Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan: (1) upaya yang dilakukan kepala sekolah dan guru untuk meningkatkan kompetensi, (2) faktor pendukung dan penghambat peningkatan kompetensi guru serta cara mengatasi hambatan tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif jenis studi kasus. Subyek atau sumber data dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari kepala sekolah, guru senior, guru menengah/madya, guru yunior, staf penelitian dan pengembangan, staf pengembangan sumber daya manusia dan

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... taf administrasi sekolah. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan model interaktif mengacu pada teknik analisis data kualitatif Miles dan Huberman yaitu: reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan/verifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa upaya yang dilakukan kepala sekolah mengirim guru mengikuti pelatihan dan kegiatan ilmiah, mengadakan sosialisasi hasil pelatihan, memotivasi peningkatkan kompetensi, memberikan reward. Upaya para guru yaitu memahami tuntutan standar profesi, etos kerja dan budaya kerja. Upaya kepala sekolah mengatasi hambatan yaitu memfasilitasi pengembangan profesi, untuk mengatasi hambatan waktu pelatihan dengan mengadakan pemetaan kebutuhan guru yang dikirim, membuat jadwal pengganti bagi guru yang diikutsertakan ke pelatihan, membuat jadwal tersendiri di luar jam pembelajaran. Upaya para guru dalam mengatasi hambatan diantaranya melanjutkan ke Strata-2, keikutsertaan pelatihan dan kegiatan ilmiah. Upaya para guru mengatasi hambatan waktu pelatihan yaitu antara guru saling menukar jadwal mengajar. Alternatif lain adalah memberikan tugas ke siswa. Kata kunci: upaya, peningkatan kompetensi, profesionalisme guru. IMPROVING THE COMPETENCE OF THE TEACHERS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUDI MULIA DUA SETURAN, DEPOK, SLEMAN Abstract This study aims to describe: (1) the efforts of the principals and teachers to improve the teachers' competence, (2) the supporting and inhibiting factors in the teachers' competence improvement and their solution. This study was a case study using the qualitative approach. The subjects consisted of the principal, two senior teachers, two intermediate teachers, two junior teachers, research and development staff, human resource development staff and school administrative staff. The data collection techniques used were observation, interview, and documentation. The data analysis technique used was an interactive model techniques of Miles and Huberman including data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The results showed that the efforts made by principals included sending the teachers to participate in training and scientific activities, holding socialization of the training outcomes, motivating the teachers to improve their competence and providing rewards. Efforts made by teachers were to understand the demands of professional standards, developing working ethics and culture. Efforts made by the principal to overcome the barriers were by facilitating teachers to conduct professional development. The efforts to overcome the barriers of time was done by mapping the needs of teachers to be sent, by rescheduling teachers who participate to the training, by providing a special schedule out of learning hours. The efforts made by the teachers to overcome barriers were by continuing to S-2 (Magister program), participating training and scientific activities, while the efforts made by teachers to overcome that problem were by exchanging teaching schedule. The alternative way of exchanging teaching was done to give assignments to students.