TEACHING PROFESSION

What, Why, and How to Work Profession
Profession is a job in carrying out their duties require / demand expertise (expertise), using scientific techniques, and dedication. Expertise gained from the educational institution dedicated to it with a curriculum that can be accounted for.
The characteristics of professions, namely the existence of:
1. performance standards;
2. special education institutions to produce professionals with the standards of academic quality that is responsible;
3. professional organizations;
4. ethics and professional code of ethics;
5. reward system;
6. community recognition.
Teaching Profession
Basically, the teaching profession is a profession that is growing. Although there is an opinion that the teacher is a position semiprofesional, but actually more than that. This is possible because the position can only be obtained at the teacher education institution that prepares graduates of teachers, the professional organizations, codes of ethics and there are rules about the functional position of teachers (SK Menpan No. 26/1989).
Professionalization effort is unnecessary negotiable because its unique teaching profession. Professional teachers must have the various competencies such as professional competence, personal and social.

The characteristics of the Teaching Profession
The characteristics are as follows professorship.
1. Position involving intellectual activity.
2. Position the torso wrestle a special science.
3. Professional positions that require a long preparation (compared with work that requires a mere general practice).
4. Positions that require training in a sustainable position.
5. Position a promising career and life of permanent membership.
6. Position that determines the standard (default) itself.
7. Position is more concerned about service above personal gain.
8. Positions that have a strong professional organization and are closely connected.

Background to the Teaching Profession
Professorship motivated by the need of teachers. This need increases with educational institutions that produce prospective teachers to produce professional teachers. At the present time LPTKs be the only institutions that produce teachers. Although the position of the teaching profession has not been fully told, but the condition has improved with increased incomes of teachers, recognition of the teaching profession, professional organizations are getting better, and educational institutions that produce teachers so there is a certified teacher through the Teach Act. Professional organization working to unite members of the profession and the motion steps to enhance the professionalism of its members. After PGRI who became the only professional organization of teachers in Indonesia, later developing a kind of teachers' organizations (MGMP).

Scope of the Teaching Profession
The scope of services of teachers in carrying out his profession, which consists of
(1) administrative services in education,
(2) instructional services, and
(3) support services, which all three strive to enhance students' optimal development.
The scope of the teaching profession can also be divided into two groups namely group knowledge and mastery of basic techniques and professional group of professional ability.
Personality Competence
Competence personality is a number of competencies related to personal skills with all the characteristics that support the implementation tasks teacher.
Some personality teacher competency are as follows.
1. Faithful and pious to God the Almighty.
2. Believe to yourself.
3. Tolerant and tolerant.
4. Being open and democratic.
5. Patience in keguruannya profession.
6. Develop themselves for the progress of his profession.
7. Understand the purpose of education.
8. Able to human relationships.
9. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of self.
10. Creative and innovative in its work.
Teacher Social Competence
Social competence is the ability of teachers to adapt to the demands of work and the environment at the time of bringing his duties as a teacher. The role of the teacher brought in a society different from other professions. Therefore, the public attention given to the teachers were different and there is specificity, especially the demand to become a pioneer of development in areas where teachers live.
Some social competence that need to be owned by teachers, among others the following.
1. Skilled at communicating with students and parents Learners.
2. Be sympathetic.
3. Can cooperate with the BP3.
4. Clever hang out with my friend co-worker and Education Partners.
5. Understand the surrounding world (Environmental).

Components of Professional Competence
Professional competence is a competence of teachers associated with the profession that demands a variety of expertise in the field of education or teacher training. Professional competence is a basic skills teacher in the learning and knowledge about human behavior, field of study dibinanya, the right attitude about PBM environment and have skills in teaching techniques.
Some components of professional competence of teachers is the following.
1. Mastery Learning Materials and Their concepts.
2. Management of teaching and learning programs.
3. Classroom management.
4. The management and use of media and learning resources.
5. Mastery of educational foundations.
6. Ability to assess achievement of teaching and learning.
7. Understanding the principles of management of institutions and educational programs in schools.
8. Mastering the methods of thinking.
9. Improving the ability and professional mission.
10. Provide assistance and guidance to students.
11. Having insight into educational research.
12. Able to conduct simple research for teaching purposes.
13. Able to understand the characteristics of learners.
14. Able to organize School Administration.
15. Having insight about educational innovation.
16. Take bold decisions.
17. Understanding the curriculum and its development.
18. Ability to work planned and programmed.
19. Able to use time appropriately.

The relationship between Mastery and Ability Teaching Materials
Mastery of basic foundation material becomes a teacher to have the ability to teach. Mastery of a teacher is done by reading the book-fur lessons. The ability of mastery of the material has a close connection with teachers' teaching abilities, the more in control of a teacher in the material / instructional materials in teaching it will be more successful if underpinned by its ability to use teaching methods.
Mastery of teaching materials to start with knowing the contents of the material and how to approach teaching materials.
Teachers who master the teaching materials will be more confident in teaching the material, always creative and innovative in delivery methods.

