Being a professional has the meaning of having a job or an activity which is carried out and become a source of income to make a living that requires expertise, skills, or competencies that meet certain quality standards or norms and require professional education (Article 1, point 4 of Teachers and Lecturers Act). Meanwhile, the term teachers refer to professional educators with the primary task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students in elementary education and secondary education (Article 1, point 1). Teacher's professional development is a process where teachers and principals learn, improve and use the knowledge which is appropriate to the skills and values. The idea of appropriateness itself must be based on considerations of shared values and public values to the needs and best interests of the students (Bolam, 2000). The development of teacher's professionalism can be reached through various stages as follows: 1. Early preparation stage. At this stage, the educational institutions provide training to teachers-to-be (prospective teachers) by giving a number of experiences, related to the activities both inside and outside the classroom. 2. Induction stage. This stage is the first year for students (prospective teachers) to teach. The Prospective Teachers begin to do a process of synthesis of various obligations required by the education programs or the related schooling program. 3. Sustainable development stage. At this stage mentors (senior teachers) participate in various opportunities to shape professional character of the prospective teachers, to sharpen their skills and provide opportunities for
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prospective teachers to collaborate with the group and to develop plans in subsequent years. 4. Renewal stage. In each stage, the mentors are able to participate in activities that could contribute to renewing their activities both personally and professionally. Renewal can lead to a professional who is highly motivated and trained, so as to meet the demands of his job. 5. Recruitment and selection stage. The mentors, in collaboration with various stakeholders such as the partner schools and Field Experience Program, will develop a teacher recruitment program, which can indirectly help prospective teachers to prepare themselves in the process of recruitment. Students (prospective teachers) are encouraged to pursue their career choices, so that eventually they could present themselves optimally (McNergney, RF and Herbert, JM, 2001).