Teachers in the sense of the Indonesian education system are professional educators with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, evaluating, and evaluating students.
Teachers or recognized as "instructors", "educators", and "caregivers" teach staff in educational institutions such as schools whose main task is to educate, teach, guide, direct, train, assess, and evaluate students. The teacher as a teacher is a person who has pedagogical skills so that he is able to express what he knows to students so as to make students understand about the material he teaches students. A teacher will more easily transfer the material he teaches students if the teacher really masters the material and has good teaching techniques and techniques that are consistent with the characteristics of the professional teacher. like reciprocal teaching methods, it is expected to increase student activity in learning. In addition, basically, students are individual beings. By looking at these factors, the application of reciprocal teaching methods will enable students to develop knowledge, attitudes, and skills so that they can develop independently. The application of reciprocal teaching methods is basically to train students to always prepare themselves to participate in learning activities. The willingness and creativity of students in adapting and completing their learning activities do not appear on their own. Everything arises because they are planned by teachers who have the ability to understand and treat students humanely.
Education as a human resource must receive continuous attention in an effort to improve its quality. Improving the quality of education also means improving the quality of human resources. For this reason, it is necessary to renew in the field of education from time to time without stopping.
It can be said that the teacher in the teaching and learning process has a dual function, as a teacher and educator. So, the teacher automatically has a big responsibility in achieving education progress. Once the size of the teacher's role as teacher and educator, it must be recognized that the progress of education in education depends heavily on the authority and ability of the teaching staff (teachers). Indonesian education will advance if the teaching staff (teachers) as the main capabilities in the education system are of good quality. Indonesian education requires teachers who have the teaching, educating and innovative skills that are innovative, creative, humane, enough time to pursue their professional duties, can maintain their authority in the eyes of students and the community (maintaining a "conscience of professionalism") and can improve the quality of education. To get such a teacher, two things to note are their education (especially in pre-service training or strengthening teacher education programs, not in training services) and their welfare.