LPPM UMSB ISSN 1693-2617 E-ISSN 2528-7613 206 THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CERTIFIED KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

Sari

Certification is the process of giving certificate for the teacher who have certain requirements,
such as academic qualifications, teaching competence, physical and spiritual health, and
responsibility to achieve the national education goals. This research aimed to know: (1) the
professional development that done by certified kindergarten teacher, (2) the efforts that done
by kindergarten teacher in developing the professionalism, (3) the barriers of kindergarten
teachers in developing the professionalism, (4) the efforts to overcome the barriers of
professional development. This research used qualitative method. The result of this research
showed that : (1) certified kindergarten teacher must increase the professionalism, (2) the
efforts to develop the professionalism of kindergarten teachers were seminars, workshops,
training, KKG and IGTKI (3) the barriers that came from themselves such as lack of time,
funds, ability, and willing, the while the barriers that came from institutions such as lack of
funds and facilities, (4) the effort to overcome the barriers were using the time well and having
motivation to study, and the barriers that came from department and institution were solved by
communication.
Keywords: certified teacher, kindergarten teacher professional