Clay Crafts Literation to Improve Teacher Creativity at Jatimekar II Elementary School, Bekasi City, West Java

Abstract

The low competence of elementary school teachers in the creativity of developing teaching materials and media during the Covid-19 pandemic is a problem in the online learning process. SD teachers should ideally have high creativity in order to improve the basic abilities of students. Based on the background of this problem, one of the community service programs carried out by lecturers as a form of concern and collaboration towards increasing the competence of elementary school teachers is by providing knowledge, understanding, and skills about clay crafts as material and teaching media at during the Covid-19 pandemic elementary school children. This activity is made in the form of training with the aim of being able to provide benefits so that participants have the right competence in making clay crafts, and can apply them in the online learning process. STKIP Kusuma Negara Jakarta in collaboration with Jatimekar II elementary school Bekasi City organizes community service programs activities that are appropriate and targeted especially for teachers at Jatimekar II elementary school Bekasi City, West Java. The results of the training showed that the participants' interest and creativity were very high and in a short time they had competence in making clay, it was proven that the participants were able to show results and were able to develop creativity. The evaluation for the results of this training shows that the participants have high enthusiasm and demand a training similar to the development of various clay themes from other materials.