Permohonan untuk Skim Tenaga Pengajar Muda(TPM) akan dibuka tak lama lagi. Jika anda ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut mengenai Skim TPM, berikut adalah laman web JPBSM UiTM yang akan menerangkan syarat-syarat TPM.
http://jpbsm.uitm.edu.my/perkhidmatan/biasiswa/skim-tenaga-pengajar-muda-tpm
Saya kongsikan pengalaman saya selama setahun menjadi calon tenaga muda untuk peringkat master di luar negara.
Setelah saya berjaya memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana Muda, saya telah memohon Skim Tenaga Pengajar Muda. Calon harus mengisi borang dengan lengkap secara online di laman web : http://onlineapps.uitm.edu.my/etpm/ dan menghantar salinan sijil-sijil dan dokumen kepada Dekan Fakulti.
Beberapa minggu penantian, saya menerima email dari pihak fakulti untuk menghadiri interview Tenaga Pengajar Muda. Menurut email tersebut saya dikehendaki untuk membentangkan cara pengajaran saya atau dipanggil Mock Teaching. Saya kongsikan pengalaman interview saya seperti di bawah.
Hampir sebulan berlalu, saya mendapat surat rasmi dari UITM menyatakan saya berjaya menjadi Calon Tenaga Pengajar Muda di bawah area Artificial Intelligent. Malah, dinyatakan di dalam email tersebut, saya diarahkan untuk menyambung ke luar negara samada UK/US/ lain2 negara berdasarkan 200 Ranking Universiti Tertinggi dunia: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking
Maka bermulalah perjalanan penuh liku saya sebagai salah seorang calon TPM. Saya meminta pendapat dari para pensyarah mengenai universiti yang ingin dipohon dan akhirnya membuat keputusan untuk ke University of Manchester berdasarkan kredibilitinya sebagai top world university; dan AI itu sendiri dilahirkan di universiti tersebut oleh Alan Turing. Malahan, saya juga harus menduduki IELTS sebagai satu syarat dari KPM dan sebahagian universiti di luar negara dan harus mendapatkan keputusan band 6.5.
Kemudian, saya diarahkan untuk membentangkan proposal berkaitan area yang saya terima di hadapan panel pensyarah. Hal ini kerana, kertas penyelidikan /research paper yang akan saya tulis sepanjang pengajian saya nanti haruslah berkaitan area tersebut. Setelah pembentangan diluluskan, saya telah membuat medical checkup, TB test dan permohonan Visa. Anda boleh baca pengalaman saya di link di bawah.
Memandangkan pengajian Master di UK hanyalah selama setahun bagi coursework+research(mix mode), saya ditaja oleh KPM selama setahun dan diarahkan pulang sejurus selepas tamat pengajian. Elaun saya dibayar sebanyak 1000GBP sebulan oleh KPM dan elaun tutor saya dibayar oleh UITM sebanyak RM2000(approximate).
Selama setahun pengajian, saya harus menghantar Plan of Study kepada Dekan Fakulti UiTM yang menyatakan secara teliti subjek yang akan diambil dan disahkan oleh Ketua Jabatan Fakulti Universiti. Selain itu, dalam masa 6 bulan, Progress Report perlu dihantar untuk memaklumkan UITM keputusan peperiksaan atau research progress. Report ini perlu diisi dan ditandatangi oleh Supervisor kita di universiti .
Setelah tamat pengajian pada September lepas, saya mendapat email untuk pulang melapor diri ke JPBSM UITM dan fakulti. Namun, untuk melancarkan proses, saya diberitahu untuk menunggu keputusan rasmi dan surat senat sebelum melapor diri secara rasmi. Kemudian, perlantikan akan dibuat dalam masa 2 minggu hingga 2 bulan dari tarikh lapor diri.
Selamat Maju Jaya bagi anda yang ingin memohon Skim Tenaga Muda!
Klik link-link di bawah untuk membaca pengalaman saya secara terperinci.
1. Interview TPM
http://zazatoeurope.blogspot.my/2014/12/pengalaman-interview-tenaga-pengajar.html
2. Keputusan TPM berjaya
3. Proses Permohonan Universiti
4. Proses Pengambilan IELTS
http://zazatoeurope.blogspot.my/2014/08/persediaan-bahasa-inggeris-dan-ielts.html
5. Proses Pembentangan Proposal
6. Proses TB Test
http://zazatoeurope.blogspot.my/2014/09/persiapan-awal-tb-test-untuk-visa-ke-uk.html
7. Proses Permohonan Visa
8. Proses Mencari Rumah di UK
http://zazatoeurope.blogspot.my/2015/09/mencari-penempatan-pelajar-atau-rumah.html
9. Pengalaman Setahun di UK
10. Proses Melapor Diri
Assalamualaikum,
A friend of mine gave me a screenshot of Facebook status of his friend, saying that, "UITM Dungun is searching for Pensyarah Sambilan for Computer Science subject, do email her the CV to apply for that position".
So I emailed her and few days later, the Programme Chief emailed me back to confirm the interview session and asked me to do some mock teaching as well.
After TPM interview some weeks before, I'm not that confident that I will get the offer. So I asked my my parents, "Can I go for this interview?" They gladly answered me that they are going to accompany me there. Thank you Allah for giving me a great parents.
I prepared some slides using Prezi to impress the interviewers. And chose the easiest topic so that I won't be asked much about the technical or theoritical part. So I chose the first topic of Computer Science subject that is Introduction to Programming in C++. Just like what I've learned in my first year of Diploma.
