PDP+in+Indonesia

__**Professional Development in Indonesia**__ Indonesia is a developing country in South East Asia with a population of only a few millions.It is still in its early stages of its education system and is including the latest strategies in its system.In this programme, I got an opportunity to interact with two ILEP fellows from Indonesia and they were able to inform me about some of the programs ,which are instrumental in devloping the teaching skills of teachers in their countries.SOme of them are: i) Teaching strategies-subject oriented workshop ii) Technology related workshop iii) Parent involvement iv) professional learning community-these are conducted once every month v) Current issues related to community vi) In House Teaching workshop For materials For current issues llike Techniques, pedagogy teachers'' work evaluation classroom action research vii) Toefl Exercises All these courses are mandatory for the teachers so that they get trained professionally thus benefitting the learners finally.It is worth praising that these In Services courses are implementation in all the countries.