Strengthening Teacher’s Competencys Through Practical Teaching Program

Abstract

Teacher’s competencys is the capability of a teacher to perform his duties and obligations properly and responsibly, the teacher as a facilitator, motivator, should have competence as stated in the constitution of the republic Indonesia that the competencies of teacher, are four aspect; Personality competence, pedagogic competence, social competence and professional competence. In this case, Students of the intensive program at the Al-Amien Islamic Institute are students who are equipped with various abilities, as a standard for graduates, one of them is a practical teaching program. In this program, all students of intensive program participate in the practical teaching program with various stapes. In this reaserch, will describe how is the teacher competencies formulated in the program as a form of strengthening teacher competencies in themselves. This research descriptive research qualitative approach, with data collection techniques through observation and interviews. The results of this reasearch are; 1) Practical teaching program is carried out in three weeks starting from the debriefing, experiments, and practical teaching program. 2) Each student is formulated in a group of 8-9 people with two tutors in each group. 3) the practicants maked daily lesson plans that are corrected by, class teachers, master teachers and tutors. 4) They are evaluated directly by tutors and their group members during practice. 5) They will repeat their practical teaching, if they do not do the predetermined categories as a teacher. 6)The strengthening of the four teacher competencies has been implemented in the practical teaching program.