I.G.A. Lokita Purnamika Utami
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Ganesha
University of Education, Singaraja-Bali, Indonesia
Abstract: Teacher professional development is
the term for efforts done by teachers to help them improve their professional
growth. Literatures on professional development mention there are many types of
activities, ranging from the least formal such as professional dialogue to the
most formal like attending seminar.. Recent literatures call these activities
as Continuous Professional Development based on the belief that it should be
done continuously as long as their teacher carrier. For Indonesian EFL context,
Cahyono (2010) mentions there are some options to develop Indonesian English
teacher’s professionalism: sending teachers to graduate program in English
Language education, assigning teacher’s to join in-service teachers’
certification, sending teachers to the Education and Training for Teacher profession
Program, and building teachers’ awareness of the importance of continuous
improvement learning. However, not all teachers are willing to be actively
involved in these activities because of some reasons. One of the reasons is the
gap between teachers’ needs and what the program offers. Research on teacher PD
in Indonesia show that there are many PD providers for teachers, however, they
sometime offer programs which are irrelevant to teachers’ needs. Ideally, PD
planner should do a need analysis before administering the program. As what
expected in the law of teacher and lecturer no 14 of 2005, professional teacher
are those who master the four competences namely professional, pedagogical,
personal and social competences. In relation with this, this article highlights
PD needs based on these four competences within the proposed principles of EFL
teacher professional development need analysis in Indonesia. Besides, this
article presents a draft of blueprint for the need analysis instrument.
Key
words: Professional Development, EFL
teachers, Need Analysis
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