Latar belakang: Pendidikan merupakan salah satu unsur penting yang menentukan kualitas sumber daya manusia, dan guru merupakan komponen yang memegang peran penting dalam menentukan kualitas proses pembelajaran. Oleh karena itu, seorang guru harus meningkatkan kompetensinya agar mampu melakukan tugas profesionalnya sebagai seorang pendidik. Salah satu upaya yang dilakukan guru adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Namun, guru-guru di Klasis Telutih, Kabupaten Seram Bagian Timur belum pernah mengikuti pelatihan penelitian tindakan kelas serta mengalami kesulitan dalam menuangkan ide-ide dalam bentuk penelitian dan tulisan. Tujuan: Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk membantu guru dalam merancang dan melakukan penelitian tindakan kelas sebagai upaya peningkatan profesionalisme guru. Metode: Kegiatan pengabdian dilakukan melalui tiga tahap yaitu persiapan kegiatan, pelaksanaan kegiatan, dan evaluasi kegiatan. Hasil: Menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata respon partisipan 37% menyatakan puas dan 55% menyatakan sangat puas terhadap semua aspek pelatihan yang dilakukan, sedangkan 8% menyatakan kurang puas karena keterbatasan waktu pelatihan sehingga praktik penyusunan PTK kurang maksimal. Kesimpulan: Kegiatan pengabdian melalui pelatihan penelitian tindakan kelas memberikan manfaat bagi partisipan pelatihan sehingga dapat meningkatkan profesionalisme guru sebagai seorang pendidik.
Kata kunci: pelatihan, penelitian tindakan kelas, profesionalisme guru
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Abstract
Background: Education and teachers are an important element in determining the quality of human resources and the quality of the learning process. Therefore, a teacher must improve his competence to carry out his professional duties as an educator. One of the efforts made by the teacher is classroom action research. The teachers at Telutih Klasis in East Seram District had never participated in classroom action research training and had difficulties in expressing their ideas in research and writing. Objective: This service activity aims to assist teachers in designing and conducting classroom action research to increase teacher professionalism. Method: Service activities are carried out through three stages, namely preparation activity, implementation activity, and evaluation activity. Result: Shows that the average response of participants was 37% said they were satisfied and 55% said they were very satisfied with all aspects of the training carried out, while 8% said they were not satisfied because of the limited time for training so that the practice of preparing PTK was not optimal. Conclusion: Community service activities through classroom action research training provide benefits for training participants so that they can increase teacher professionalism as an educator.
Keywords: training, classroom action research, teacher professionalism