Persepsi Guru terhadap Kebijakan Sertifikasi Guru di Kabupaten Samosir

Raduma Armawati Sagala , Ag. Subarsono

2017 | Tesis | S2 Magister Administrasi Publik

ABSTRACT The implementation of the teacher certification policy has been running for ten years and government has spent a lot of money to pay teacher’s professional allowance (TPA). However this policy was not followed up by the evaluation of teacher’s performances after the certification so the result of this policy could not be measured. One of the key factors that determined the successful implementation of this policy was the actor’s perception that became the object of policy. The aim of this research was to find out the teachers perception of the policy of certification and the factors that influenced this perception. The study was conducted in Samosir Regency and used the mixture method of quantitative and qualitative to describe the teacher perception of the certification and the factors that influenced it. The respondents of this study were obtained through the multi stage sampling to 126 junior high school teachers in 13 public and private schools. The data were gained through questionnaires, interviews and by collecting document which were related with the certification of the teachers. The method which are used for the process of quantitative data was the descriptive statistical technique which was using the distribution of frequency while the qualitative data was using Miles and Huberman’s model. The study found that teachers receive any existing provisions in teacher certification policies even though not yet fully understand the mandate of the policy. The acceptance with regard to the profession will be allowances they receive. The certification has not been synonymous with professional status but still related to the fulfillment of the terms of the Administration for certification and disbursement of TPA. Teacher certification policy objectives in order to be truly achieved, interventions need to be performed against the perception of teachers through an intense communication either through formal or informal socialization which internalization of the values of professional teachers. Keywords: teacher certification, policy, professional teacher, qualification, competence, procedure, TPA

Kata Kunci : Implementasi; Sertifikasi