Pekalongan City Education Department holding hands Foundation Learning Teacher (GBF) and Pekalongan City Learning Teacher Community roll out Learning Teacher Competency Assessment (AKGB) on Saturday (31/08) until Sunday (01/09) Of State High School 2 and SMK Negeri 3 Pekalongan City.
Totally there 1000 preschool level teacher, SD, and middle school who came along. This means that all teachers in Pekalongan City under the auspices of the Pekalongan City Education Office follow the AKGB.
Zainul Hakim, Head of the Pekalongan City Education Department explain, The results of the assessment will be used as a basis for identifying teacher competency development needs. He said there would be a mapping of what teacher competencies needed to be improved and maintained in their regions.
“We really need an assessment like this, to make it easier to decide what steps need to be taken. Results for each teacher, each sub-district, there must be different levels of competence. We analyze the potential and needs of teachers,continued Zainul.
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"Later we will develop quality improvement programs after mapping out this assessment. So we took action, When taking a policy there is a clear basis, basically data,he continued.
The competency measured is pedagogical competency, social competence, professional competence, and personality competence. These four competencies must be possessed by teachers based on GTK Director General Regulation No. 2626 year 2023.
“With the results of this assessment and follow-up, It is hoped that equal distribution of teacher competence in each agency can be realized," said Zainul.
Sita, Kraton Kidu Elementary School teacherl, one participant said, AKGB became a means for him to understand himself. He hopes, This assessment really has follow-up.
“At first you-deg'an, I'm doing questions like a test, However, it is repeatedly stated that this assessment does not determine the fate of our careers as teachers. This is not a competency test, advancement exam, and so on,” explained Sita.
"In fact, in the end, I felt like I knew myself better when working on the questions. Especially the personality. Hopefully there will be a continuation after this,he said.
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Marsaria Primadonna, chairman of the Cikal Teachers Campus, one of the YGB units that implements AKGB, explain, AKGB is a diagnostic and formative assessment for teachers. As a diagnostic assessment, AKGB can be a reference for self-development.
Meanwhile, as a formative assessment, AKGB can be used as training for teachers or prospective teachers to prepare themselves before taking part in various career development selections from the Ministry of Education and Culture, such as the Teacher Competency Test. (UKG), Teacher Professional Education (PPG), and selection of Government Employees with Employment Agreements (PPPK).
AKGB also helps local governments prioritize certain teacher competency development programs. "There is a lot of teacher training and many teachers need to improve their competency but the budget is limited. With AKGB, Regional governments can determine priorities according to needs,explained Pima, Marsaria's nickname.
"Hopefully more schools or local governments will realize that assessment before determining a learning program is very important. Yes, just like we do with students, assess first then determine the strategy. Thus, what you do will be more effective,” concluded Pima. (Yosi)