Situational Decision and Transactional
Situational decision regarding decisions about what and how the teaching will be realized based on the analysis of the situation (objectives, materials to be delivered, time and facilities available and the default behavior of students).
Situational decision taken when compiling the preparation of teachers written in the form of lesson units (satpel).
Transactional decisions are made by teachers adjustments relating to the implementation of situational decisions based on the feedback obtained from the interaction with student teachers as well as from interactions between students in the PBM is in progress.
Transactional decision was taken because of the changing circumstances that developed in performing PBM.
Role of Teachers in the Development of Learning Design
The learning process is a process of inquiry and reflective, which emphasizes the importance of teachers' experience and appreciation of the process. Learning design should be developed on the basis of instructional goals oriented to the development of students. The development is the goal of learning. The design of good learning design in short and long term components include: (a) Analysis of the curriculum,
(b) instructional objectives,
(c) the plan of activities,
(d) evaluation plan.

Role of Teachers in the Implementation of Learning and Classroom Management
1. Effective learning manifested in behavioral changes as both learners and the impact of the instructional impact accompaniment. The learning process takes place in a scene that need to be organized and managed into an environment or conditions conducive learning.
2. Pluralistic approach in classroom management combining various approaches, and look at classroom management as a set of activities to develop and maintain an effective learning environment.
3. Problems of teaching and classroom management are two things that can be distinguished but it is difficult to separate. Both are interrelated; classroom management is a prerequisite for the continuity of the learning process effective.
4. Learning environment is developed and maintained with due regard to diversity factors and the development of learners. Classroom management is developed through the stages: the formulation of ideal conditions, gap analysis, strategy selection, and assessment of the effectiveness of the strategy.
5. Structuring the classroom physical environment is an essential element in classroom management because it gives effect to the behavior of teachers and learners

Role of Teachers in the Evaluation of Learning
Evaluation is the process of obtaining information to form judgments in decision-making. Information required for the purpose of evaluation techniques enmeshed with inquiry, observation, analysis, tests. The selection technique used is based on the type of information should be disclosed so that the evaluation could be used in a variety of techniques at once. Processing the measurement results of the study intended to evaluate the process and learning outcomes

Understanding the Role of Teachers in the Elementary Student Learning Development
While learning is a process of personal development of students, the students' progress should be the basis for learning. Aspects of student development that includes physical and motor development, cognitive, personal, and social development has important implications for the learning process. The implication is related to content development and learning strategies, and cooperation of school with parents.
Definition and Purpose of Guidance and Counselling
1. Guidance can be defined as "the process of helping individuals to achieve optimal development."
2. Counselling is defined as "the process of helping individuals (clients) on an individual basis in situations of face-to-face relationship, in order to develop themselves or solve his problems."
3. Counseling is one type of guidance service, which is considered the core of the overall guidance service.
4. Guidance and counseling aims to help individuals or for learners to develop his personality in an optimal, either in relation to aspects of physical, intellectual, emotional, social and moral-spiritual.

Functions, Principles, and Principles of Guidance
1. As the process of providing assistance to individuals (students), guidance serves as an effort to (a) understanding,
(b) prevention,
(c) development, ಅಂಡ್
(d) repair.
2. Tutoring is held based on the principles ಆಫ್
(a) individuals or learners are in the process of developing,
(b) guidance targets are all learners,
(c) care for all aspects of development,
(d) the ability of learners are the basis for determining the choice,
( e) guidance is an integral part of education, and
(f) the assistance provided in an effort to develop the ability of learners to realize himself.
3. Organizing professional guidance should care about the principles, such as confidentiality, openness, expertise, dynamism, and tut wuri handayani.
Fields and Types of Tutoring Services
1. Implementation of the guidance, covering the areas of personal, social, academic, and career.
2. The types of guidance services, including orientation, information, learning, group counseling, placement and distribution, individual counseling, and group counseling
Relations with Educational Guidance
Be established with a good education, if supported by its components in the areas of leadership or administration, teaching, and students' personal service or guidance. Through counseling, education process to facilitate the development of those aspects or personal characteristics of students optimally.
Kepembimbingan Teacher Role in Learning in Schools
In accordance with the nature and characteristics of school child development, guidance and counseling in schools more effectively become an integral part of the job counselor. Guidance implemented in an integrated school in the learning process, except the things that require special handling.
In the process of learning at school teachers need to show a leadership role by creating a climate or atmosphere of learning that the charged / nuanced guidance. In the process of learning that teachers play a role not only deliver instructional materials, but also develop effective behaviors both with respect to learning behavior, personal, social or career.
Helping Troubled Students
Problems faced by students can be divided into a learning problem and the problem is not learning. However, these problems usually lead to learning difficulties. Student learning difficulties can be identified by testing the results of learning, basic skills tests, observation study habits.
The factors that cause learning difficulties can be classified into external and internal factors. There are several techniques to help students who have difficulty learning, नामली
(1) teaching improvement,
(2) enrichment,
(3) increased motivation to learn,
(4) improvement of learning skills,
(5) development of attitudes and habits of effective learning।

Guidance on the School Development Program
There are 4 core components in the program guidance, नामली
(1) common basic services,
(2) Service responsiveness,
(3) individual planning services, and
(4) Supporting system. Basic public services are services aimed at helping all students develop behaviors that must be mastered for the long term. Responsive service is a service to help students solve problems or develop behaviors that become necessary at this time and must be served. Individualized planning services are directed to help students plan for education, career and personal development.