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Scouting extracurricular activities play a strategic role in shaping the character of elementary school students, particularly in instilling the values of discipline, solidarity, and cooperation, which are essential for children's personal and social development. This community service project aims to describe the process of mentoring the Marching Regulations (PBB) at SDIT Al-Qonita while identifying the impacts it has on strengthening students' character. The methods used in mentoring include lectures to convey basic concepts, demonstrations as examples of correct movements, repeated practice to train technical skills, joint reflection to evaluate experiences, and a comprehensive evaluation of the results of the activities. The mentoring process was carried out in three meetings over three weeks, with stages starting from an introduction to basic marching material, intensive group practice, and implementation of evaluations that emphasize technical and non-technical aspects. The results of the activity showed that students experienced an increase in technical skills in marching, such as movement accuracy and neatness of formation. Furthermore, this activity was proven to be able to strengthen discipline, solidarity, a sense of responsibility, and the ability to work together among students. Furthermore, the inclusion of educational games and icebreakers during training sessions has proven effective in maintaining motivation, reducing boredom, and creating a pleasant learning environment. Thus, the extracurricular Scouting activities, supported by the National Scout Movement (PBB), serve not only as a means of training marching skills but also as a means of ongoing character development. The results of this community service demonstrate that the PBB can be used as a relevant educational instrument to strengthen the character of elementary school students while simultaneously supporting the achievement of national education goals.

Teachers must create a safe, comfortable and positive environment during learning so that students experience a pleasant process so that they focus on learning.  Students should not be stressed when taking lessons because it will make students not want to be creative. Teachers are often seen as authoritarian figures who can intimidate students, as oppressors who only want to impose their will without considering students' needs. The method used in this research is a qualitative method through literature study sourced from various journal articles, books and other references to facilitate understanding of the objects discussed. The focus of this research is whether teachers are bullies or teachers who are not bullies. Teachers have good character or good personality competence, respect other people, have a passion for teaching, nurturing, encouraging and motivating, and create a safe and positive learning environment to produce students who are useful to many people. Teachers are not oppressors. Teachers are not people who force or pressure students, but rather educators who are wise, encouraging, and a source of comfort and support for students' positive development. Interactions between teachers and students should be based on respect, understanding and good communication. So the profession shown by a teacher is that teachers are not oppressors.

This research aims to determine: (1) the communication process of teachers and students; (2) the communication pattern of teachers and students; and (3) the teacher's strategy to communicate with class XII MPLB students in learning human resource management at SMK N 1 Surakarta. This research is mixed with the type of sequential explanatory designs using descriptive quantitative and qualitative phenomenological research approaches. Respondents are all students of class XII MPLB and informants of teachers and students of class XII MPLB SMK N 1 Surakarta. The sampling technique used was quota sampling for quantitative data and purposive sampling for qualitative data. Data collection was done by questionnaire, interview, observation, and document study. The data validity test technique was carried out with content validation for quantitative data and reliability testing with source triangulation and technical triangulation, transferability testing, dependability testing, and confirmability testing. Quantitative data analysis used descriptive and qualitative data that was analyzed with an interactive model. The results showed that: (1) The communication process of teachers and students of class XII MPLB in learning human resource management at SMK N 1 Surakarta is still not optimal, with the majority using mixed language, fierce expressions, and voice intonations that are tense and frightening. (2) Communication patterns that occur in learning are one-way, two-way, and multi-directional. However, as much as 44.8% of the communication that occurs is one-way, which means that the tendency of communication that occurs is one-way because teachers tend to only lecture and tell their personal experiences, and students' perceptions if they ask questions or have opinions are not on their own initiative. As many as 51.4% of students' courage to ask questions is not optimal because students are afraid of teachers who look fierce and feel embarrassed with their friends. As many as 52.4% of students' courage in conveying ideas is not optimal because they are afraid of their fierce teachers and are not confident. As many as 54.3% of students feel that teachers value students' opinions, but there are also those who feel otherwise. (3) The communication strategy carried out by the teacher is to use a friendly approach to create a good relationship between teachers and students. In addition, teachers also show cheerfulness in learning by using humor to create a pleasant learning atmosphere and help students feel motivated to learn. Thus, these strategies help create a positive learning environment and support students' active participation.

The function and position of humans in this world is as a caliph on earth. The purpose of human creation in this world is to worship. While the purpose of human life in this world is to get the pleasures of this world and the peace of the hereafter. Humans are the subject of education, but also the object of education itself. The relationship between education and humans is very close.Education is a series of efforts to guide, direct the potential of human life in the form of basic abilities and learning abilities, so that changes occur in his personal life as an individual and social being and in his relationship with the surrounding environment in which he lives. The existence of education to develop human potential, towards a better human being.The caliph must have four interrelated sides of character. The four sides are fulfilling the task given by Allah, accepting the task and carrying it out in individual and group life, maintaining and managing the environment for the benefit of all, and making the duties of the caliph a guideline for its implementation.

