Abstract:
Certification aims to produce teachers who have the professional competence to plan, implement, and evaluate learning. The fact there is a difference in the learning process in implementing the teaching and learning among teachers who are certified and who have not been certified. Teachers who are certified in the PBM better able to master the subject matter and classroom management in order to see enthusiastic students to participate in classroom lessons.
The purpose of this study were: 1) Determine the effect on the performance of social studies teacher certification, 2) Knowing the effect of certification on student learning outcomes in social studies, 3) Knowing the effect of certification on teacher performance in improving student learning outcomes in social studies. This study was conducted at SMK Negeri 4 Pekanbaru with 2 people total sample social studies teacher. Methods of data collection by observation, data analysis and comparing the total score.
Based on the presentation of data analysis, it can be concluded that: 1) Teachers who have certified its performance is better than teachers who have not seen the certification of teachers' total score of 104 categories of certification are very good while the teacher is not certified either 90 categories, 2 ) learning outcomes of students who take the learning process by certified teachers who already have a percentage of 27.02% while the value of a good student learning outcomes of students who take the learning process by certified teachers who have not had a percentage of 74.28% of the students either. So the authors concluded that the "Certification can improve the performance of social studies teachers are getting better and influence on student learning outcomes by following MGMP and have teaching experience also affect student learning outcomes.
