Teacher Assistance in Managing The Diversity of Students' Qur'an Reading Skills at The Qur'an Learning Center

Abstract

This community service program aims to assist teachers at the Al-Qur'an learning center in managing the challenges of diverse student ages and reading abilities. The partner's main problem was the frequent distraction of young learners while waiting for their turn to recite (the sorogan method), worsened by limited learning space due to renovation and a lack of teachers. This community service used a participatory mentoring approach through teaching assistance. The presence of the student service team acted as additional manpower to carry out classroom management strategies that were previously difficult for the teachers to do alone. The results showed that the manpower support from the students successfully helped the teachers smoothly implement the "dual-card" flow, where students took over the memorization station and supervised the specific waiting area for toddlers. The contribution of this service clearly showed a reduction in long queues at the teacher's desk, a more orderly class, and decreased teacher fatigue due to the sharing of supervision tasks with the student team.