Education Quality Improvement Policy in A Teacher/ Supervisor Career in Indonesia

Education is the main pillar of national development, playing an important role in forming a future generation that is qualified and globally competitive. To achieve this goal, appropriate and effective policies are needed, especially in developing the careers of teachers/supervisors and improving the quality of education. The policy analysis approach is important because it provides a systematic framework for formulating and evaluating policies in this area. The author conducted qualitative research which is included in the library research category. Various sources related to policies to improve the quality of teacher/supervisor career education, including books, journals, articles, periodicals and other related literature were used to collect data. The collected data was then examined and analyzed using qualitative descriptive methods, especially Miles and Huberman's (1994) interactive model, which involves collecting, connecting, reducing, presenting, and drawing conclusions/verification from the data. The aim of this research is to determine the efforts of the government & educational institutions to improve the quality of education through teacher/supervisor careers, the government's efforts to establish policies that focus on improving the quality of education in teacher/supervisor career development, the challenges that occur in realizing the improvement of educational quality through teacher careers. / Supervisor, and appropriate recommendations in the Education Quality Improvement Policy process in Teacher/Supervisor Careers. The research results show that: The efforts of the government and educational institutions are manifested in PP Number 19 of 2005 concerning National Education Standards. Then the government's efforts to establish policies that focus on improving the quality of education in the career development of teachers/supervisors are manifested in certification policies and teacher quality improvement policies. The challenges faced are misuse which makes education a project of a few people, lack of awareness of teachers/supervisors in improving their own quality, low human resources, and low levels of welfare. The recommendation submitted is that the policies that have been established by the government have weaknesses in monitoring the results of the policies issued and evaluating performance. The government's seriousness in monitoring in the field and evaluating performance is vital in effective efforts to improve the quality of education in the careers of teachers/supervisors in Indonesia.