CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON INTERNAL COACHING IN SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

Continuous professional development is a program carried out to improve teacher competence
in carrying out their duties. The fact shows that implementing continuous professional
development has not significantly improved teacher professionalism. This program has not
been running consistently, due to a lack of internal motivation from teachers who tend not to
play an active role in the culture of independent learning, because they still position themselves
waiting for professional development activities from external parties to improve their
competence. This study aims to develop a model of continuous professional development
through school institutions based on internal coaching. Internal coaching is the basic capital for
teachers to become lifelong learners and self-directed for increasing competency. The research
was conducted through a development method using the Smith and Ragan model implemented
in an integrated Islamic elementary school that has implemented continuous professional
development programs for almost two years, since 2019. The constructed hypothetical model is
a continuous professional development model based on internal coaching through the
stimulation of reflective, participatory, innovative, and collaborative abilities integrated into the
school system to form a culture of independent learning for teachers. The implication of
research for further development of teacher empowerment at the school level.