Analysis of Teachers' Professional Competence in Developing Bilingual Learning Programmes at Muhammadiyah 1 Purwodadi Elementary School

Bilingual learning is a learning program that uses English as an international language, as the language of instruction in the learning process, in addition to Indonesian. The purpose of this study was to determine how the professional competence of teachers in the Bilingual Learning Programme at Muhammadiyah 1 Purwodadi Elementary School. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation. The data analysis used is data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the professional competence of teachers at Muhammadiyah 1 Purwodadi Elementary School has been implemented optimally but not maximally. In addition, the obstacles to the development of the bilingual program faced by bilingual teachers at Muhammadiyah Purwodadi Elementary School are the lack of availability of adequate facilities and infrastructure for the learning process, the different characters of students, teachers who have not mastered class administration, and parents who are sometimes difficult to communicate with. However, this can be overcome with several solutions, namely teachers developing learning media, maximizing materials around the school as learning media, as well as seminars or training for teachers. Keywords: Bilingual, Professionalism Competence, Elementary School