Some friend of my asked me, "What topic should I choose to do mock teaching?". I guess you don't have to take any hard topics because they basically just want to know how is your teaching and presentation skills. Not how much you know about the subject because they can see it through your result and CV.
During Interview Day :
There are about three persons has been called for the interview. All of them, excluding me are the Masters holder while I am just graduating from my degree. And they are all from UiTM Dungun. How lucky they are as they knew the interviewers and they greet the interviewers very well, they are their lecturer then.
I was called secondly. So I entered the room. It was a meeting room. There are four interviewers, I guess three of them are lecturers (as they are holding the marking form) and another one is the staff.
I introduce myself and start the mock teaching with the outline of the topic. Out of sudden, the staff interrupt me saying that, "How can I understand if you just read it?". Then I said with smile on my face, " Sorry Sir, it is just the outline. I'll explain later on when we go through the slides. And I promised, you will understand" He unsatisfiedly nodded.
I was quite impressed with their interaction. They nodded and asked question just like real student would do. At the end of the slide, I asked, " Is there any question?" They said, "No, we will ask about yourself then."
Then, they started the personal interview. The first and the foremost thing that they asked. "Why UiTM Dungun as you are from Shah Alam? It is quite far away from here". So I said, if you realised my IC number, I was born here. So this is my hometown. And I am glad to serve my hometown. It is not a problem as I have families here as well.(eventhough I'm not)
Then they asked me, "Do you have any teaching experience? We can see here you have been working as a tutor at KUMON." And I said, "Yes, I have been working there before and I taught primary and secondary student". I was quite nervous at that time and felt very regret as I've forgotten to state that I have been a tutor for web development programs in UiTM.
Then they asked me, " Do you really like programming? If we are going to offer you, you are going to teach Diploma students for Programming subject. Most of the people will be scared to teach Programming subject."
I said, "Alhamdulillah, you can see in my CV, I have been working before as a programmer. And I love programming subject the most. Even though most of the girls are scared of that subject. I think it is quit interesting and I would like to share my experience (probably not that much) to the student and how interesting programming could be."
Then the most killer question came. "You are currently furthering your Masters, how are you going to coop that? Can you really be responsible?"
I said, "InsyaAllah I'll tried because I'm just doing Master in Research. I can cater the engaging time with my supervisor later on. I'm not doing coursework that require me to attend class everyday."
Lastly, they said, we are going to find somebody who are responsible and can do programming and teach it well. We'll contact you later on if you succeed. And I was like, probably they have rejected me because I'm doing my Masters.
I came back to Shah Alam that evening with heartless feeling. My competitors are far away better than me. Probably, this is not the way Allah wrote to me.
And Alhamdulillah, surprisingly! I received TPM offer letter once I reached Shah Alam. AllahuAkhbar! I cried gratefully. The next morning, I've got a call from the Program Chief, saying that, "So you can come and report to UiTM Dungun. You have been accepted." Alhamdulillah, another livelihood from Allah. I have to reject the offer as I chose to pursue my Master under TPM, abroad. Alhamdulillah. Allah is always the greatest planner.
Assalamualaikum,
How to start? Basically I'm not eligible to receive any offer of TPM as I has started my Master(Research) of Computer Science in UITM. In April, I received a call from lecturer of mine, saying, "Sorry, its hard to say but we have to reject your application due to that reason". I came back home crying out loud like world has ended. However, I kept thinking, probably, Allah has written me something better.
Alhamdulillah, weeks later, I received a surprising email, calling for TPM interview, for Master in Fuzzy Computing. I was quite shocked. So the interview will be held on the following Monday. I need to do a mock teaching and will be interviewed later on.
On the day of interview :
Its quite messed up. I've been scolded by the staff as I didn't bring my CV and certs along. Please, and please, bring them along. The interviewers gonna flip them through during your interview session.
After hours of waiting, about 12.30pm, I've been called to the room. I greeted the interviewers, three of them. I know one of them as she is my Program Director. I was quite relieved as all of them are woman. And for sure, they are Professors.
So they said, "We won't asked about mock teaching as we don't have enough of time. Please introduce and tell us about yourself."
I talked about my achievement, CGPAs, work experiences and what I did for my Final Year Project. And infact, I sincerely said, "I am currently doing Master Research here under my supervisor".
Alhamdulillah, they were quite impressed of my effort and passion in learning, probably because I am currently doing my masters. Then they asked me,
"Why don't you directly jump to PhD then? Since you're the First Class degree holder. We are going to offer you for PhD . How about that?"
I said, "It issomething that is very very interesting. That's a great opportunity for me. However, I think I'm not eligible for that. I still need Masters to learn about research skills and so on. I think I'm going to learn a lot during my Master years. Because PhD is quite challenging. But still, if the opportunity is there, I'm gratefully to accept it."
In my mind, I just thought that I am going to convert my current Master to TPM, and change new research topic from Data Visualisation to Fuzzy Computing so I can feed the requirement of it. More surprising, the interviewers said " Ok, we are going to send you to overseas. Can you tell us which university are you going to choose later on?"
And I was like, AllahuAkhbar! That's my ambition. To study abroad since undergrads year. I simply named my sister's university in US because I don't expect that question at all. They seems to unsatisfied to that answer. So they said, "Go back and research the top 100 University in the world. And you need to quit your Masters in UiTM if we offer you this. We wish a very good luck to you."
The session ended 40 minutes later. I am relieved and prayed to Allah, if this is the best way to me, I wish for His miracle.
And Alhamdulillah, in June, I received an offer letter to pursue my Master abroad, sent to my house. I always trust Him and the barakah of every thing He did to me. Just like this quote :
Good Luck everyone who are going to be interviewed. Do trust Allah as He is the best planner. :)
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