Indonesian Journal of Elementary Teachers Education (IJETE) p-ISSN: 2615-2606 & e-ISSN: 2615-7853 Volume 2, Number 1, May 2021 https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/ijete 29 TEACHER PERSONALITY COMPETENCIES AS CHARACTER MODEL OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Marlina Eliyanti Simbolon 1* , Yogi Kuncoro Adi 2 , Shamira Angraeni 1 , Dhea Putri Pratiwi 3 1 Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Kuningan, Indonesia 2 Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Salatiga, Indonesia 3 Pendidikan Dasar, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia * marlina@uniku.ac.id Citation: Simbolon, M. E., Adi, Y. K., Angraeni, S., & Pratiwi, D. P. (2021). Teacher personality competence as character model of elementary school students. Indonesian Journal of Elementary Education, 2 (1), page. 29-42. DOI: 10.25134/ijete.v2i1.4140 Received: 10-03-2021 Accepted: 30-05-2021 Published: 31-03-2021 ABSTRACT This research was conducted because of the many cases that occurred regarding moral decline committed by teachers as educators. The formulation of the problem in this study is how the teacher's personality competence is an example of the character of elementary school students. The purpose of this study was to describe the personality competencies of teachers as character models of elementary school students. The research method used was a survey with quantitative descriptive analysis. To collecting data, we used closed and open-ended questionnaires. The sample of this study used non-probability volunteer sampling with a total of 94 teachers and 344 students as respondents. To validating the instrument, we used expert judgment. This research data analysis using descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that: the teacher's personality competence is in the very high category. This proves that the teacher has mastered the aspects of personality competencies that must be possessed by the teacher. Through the teacher's mastery of the teacher's personality competence, it shows that the teacher has a very important role to develop the character of elementary school students. Keywords: teacher personality; character; elementary school student INTRODUCTION One of the main factors determining the quality of education is the teacher. Teachers play an important role in the world of education, because teachers are educators who are responsible for the education and development of students. As stated in Republic Indonesia Law No 14 in 2005 concerning Teachers and Lecturers, which reads "Teachers are professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, assessing, and evaluating students in early childhood education through formal education, basic education, and secondary education". With the sentence, the teacher is a professional educator, explaining that the teacher has a big duty and responsibility as a professional educator to guide, educate, teach, and train students in improving the quality of education.