Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2019)

Continuing professional development towards teachers' performance at vocational secondary schools in Surakarta

Isti Setya Rini (Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)
Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni (Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)
C. Dyah Sulistyaningrum Indrawati (Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Mar 2019

Abstract

Continuing Professional Development is a program from the government so that teachers can develop their performance. Continuing Professional Development includes: self-development, scientific publications, and innovative work. This study aims to determine the effect of Sustainable Professional Development (self-development, scientific publications, and innovative work) on the performance of vocational business and management teachers in Surakarta. This study uses a quantitative method with Structural Equation Modeling Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS) analysis. The study sample was 158 business and management vocational teachers in Surakarta, Indonesia. The results of the study show that 1) self-development has a positive and significant influence on teacher performance of 0.333 and the statistical value of T is 5.028≥1.96; 2) scientific publications have a positive and significant effect on teacher performance of 0.225 and T statistical values of 1.763≤1.96; and 3) innovative works have a positive and significant effect on teacher performance of 0.282 and the value of T statistics is 1.810 .91.96. Therefore, vocational business and management teachers need to improve professional development through scientific publications and innovative work.

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