EXPLORING HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN BANDA ACEH

The development of the teacher profession is basically an improvement in the quality of teacher competence. Some of the main dimensions in teacher competence are pedagogical competence, personality competence, social competence, and professional competence. This research was raised as an effort to find out the self- development programs that English teachers most often participate in in high schools in Banda Aceh to improve their ability to teach in schools. The source of data in this study came from a questionnaire distributed to 30 respondents (English teachers at the high school level in Banda Aceh). The method used is a descriptive quantitative method, with a solving sample method. Based on the results of the analysis from the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that 6 activities or self-development programs for high school English teachers have been identified, where the dominant one that has been included by respondents is training activity P2 (Cascading)) shows all respondents or 30 people (100%) have participated in this activity, P3 (Workshop) also shows all respondents or 30 people (100%) have participated in this activity, and P1 (Program Pengembangan Keprofesian Berkelanjutan (PKB)) shows 26 (87%) people have participated in this activity and 4 people (13%) have not participated, In non-training activities, the dominant activities that have been participated in by respondents include P4 activity (Seminar) shows that 22 people (73%) of respondents have participated in this activity while another 8 people (27%) have never participated, and P6 activity (Workshop) shows that 26 people (87%) have participated in this activity and 4 people (13%) have never participated in this activity.