIHAN GURU SEKOLAH DASAR UNTUK MEMBANGUN KOMUNIKASI EFEKTIF DENGAN ORANG TUA SELAMA PEMBELAJARAN JARAK JAUH

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic impacts education sector. In the online-based distance learning period, the role of parents is very important to accompany students while studying. However, in reality, problems were found such as in the SHS elementary school in Central Jakarta, problems were related to communication between teachers and parents during the online learning period which often caused further misunderstandings and parents becomes less involved to accompany children to learn. It is worried can reduce student learning motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection was then carried out through interviews and focus group discussions which were then analyzed using a problem tree.. To overcome the problem, an intervention was designed, consisting of effective communication training for teachers in order to establish better relationships with parents during online learning. The study used a filed experiment with one-group pre-post test design. Based on the result of the pre-post test, it was revealed that there was an increase in teachers’ understanding. In conclusion, the objectives of the training provided to teachers were achieved; teachers realize and understand better on how to establish effective communication with parents. With the improved awareness and understanding of the teachers, it is hoped that they can improve their communication with parents so that parents would be more willing to be involved in their children’s studying process from home and misunderstandings from ineffective communication may be minimized.

Pandemi COVID-19 berdampak pada sektor pendidikan. Pada masa pembelajaran jarak jauh berbasis daring, peran orang tua sangat penting untuk mendampingi siswa selama belajar. Namun pada kenyataannya ditemukan permasalahan seperti di SD SHS Jakarta Pusat yakni komunikasi antara guru dengan orang tua kurang berjalan dengan baik sehingga sering menyebabkan kesalahpahaman serta orang tua menjadi kurang terlibat dalam mendampingi anak belajar. Hal ini dikhawatirkan dapat menurunkan motivasi belajar siswa di masa pandemi COVID-19.  Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dan diskusi kelompok terfokus (focus group discussion) yang kemudian dianalisis menggunakan pohon masalah. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut, maka dirancang intervensi yakni pelatihan komunikasi yang efektif bagi guru untuk menjalin hubungan yang lebih baik dengan orang tua selama pembelajaran daring. Penelitian ini menggunakan eksperimen lapangan dengan desain one-group pre-post test. Berdasarkan hasil pre-post test diketahui bahwa terjadi peningkatan pemahaman guru. Kesimpulannya, tujuan pelatihan yang diberikan kepada guru tercapai; guru menyadari dan memahami lebih baik tentang bagaimana menjalin komunikasi yang efektif dengan orang tua. Dengan meningkatnya kesadaran dan pemahaman para guru diharapkan dapat meningkatkan komunikasi dengan orang tua sehingga orang tua lebih bersedia untuk terlibat dalam proses belajar anak-anaknya dari rumah dan kesalahpahaman dari komunikasi yang tidak efektif dapat diminimalkan.