The Study on Professionalism Teacher Profilesin The Provinces of West Java and Banten

Abstract

Teacher professional competence is a very basic requirement in an  effort  to  realize  quality  education  management.  This  study aims to reveal the professional profile of elementary, junior high school  and  vocational  school  teachers  in  West  Java  and  Banten Provinces,  from  the  aspects  of  academic  qualifications,  aspects of  mastery  of  science,  aspects  of  planning,  implementing  and evaluating   learning, and   aspects   of   self-development.   The method used is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach, with data collection tools used are observation, interviews, and documentation  studies.  The  data  obtained  from  the  field  were analyzed qualitatively usinginductive analysis techniques. Based on  the  research  results,  it  is concluded  that from  the  academic aspect,  the  teachers  have  obtained  a  bachelor's  degree  (S1). Professionalism from mastery of science, teachers generally need to improve their abilities in the scientific or pedagogical fields. In  the  aspect  of  learning,  teacher  professionalism  needs  to  be improved  on  methodological  abilities  and  aspects  of  learning innovation.   Another   finding   is   that   to   improve   teacher professionalism, the ability to research and write articles needs to be further improved