Profesionalisme Guru Sekolah Dasar
Abstract
Education is an important level in the life of the nation. There are at least two reasons that can be
identified so that education remains up to date for review. First, the need for education is crucial
because it is directly related to the realm of life and human life. Secondly, education is also a strategic
vehicle for improving the quality of human life, characterized by increased levels of welfare, declining
poverty levels and the opening of alternative options and opportunities for self-actualization in the
future. One of the most important factors in the success of education is the existence of teachers. The
success of education will be largely determined by professional teachers. At the elementary level,
there is a need for a professional elementary school teacher. Professional teachers are teachers who
have the required competencies to perform educational and teaching tasks. Competence here includes
knowledge, attitudes, and professional skills, both personal, social and academic. In Permendiknas
Number 16 of 2007 explained there are four competence of teachers that is pedagogical compotence,
professional competence, personal competence and social compensation. The four competencies are
owned by the teacher through process and improvement efforts. The existence of the fact that
elementary teachers are less competent and less professionals need to have an effort to have the
competence owned and implemented in full by the elementary school teachers so that they become
professional teachers who can provide maximum educational services and as a key role in creating a
quality education and shaping Indonesian Dreamed of this nation.