The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation and the role of the Teaching Factory as an effort to improve the employability skills. The study was conducted in 8 vocational schools majoring in Accounting in Surakarta. Research using ethnographic design. The data collection technique used in-depth interview, observation, and documentation. The research informants were 40 people consisting of the principal, vice principal for curriculum, and 3 students each per school. The data validity technique used prologue engagement, participant observation, and triangulation. The steps of data analysis were conducted through data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification. The results of the research (1) teaching factory activities carried out at SMK majoring in Accounting, namely practice in mini banks, Field Work Practices, practice in computer laboratories and practices in accounting manual laboratories (2) schools cooperate with DUDI in implementing Factory teaching, namely in the implementation of work practices fieldwork, curriculum preparation, preparation of learning materials, and classroom learning. The results of the study provide recommendations for the need for SMK to create a planned teaching factory program with DUDI and involve more project-based student activities to increase student employability.

This study aims to describe: (1) soft skill values instilled in students by accounting teachers, (2) the process of instilling soft skills in students by accounting teachers, (3) Barriers and supporting factors in instilling soft skills in students. This research is qualitative using ethnographic design. Data sources of the study are accounting teachers and first-grade students in the accounting department. Data collection techniques were performed through observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique conducted during the study was analyzing the data contained in the research site in which the results were used as conclusions to answer the objectives of the study. The research results revealed seven aspects of soft skills, namely self-confidence, communication skill, emotional intelligence, critical thinking skill, teamwork ability, time management, and leadership. The instilling of soft skills in students through cooperative learning strategies and providing positive habituation to students was performed during the teaching-learning process. The barriers of instilling soft skills, which are the lack of students’ abilities, the difficulty to control students, and the lack of teachers’ competences in developing learning methods. Whereas, the supporting factors are the small number of students in each class so the instilling of soft skill became sufficient and the numerous supports given by the school community.

Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan penguatan keterampilan dan kompetensi guru dalam kesiapan menuju SMK berbasis teaching factory, membangun mindset dan konsep teaching factory pada guru SMK dalam rangka meningkatkan pembelajaran berbasis project-based learning. Metode pengabdian menggunakan Participatory Action Research (PAR) tipe ekplanatif dengan tiga langkah kegiatan yaitu identifikasi masalah, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Peserta dalam kegiatan pengabdian ini yaitu kepala sekolah, kepala program, dan guru SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Semarang yang berjumlah 20 orang. Kegiatan dilaksanakan dengan 2 tahap yaitu penyampaian materi dan pelatihan dan pendampingan praktik. Hasil kegiatan ini tahap penyampaian materi 80% peserta sangat memahami pengelolaan pembelajaran PjBL melalui new teaching factory. Hasil dari pelaksanaan pelatihan dan pendampingan didapatkan 97,5% peserta siap merancang dan melaksanakan PjBL berbasis teaching factory dalam menuju kesiapan prodi berbasis teaching factory. Rencana tindak lanjut yang diperlukan berikutnya adalah pendampingan dalam pengelolaan dan pelaksanaan PjBL sesuai dengan desain yang telah dibuat oleh guru dan kepala sekolah di kegiatan pengabdian ini.

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This study aims to reveal the readiness and efforts of vocational high schools in dealing with the ASEAN economic community. This research was qualitative research with an ethnographic design. Informants in this study were the principal, deputy head of the curriculum, the head of the accounting department, and the accounting teachers at SMK Negeri 1 Karanganyar and SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Surakarta. The data collection techniques used in this study were interviews and observation. Data analysis was carried out through data collection, data reduction, and data presentation to draw conclusions. The results of this study showed that SMKN 1 Karanganyar and SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Surakarta made preparatory efforts to deal with the ASEAN economic community. Those preparatory efforts included increasing the students’ skills through learning, both theoretically and practically, inside and outside the school environment, such as collaborating with the industrial and the business field, implementing the 2013 curriculum, increasing teacher knowledge through MGMP (Deliberation Subject Teachers), inviting teachers from institutions or universities, and completing school infrastructure. The research conducted in both schools revealed differences in efforts to prepare their students. These differences include SMK Negeri 1 Karanganyar innovating to invite other teachers to update the knowledge of teachers and students, build their accounting laboratories, and support teachers to be assessors. Meanwhile, SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Surakarta lacks school innovation and teachers as assessors. Furthermore, the laboratory of accounting majors is also used as other majors.