This paper contains the results of the analysis and discussion of the challenges that will be faced by prospective elementary school teachers in dealing with students in the digital era. Professionalism of teacher candidates must be faced with changes in the advancement of information technology and the development of students in the digital era. The change starts from the elementary school level, so it is important to prepare professional elementary teacher candidates. The preparation is to educate prospective teachers who are technologically savvy and always follow the developments. All preparations must involve all of his competencies as teachers, namely pedagogic, personality, social and professional competencies. This paper aims to provide input for prospective professional teachers in addressing and determining strategies to deal with developments in the digital era. This paper will discuss the results of the descriptive analysis of the results of the questionnaire on the prospective PPG professional teacher pre-service at elementary level at Sanata Dharma University Jogjakarta. Analysis and discussion are carried out based on the teacher's basic competencies, namely pedagogic, personality, social and professional competencies. The results of this paper are conclusions about things that must be emphasized in preparing professional teacher candidates at the elementary school level in the face of all aspects of demands in the digital era.

DOI: doi.org/10.24071/snfkip.2018.02