The Role of Education Administration in Improving Teacher Proffessionalism

Abstract

This research discusses the role of educational administration, in this case, the learning device as an effort to increase Islamic education teacher professionalism at MTs Al-Fatah, Padang. The aims are to analyze: 1) the state of educational administration made by the teacher; 2) the form of teacher professionalism  ; and 3) the contribution of educational administration in increasing teacher professionalism. The type of this research is qualitative with descriptive method. Informants in this research were teachers of Al-Qur'an-Hadith, teachers of Akida h Akhlak, teachers of Fikih, and teachers of Islamic Culture History (SKI) at MTs Al-Fatah, Padang. The results showed that the state of teacher education administration at MTs Al-Fatah, Padang was complete and was well applied in the learning process in the classroom. The form of teacher professionalism is carrying out duties, roles, and responsibilities as teachers well. The contributions of educational administration in developing teacher professionalism at MTs Al-Fatah,, namely: (1) time management, (2) class management, (3) stimulating to innovate, (4) stimulating to develop technical skills, (5) and the concept of transformation of students.