Education Innovation Efforts In Teacher Competence Improvement In Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia

Teachers are critical determinants of students' success in school education. Teachers who have optimum competence, highly affect the quality of learning objectives attainment. This research is a field research using a qualitative approach. This was conducted in Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia dated January to June 2013. The focus of this research was how education innovation efforts in teacher competence improvement was done through teacher peadagogic, personal, social, and professional competence empowerment. Results of this research showed that the Education department of the District of Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia has made education innovation with serious various efforts to improve teachers' competence. Those Efforts included: 1. Educational Seminars, 2. Teachers Training, 3. Intensive Teachers Professional Development, 4. Teachership Workshop, 5. Subject Teacher Group Discussion Strengthenment, 6. Learning Design and Approach Training, 7. Classroom Action Research Training, 8. Intensive Supervision. Such efforts are the empowerment of the teacher peadagogic, personal, social, and professional competence. Keywords: Teacher competence Improvement; Peadagogic, personal, social, and profesional competenc