Assessment of Teacher Readiness in applying Blended Learning as a New Normal Post-Covid-19 Pandemic
Nandang Hidayat, Entis Sutisna, Baban Sobandi

Education Administration Study Program
Universitas Pakuan
Bogor, Indonesia

Abstract

Assessment of teacher readiness in applying blended learning needs to be done. Blended learning will be accustomed the new normal after Covid-19. The readiness of teachers to apply blended learning has proven to be a guarantee of learning student achievement. This study aims to assess teacher readiness in implementing blended learning. Assessment of teacher readiness using an instrument adapted from ^K to 12 Blended Teaching Readiness^ developed by Graham et al. (2019). The instrument includes five factors, namely 1) foundational knowledge, skills, and dispositions- 2) instructional planning- 3) learning methods and strategies, 4) assessment and evaluation, and 5) management. The instrument consists of 65 items. The psychometric characteristics of the instrument have been tested. In this study, the results of the assessment of teacher readiness are grouped into four categories, namely developing, deserved, capable, and advanced. This study found that teacher readiness in applying blended learning can be categorized into the capable category. There are found some obstacles or weaknesses to improve the five measured factors to get the advanced category.

Keywords: teacher readiness- blended learning- assessment

Topic: Learning / Teaching Methodologies and Assessment