The purpose of this research is to reveal: 1. The influence of in-service Teacher Training Program
(PLPG) towards the teacher competency as participant of PLPG; 2. The correlation between gender (X1) towards
the teachers’ competency as participant of PLPG; .3. The correlation between Age (X2) towards the teachers’
competency as participant of PLPG; 4. The correlation between years of service towards the teachers’
competency as participant of PLPG; 5. The correlation between the number of training followed (X4) towards
teachers’ competency as participant of PLPG; and 6. This research used quantitative method. The population of
this research is 1.300 teachers of PLPG in 2013. By using Yamane formulation, there are 220 teachers taken as
the sample. The data was analyzed by using t test and correlation analysis. The findings of the study suggested
that: 1. There is a positive influence of PLPG implementation towards teachers’ competency as PLPG
participant; 2. There is no significant correlation between gender (X1) and teachers’ competency as PLPG
participant; 3. There is a significant correlation between Age (X2) towards teachers’ competency of PLPG; 4.
There is no significant correlation between the Years of Service (X3) towards teachers’ competency as the
participant of PLPG; 5. There is a significant correlation between the number of Diklat followed (X4) towards
teachers’ competency as the participant of PLPG; and 6. There is a significant correlation between the
effectiveness of PLPG (X5) towards teachers’ competency as the participant of PLPG.
Keywords: PLPG, LPTK, teacher certification