Abstract— World Bank research implied that Indonesian teachers’ role as agents of change was the lowest in Asia. Due to their ability to drive changes, teachers need a model of empowerment. One is the 'Training and Development Personnel' model. The purpose of this study was to test the efficiency and effectiveness of the training model and find the determinant factor determining the professionalism of teachers as agents of change. This training model was developed through three stages: a preliminary study, the development model of teacher training, continued validation of the model by examining the efficiency and effectiveness of the model. The training was attended 37 elementary teachers, 17 of them were the alumni of SWCU Blended Learning Program. Training takes place in the Teacher Working Group in Wonosobo regency on May 2-10 2013. Preliminary study implied that perceived teacher trainings were inefficient and ineffective, and had not developed Professional competencies yet; The implemented training model is proven to be efficient and effective; There are 2 models of influential determinant: 1) Knowledge Elaboration and 2) Cooperative- correlative to the teacher professionalism as agents of change.

Index Terms— Training and development personnel, efficiency and effectiveness, professionalism teachers, knowledge elaboration and cooperative-correlative.

Slameto is with Primary School Teacher Education, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga Indonesia (e-mail: slameto.uksw@gmail.com).

Cite: Slameto, " Elementary School Teacher Professional Development through 'Training and Development Personnel' Model and Their Determinants of Success," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 238-242, 2014.