Decision support system for the selection of exemplary teachers using profile matching method

Abstract

According to Law No. 14 of 2005 in Indonesia regarding teachers and lecturers, Article 36 paragraph (1) mandates that teachers who have achievements, are extraordinarily dedicated, and/or work in a special area are entitled to receive awards. However, in determining or choosing an exemplary teacher is not as easy as imagined, this is because there are many teachers who can be used as candidate for exemplary teachers, this is certainly a difficulty for decision makers, in this case, namely the principal to determine exemplary teachers, it cannot be denied that too selection is often done not objectively due to unclear judgments. This study aims to design a decision support system using the Profile Matching method. This method was chosen because the assessment through a decision support system with profile matching has a better level of objectivity, this is done by measuring the value of each indicator of the assessment variable which is then derived again using sub-indicators and weighted using the assessment parameters then calculated using the decision-making mechanism assuming that there is an ideal predictor variable level that must be met by the subject. The output of this study is in the form of recommendations for exemplary teachers who have criteria in accordance with the criteria set by the relevant parties.