A sustainable role: Teacher as a material developer

Abstract

As one of the goals (to be precise #4) of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: 2030, it is not coincidence that Quality Education is placed in the 4th place.  Education is always important and needed.  No matter how advanced the technology is used to support the teaching learning process, it cannot be separated from the roles of a teacher.  Apart from teaching, in a class, a teacher has other roles, namely controller, director, manager, facilitator and resource (as proposed by Brown). In relation to the role of a teacher as a manager, he or she plans lessons, modules, and courses.  In other words, a teacher has a role as a materials developer as well for the class he or she is teaching.  In this study, the researchers, who are English teachers as well, are proposing a lesson plan of an integrated listening skill and grammar which is taught in Listening Comprehension 2 subject for the third semester students of D3 English Program at University of Merdeka Malang. This materials developer is a sustainable role since a teacher should sustainably improve his or her teaching performance and as well as improve the materials he or she uses to maintain, at least, a quality education of his or her class.