Expanding Teacher's Creativity During Covid-19 Era at Timor-leste Border Area in 2020

The life of East Timor residents in the New Settlements becomes a certain problem. The problem of becoming Indonesian makes a certain point to be solved. The problem is about how to handle students creatively in the era of pandemic Covid-19. Objectives of this research consist of some points. (1) To find out teacher's creativity in doing approach to students who are learning at home related to the pandemic Covid-19 era in the border area of Timor-Leste. (2) To seek and to expand models of creativity in the context of teaching from home or school for students who are staying at home in the border of Indonesia and Timor-Leste area. The research method uses qualitative method especially literature studies, contemporary newspaper studies, and survey studies on teacher's creativity in Europe schools. The results of research are: (1) In fact, the technology and creativity are keys to the learning process in the era with the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic. (2) According to the results of the study, students who are learning at home have difficulty accessing the internet. (3) The quality and creativity of teachers need to be considered, expanded, and improved. (4) According to the results of this study, teachers' creative abilities were at a moderate level because teachers were shocked by the spread of Covid-19.