Efforts to Improve Teacher Professionalism

Teachers should have four professional competence, pedagogical competence, namely, cognitive, personality, and social. Therefore, in addition to skilled teaching, a teacher also has a vast knowledge, wisdom, and can socialize well.

Professional teachers and lecturers is a special field of work that requires professional principles. They must (1) have the talent, interest, call the soul, and idealism, (2) have qualified educational background and education in accordance with its tasks, (3) have the necessary competence in accordance with its tasks.

In addition, they must also be (4) to comply with professional code of ethics, (5) have rights and responsibilities in implementing the task, (6) revenue which is determined in accordance with the achievement of work, (7) have the opportunity to develop in a sustainable profession, ( 8) the protection of law in performing professional duties, and (9) have professional organizations that have a law (Law on the source of Teachers and Lecturers). (1) qualifications and educational background is not in accordance with the field tasks. In the field, many of teachers to teach subjects that are not in accordance with educational qualifications and educational background too. (2) Does not have the required competency areas appropriate tasks. Teachers should have four professional competence, pedagogical competence, namely, cognitive, personality, and social. Thus, a skilled teacher in addition to teaching, also has a vast knowledge, wisdom, and can socialize well. (3) Earnings not determined in accordance with the performance of work.

While this achievement and teacher who is not earning the same. It is true that now there is a certification program. However, the program does not provide opportunities to all teachers. Certification can only be followed by teachers who are appointed head of the school will potentially notabene subjective.

(4) Lack of opportunity to develop in a sustainable profession. Many teachers who were trapped in the routines. Authorities also did not encourage teachers to the development of self-competence or career. This is terindikasi with the lack of scholarship opportunities provided to teachers and the absence of a program teachers educated, for example with the reference book allowance, training, periodic, and so on.

Professionalism in education need to dimaknai he does his job well. This means that teachers must be people who have insting educators, most do not understand, and understand the students. Teachers must take at least one in depth scientific field. Teachers must have a professional attitude integrity. With integrity then, the example of a teacher or role model.

Recognizing the many teachers who do not meet the criteria of professionals, teachers and responsible education must take a step. Things that can be made of them (1) training. Basic competence is professionalism. Meanwhile, the development of competency must be absolutely sustainable. How, with no other training.

(2) Development of work attitudes. Studies sociology since Max Weber in the era of the early 20th century and the research management of twenty years in the empty one main conclusion that success in the different areas of life was determined by human behavior, especially behavior work.

(3) Creation of time to spare. Spare time (leisure time) has long become a part civilizing process. One of the objectives of education classical (Greek-Roman) is to make people become more "respectable unemployed", meaning the have a lot of spare time to reinforce intelektualitas (mind) and personality (personal).

(4) Improvement of welfare. To be a teacher capable of dignity and "build" a young man with full confidence, teachers must have adequate welfare.