Teacher resilience in remote islands area: A case study in Small Pagerungan Island Sumenep Regency, Indonesia

This study aims to describe resilience teacher at Elementary school III at Small Pagerungan Island. Aspects ofresilience in this study are phase of resilience refers to Patterson & Kelleher (2005) and the strategy of resiliencerefers to Diah & Pradna (2012). This type of research is descriptive qualitative with case study approach. Thesubjects were 5 teachers (Subject I: government employee (PNS) teachers senior and immigrant from Java, SubjectII: government employee (PNS) teachers senior natives, subject III: temporary teacher who has taught more than 10years, Subject IV: new civil servant teachers a few years removed, and subject V: new no permanent teachers whoteach less than 5 years). Data collected through in-depth interviews with each subject of study. Analysis of datausing thematic analysis approach hybrid refers to Fereday & Muir-Cochrane version. The results showed that thephase of resilience to be taken by each teacher is different. Subjects I and II has reached growing phase. Subject IVand V are still at the stage of deteriorating phase, while the subject III only at adapting phase. Subjects I and II havean optimistic view and gave rise to 7 points strategy of resilience, which is a positive attitude to face difficulties,focusing on the core value, versatile in the running for the purpose, willing to take concrete steps to facedifficulties, create conditions of self and supportive environment, maintain hope and expectation is high, anddevelop an attitude of participation and responsibility. Subject IV and V are relatively optimistic, but because theteaching experience is still limited cause-point strategy of resilience that appears only reached 4, which is flexiblein an effort to achieve goals, create conditions of self and supportive environment, maintain hope and expectation ishigh, and develop an attitude of participation and responsibility. Subject III is more pessimistic and pragmatic lookat the future of the profession so that a strategy of resilience that comes only three, namely flexible in an effort toachieve the goal, to create the conditions themselves and a supportive environment, and develop an attitude ofparticipation and responsibility. Point’s resilience strategy that appears, consciously or not by the fifth subject, hasbeen assisting survive to teach at Elementary school III Small Pagerungan Island belonging to the category ofremote schools, schools with limited resources, and minimal attention from government.