Am I a Well Being Teacher? (A Review of Subjective Wellbeing for Elementary Teachers)

One of Indonesia’s government efforts to enhance the quality of education is to do certification program and qualification test for teachers. These programs are expected to have a positive outcome which is a better and increased teachers’ competence. On the other hand, teacher’s well-being might be disturbed by a negative impact from the program. This research aims to seek the subjective wellbeing of teachers in Jakarta and how to help teachers reach its wellbeing. The method use Neuroresearch (mix method), a mixture of qualitative research to build a theoretical construct and also observation as well as in-depth interviews with various parties and quantitative method by using measurement instruments subjective well-being Likert scale. The results found that (1) elementary teachers tend heading to wellbeing significantly at á <0.05 and (2) the cognitive dimension of teachers is an absolute determinant in shaping the well-being of primary school teachers. When a teachers cognitive is improved, then the wellbeing of primary school teachers will be increased by 20.983 from the current conditions. The study also found that the cognitive dimension is determined by the role of family situations and affective quality of teachers capable of acting 13.150 alters cognitive quality teachers. Recommendation from the results of this research is the need for new policies to change the model of teacher competency test that can empower cognitive competencies and simultaneously improve the conditions of teacher’s family as the foundation of its economy. © Serials Publications.