This study discussed about the improvement of Counseling Guidance Teachers’ competence in implementing group guidance services through The role playing method in education training at Palembang Religious Training Center. The purpose of this study was a) to describe the lectures’ ability in learning managing in group guidance services through the Role playing method, b) to describe training participants’ activities in applying the role playing method in group guidance services, and c) to find out the improvement of training participants’ outcomes of Counseling Guidance Teacher in applying group guidance services through the role playing method. The researcher used the Classroom Action Research which was conducted in three cycles. Each cycle consisted of four stages, namely planning, action, observation and reflection. The Subject of this study was training participant of the MTs counseling guidance teacher at Palembang Religious training center as many 35 people. Based on the research result, it was concluded that a) Applying grup guidance service can improve the teachers’ professional competence in problem solving at the training for teachers of Guidance and Counselling held by BDK Palembang in 2018 which was indicated by the improvement of teachers’ competence mean oni every cycle; Cycle 1 (6,9 %), Cycle II (7,9 %), and Cycle III (9,5 %). b) Applying the group guidance service had positive impact toward teachers’ performance, c) Applying the group guidance service was effective in improving teachers’ competence so they were ready to serve another group guidance.

Keywords : Competence, Group Guidance Service, Role Playing.