Study of Impact of Improving Professional Competence Programs for Participants in Academic Qualification Improvement

This study aims to describe the data on improving professional competence of participants in the academic qualification improvement program who received S1 / DIV courses at the nine tertiary institutions funded by the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel of the Ministry of Education. Participants in the Academic qualification improvement program for educators on non-formal education. The research method used by the survey was through distributing questionnaires to participants in the academic qualification improvement program in the nine provinces. The research findings show that the impact of increasing the professional competence of educators is greatly increased by 35.7%, increasing by 52.2%, increasing enough by 11.0%, less increasing by 0.6%, and not increasing by 0.5%. Aspects of professional impact include understanding of the philosophical foundations of the teaching profession, the management of learning, the development of instructional media, the strategy of establishing partnerships, and the willingness to improve knowledge. Thus in general that the academic qualification improvement program organized by the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel in collaboration with the Educational Personnel Education Institution has succeeded in increasing the professional competence of educators in the non-formal education pathway.