Six Roles of Teacher Organizations in Improving Professional Competence

Islamic Religious Education Subject Teacher Deliberation is a forum for developing teacher competency as well as correcting problems that exist in the teaching and learning process. This research aims to analyze the role of Islamic Religious Education Subject Teacher Deliberations in improving teachers' professional competence. This research uses qualitative methods with a case study approach (case study design). Data sources were taken from ten informants through in-depth interviews who were selected using the technique of purposive sampling, all informants are active educators and work as Islamic Religious Education teachers in the Islamic Religious Education Subject Teacher Conference activities throughout the city of Padang. All data obtained was analyzed through Milles Huberman's thematic analysis. The results of the analysis show that the role of the Islamic Religious Education Teacher organization in improving the professional competence of Islamic Religious Education teachers is: i) increasing the effectiveness of learning, ii) developing Islamic Religious Education materials (book reviews, seminars), iii) solving students' problems in learning, iv) workshop developing an independent curriculum, v) compiling materials teaching, vi) training in learning models. The results of this research can be used as initial data for future researchers in studying this problem in different contexts and issues.