Need-Based Training Planning for PKBM Managers in Cimahi City During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The PKBM program answers the reality of difficulties that often arise in non-formal institutions, especially the challenges of institutional operations during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to preliminary research, institutional operational costs, as well as other factors, are often mentioned by PKBM administrators, then the government's concern for the world of non-formal education and the delay in learning programs during this pandemic. This study is based on an analysis of community needs. This study aims to describe the PKBM program planning in the management of community education programs. The researcher uses descriptive research with qualitative methods to present data and information, meaning that it describes the breadth of data and information based on the study design and research objectives, namely how to plan a needs-based training program, namely there are several stages, namely the needs analysis stage, planning the training design then establish the objectives and benefits of the training program, and evaluate the training program. © 2023 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.

Academic Staff Adaptation to the Challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University

Currently, higher education system is characterized by the growing role of personal ability to adapt to the challenges of COVID-19 and finding opportunities for further development considering the global changes in all spheres of life. It puts pressure on the institutions in general and academic staff in particular. This paper aims at studying the challenges academic staff of the English Language and Methods of Teaching Department of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and staff???s preparedness and consequent adaptation amid new conditions that are constantly appearing because of the pandemic. The article presents a case study research to answer the following questions: What is the level of academic staff readiness to teach under conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic from a diachronic perspective? In what ways has academic staff adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? The study uses predominantly quantitative and occasionally qualitative analysis to gain insights into our researched issues. The research has shown a steady increase in the number of department lecturers who feel ready for the challenges of online and blended teaching caused by the pandemic and comfortable with their professional competence due to sustainable adaptation to the current situation. The research prospects are clearly seen in the further process of adaptation and professional activities paradigm re-evaluation under the constantly changing global and local conditions as well as researching the issue in a broader context of similar or corresponding cases.