Abstract :
This study focuses on one of component in the implementation of
professional development, it is the teaching skill.Based on the previous study
conducted by Grace IkaYuwono and Lesley Harbon (2010) state that?English
teacher professionalism in Indonesia is unique, is often different from what is
constructed by common literature on teacher professionalism,they have explored
how English teachers in Indonesia perceive and construct their
professionalism and professional development in terms of their motives of
becoming a teacher?.The purposes of the study are to know the way of teachers
develop their teaching skill, to know the probems that faced by the teacher in
teaching learning activities, and to know the way to solve the problems.
The subject of the study isthe English teachers who have educator
certificate at MTs. Al Ibrohimi Manyar Gresik. The instrument that is used in this
research is interview and observation. Interview is given to English teachers and
observation is held to the teacher to knowwhen the teachersimplement the
professional development in their teaching learning process.
This study reveals the following finding. Based on the observation and
interview, the teachers develop their professionalism related with teaching skill
by: joining workshop or in house training, seminars,colloquium, panel
discussions, orotherforms ofscientific meetingseitheras adiscussant orparticipants,
which is held by the school itself or either educational institutions. The next by
conducting assessment, the assessment is in the form of performance appraisal
organized by school. Then, joining Deliberation Subject Teachers, from the forum
the teachers can exchange teaching experience between teachers from other
schools, making a lot of instructional media as good as possible to support
teaching learning process, and reading journals or articles that contained teacher
professional development. It means that the ways to improve professional
development is not quite different with the theory by Sukanti (2012).
Based on the observation and interview, many difficulties were found
during the teachers improve the teaching skill. However they could overcome it.
The teacher tried to overcome the lack of facilitieswithutilizinginstructional
media,althoughstill relativelyas conventional mediaor maximize theuse ofcardsor
studentsworksheets. Although compiling teaching devicespenta lotof time,
butteachersanticipateby adapting theteachingdeviceofthe previousschool year. The
next problem was related each other, it was the difficulties to apply lesson plan
and teaching method in teaching learning process. It was caused by the less input
of students. To overcome this problem the teacher approached the student to determine how much absorption of students. As the consequenceof the scenario of
teaching in lesson plan could not be appliedproperly, howeverthe teachertried
toconveythe materialin accordancewiththe
syllabusandthecompetencystandard/basiccompetence. The last, the teacher did
notmastertechnology. Although the teachescould notholda computer-based
learning, butteacherstilltried tobe agood figurein teachingEnglish.The teacher
prefered to use lecture method and conventional media such as book and card.
The researcher recommended suggestion for the teachers and the principal
to alwaysestablish good communicationin order the purposeof
learninginMTs.AlIbrohimicould beachieved.This study was far from perfect, so it
would be better if the otherresearcher did study in the same topic but focused on
other components of teacher professional development.