Supervision in Strengthening Teacher Professionalism (Study on Implementation of Supervisory Duties and Responsibilities in Madrasah Tsanawiyah West Lombok)

One of the important components involved in teacher coaching is supervisors. Madrasah supervisors are people who are given the task and responsibility of assisting teachers to overcome teaching difficulties and improve the professionalism of teachers in learning. In today's era of education reform and autonomy, guidance on supervisory professionalism is essential in driving education through its basic duties and functions. The main duties of supervisors are as coordinators, consultants, motivators, evaluators, and portray leadership in educational activities. To carry out these basic tasks, the education supervisor should be competent with his/her duties. This research uses a qualitative approach with field research that is ¬descriptive and uses two data sources, namely primary data and secondary data. The data collection techniques used are observation, interview, and documentation. Some of the conclusions obtained in this study, namely: 1) Objective conditions of implementation of the supervision process in strengthening teacher professionalism are carried out in a runout starting from planning, implementation, and evaluation of learning; 2) Supervision efforts in strengthening teacher professionalism, namely by helping teachers make learning planning, present learning, vaccinate learning, manage classes, develop curriculum, evaluate curriculum, and evaluate themselves; 3) Supporting factors and inhibition of the implementation of supervisory professionalism in strengthening teacher professionalism, namely internal and external factors. Internal factors, namely work motivation, dedication, discipline, religious motivation, academic qualifications, and competence. While the external factors are policy, personnel, facilities, and leadership. The factors that become obstacles to the implementation of supervision are the recruitment of supervisors, placement, assignment, empowerment of supervisors, quality and quantity, communication media, the existence of pokjawas, facilities / sectarian, discipline, and work motivation as well as guidelines for the implementation of supervisory duties.