This research is inspired by the statement that a good leader must always be able to motivate his subordinates in such a way that in carrying out their duties, teachers will have high work effectiveness and are expected to be able to produce satisfactory results, both for the madrasah and the teachers themselves. The research approach uses qualitative methods. The data collection techniques are participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The research uses individual site and cross-site data analysis. The validity check of data is based on several criteria including: degree of trust, transferability, dependability and confirmability. The results of this research are: 1) The leadership of the madrasah headmaster in raising teachers’ awareness at MIN 9 and MIN 14 Blitar, is carried out by improving the performance of his personnel and by giving awards to subordinates. The head of the madrasah provides a role model and attention, supports welfare, sets a good example, and motivates subordinates. The head of the madrasah supports and appreciates the achievements of his subordinates. The madrasah principal also always tries to take a personal approach by building a good relationship. The setting of a calm and pleasant work atmosphere will increase teacher performance, apart from that, creating a conducive physical environment will increase the motivation of education staff in carrying out their duties. Teacher awareness to increase their ability results of winning national scale literacy competitions. 2) The leadership of the madrasah headmaster in upgrading the capacity of teachers at MIN 9 and MIN 14 Blitar is carried out by ensuring that teachers can professionally carry out their duties by participating in preparing lesson plans, selecting teachers who are competent in guiding students in self-development, providing explanation and motivation to subordinates about how to carry out tasks in the madrasah, informing instructions to subordinates to galvanize their abilities by forming a well-organized work team, arranging a regular learning schedule, and fulfilling school facilities and infrastructure that are adequate and meet standards so that cleanliness and the amenities of the school environment is always maintained. 3) The leadership of the madrasah headmaster in empowering teachers at MIN 9 and MIN 14 Blitar is carried out by inviting subordinates to improve teacher competence, motivating teachers to work, coordinating in terms of work results, always evaluating teacher activities, holding official meetings, providing motivation to teachers during official meetings, being an example by arriving earlier to school and motivating teachers to continue their studies. The madrasah headmaster strives to increase teacher empowerment by giving them duty and authority to oversee superior or extra-curricular programs in the form of arts, religion, scouting and sports.

At the point when the students are assessed, they are demanded to work to publish scientific writing. This study investigates the process of constructing scientific writing as well as the academic search engine that is frequently used by graduate students in building their papers. Later on, this study also discloses the factor of using repeated platforms. A personal learning environment helps the students to connect both inside and outside the classroom learning by employing digital tools. This paper presents a case study exploring the steps of conducting scientific writing, the academic search engine mostly used by students, and the factors in deciding the platform. Eighteen graduate students majoring in the English education department were the participants of this study. The data was collected through class observation, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The result shows several steps to construct scientific writing including readiness, composing the article, getting ready for publication, distribution, and development. While Google Scholar (100%), Web of Science (94.7%), and online library (63.2%) are the top three online platforms as the academic search engine they used to search for references to build arguments for their scientific writing. Some factors why those platforms become highly beneficial are exposed by the participants such as their pertinence, reference quality, and publication impact. This study is expected to provide certain considerations for students or scholars about utilizing several online platforms and some reasons behind which is beneficial to build scientific writing publications.

Para mahasiswa dituntut untuk menyusun sebuah artikel ilmiah yang mereka refleksikan dalam sebuah publikasi. Keterampilan menulis dimunculkan melalui teori, dan fakta, serta mengkolaborasikan aspek-aspek tersebut mejadi sebuah gagasan ilmiah yang baik. Tantangan untuk meyusun artikel ilmiah membawa peluang bagi konsepsi pembelajaran secara mandiri (PLE). Penelitian ini membahas bagaimana keterlibatan mahasiswa dengan lingkungan belajarnya ketika mereka menyusun artikel ilmiah. Terdapat sembilan belas mahasiswa pascasarjana jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di Indonesia sebagai peserta penelitian. Metode penelitian yang digunakan berupa observasi, kuesioner, dan wawancara mendalam untuk mengumpulkan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peserta didik memiliki keterlibatan yang kuat dalam penggunaan teknologi atau perangkat digital untuk mendukung pembelajaran penulisan artikel ilmiah. Namun, kebutuhan untuk memanfaatkan perangkat atau sumber offline juga menunjukkan angka yang signifikan. Implikasi dari penelitian ini ditujukan kepada dosen mata kuliah penulisan akademik sebagai refleksi pengajaran 2.0 dan peserta didik sebagai referensi dan pembelajaran di masa depan.