Personal Competence

Teachers as educators whose main duty of teaching, personality characteristics have great influence on the success of human resource development. A stable personality of the figure of a teacher will give a good example of students and society, so the teacher will appear as a highly inappropriate "digugu" (followed advice / words / commands) and "imitated" (in the example of the attitude and behavior).
Teacher's personality is the most important factor for the success of their students learning. In this regard, Zakiah Darajat in Shah (2000:225-226) asserts that personality is what will determine whether he becomes an educator and promoter of good for students, or is going to be a destroyer or a destroyer for the future of their students, especially for students who still small (elementary level) and those who are experiencing mental shock (intermediate level). Personality characteristics associated with successful teachers in the profession is concerned with cognitive flexibility and openness include psychological.
Cognitive flexibility or flexibility is the ability to think the realm of copyright, followed by simultaneous action and adequate in certain situations. Teachers are flexible in general characterized by the openness of thinking and adapt. In addition, he has a resistance or resistance to premature closure of the realm of copyright in the observation and recognition.
In the Law on Teachers and Lecturers noted personality competence is "the ability of a stable personality, noble, wise, and authoritative as well as a role model student."
Surya (2003:138) calls this personality competence as personal competence, namely personal skills necessary for a teacher to be a good teacher. Personal competence includes personal skills related to self-understanding, self acceptance, self direction and self-realization.
Gumelar and Dahyat (2002:127) refers to the opinion of the Asian Institute for Teacher Education, said the personal competencies include
(1) good knowledge of social mores or religion,
(2) knowledge about the culture and traditions,
(3) knowledge about the essence of democracy,
(4) knowledge of aesthetics,
(5) have an appreciation and social awareness,
(6) have the right attitude towards knowledge and work,
(7) devoted to human dignity.
While the competence of teachers in a more specific one is to be empathetic, open, dignified, responsible and able to assess personal self.
Johnson was quoted as saying Anwar (2004:63) suggested teachers' personal skills, including
1) the appearance of a positive attitude towards the whole job as a teacher, and to the overall situation of education and its elements,
2) understanding, appreciation and performance values that should be adopted by a teacher,
3) personality, values, attitudes displayed in an effort to make itself as a leader and role model for his students.
Arikunto (1993:239) suggested personal competence requires teachers to have a personality that is steady so that it becomes a source of inspiration for the subject students, and by siswa.Berdasarkan exemplary description above, the competence of the teacher's personality is reflected in the indicators
(1) attitudes, and
(2) exemplary.
6 item personality competencies teachers must be owned by No game. 16 year 2007 regarding the standard of academic qualifications and competence of teachers, namely:
• Item 11: Acting in accordance with the norms of religion, law, social and national culture of Indonesia.
• Item 12: Showing yourself as a person of honesty, morality and role model for students and the community.
• Item 13: Showing yourself as a person of steady, stable, mature, wise and authoritative.
• Item 14: Indicates the work ethic, high responsibility, a sense of pride to be a teacher and self-confidence.
• Item 15: Upholding the code of ethics for teachers.
• Item 16: Be inclusive, to act objectively, and not discriminatory because the consideration of gender, religion, race, physical condition, family background and socioeconomic status.
Personality Competence
Competence is the ability of personal personality that reflects the personality of a steady, stable, mature, wise, and authoritative, serve as an example for students, and morality. In detail, every element of personality can be translated into subkompetensi and essential indicators as follows.
1) Having a steady and stable personality. It has indicators Subkompetensi essential: to act in accordance with legal norms, act in accordance with social norms; proud as an educator, and has a consistency in acting in accordance with the norms
2) Have a mature personality. Subkompetensi has an essential indicator: displays independence in acting as an educator and has a work ethic as an educator.
3) Having a personality wise. Subkompetensi has an essential indicator: displays the action that is based on the benefits students, schools, and community and demonstrate openness in thinking and acting.
4) Having an authoritative personality. Subkompetensi has essential indicators: a behavior that has positive influence on learners and have a respected behavior.
5) It has a noble character and can serve as an example. It has indicators Subkompetensi essential: to act in accordance with religious norms (IMTAQ, honest, sincere, helpful), and have exemplified the behavior of students.
Adult teachers who will show independence in acting dam has a high work ethic. Meanwhile, a wise teacher will be able to see the benefits of learning for students, schools and communities, showed an open attitude in berfkir and acting. Authoritative meaning that teachers have a positive effect on attitudes and behaviors of students respected.
The most major of the teacher is a noble personality. It can be a role model and act in a manner religion (faith, and godly, honest, sincere and helpful and have the behaviors that can be emulated.
One cause of low morale / ahlak current generation is low
morale of teachers and teacher assignment orangtua.Kecenderungan only transfer of knowledge without regard to moral values contained in the science, let alone learning conditions today are very oriented to obtain the figures as the standardization of quality education.
There are several factors that cause Personality teachers who lack living today, among others:
1. Teacher recruitment process that puts the technical ability without regard to non-technical skills
2. Education and teacher training that emphasizes the ability of teachers to master the curriculum, and
3. Did not understand the teaching profession as a professional vocation