TEACHER^S SELF-DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING INDONESIAN WRITING SKILL AS THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARD THE PRODUCTIVITY OF STUDENTS^ WORKS Reni Nur Eriyani, Emzir, Fathiaty Murtadho
Program Studi Linguistik Terapan, UNJ
Abstract
The work of teachers as educators in schools is a complex activity. Teachers have an important role in realizing the educational process in schools. Teachers as professional educators have duties such as educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students. In carrying out these professional duties, teachers must always develop their professional potential. The development of the teacher^s potential can improve the quality of learning. The purpose of this study is to describe the contribution of teacher^s self-development in teaching Indonesian writing skill to the productivity of students^ works at SMAN 1 Cipanas. Qualitative descriptive research method with data collection techniques used are observation, interviews, and field notes. The results of this study indicate that the ability of teachers to write and the involvement of teachers in development and self-actualization activities related to teacher professionalism plays a very positive role in developing students^ writing productivity. This can be proofed by the results of the students^ work in the form of novels, short stories, poems that were published or managed to become champions in the competition.
