KESIAPAN PENDIDIK PAUD DALAM MENGAJAR ANAK USIA DINI DI KOTA BANDUNG

Abstract

The research was conducted aimed at finding out about the readiness of PAUD educators in teaching seen from: 1) recruitment of PAUD educators provided by PAUD managers in the city of Bandung; and 2) academic qualifications and competencies of PAUD educators in the city of Bandung. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach. Respondents are principals or managers of PAUD and PAUD educators in the city of Bandung. Data were obtained throught focus group discussion, and questionnaire. The results showed that the recruitment of PAUD educators was conducted in various ways, such as making announcements, making classified advertisements in newspapers, there were also job seekers coming directly to PAUD institutions to register as PAUD educators, and even looking through the help of friends. There are still many academic qualifications for early childhood education in the city of Bandung, but for TPA all PAUD educators are already undergraduates, but there are those who are S2 but non-educational scholars. The competencies possessed by PAUD educators are also different. The competence of TK, KB and SPS educators mostly reaches the level of affordability, but there are a small number of TPA educators who have disabilities in pedagogic competencies. The aspects of pedagogic competence that cannot be mastered by TPA teachers are, they are unable to carry out remedial and enrichment programs.