Pedagogical competence is the ability of a teacher to implement their knowledge to regulate the activities of the teaching and learning process from the beginning to the end that accordance with students needs in order to achieve the objectives of the teaching and learning process. This study is aimed to know the EFL teacher’s pedagogical competence in the students’ perceptions and the ways EFL teacher developed her pedagogical competence. This study used mixed method in obtaining the data related to the method of collecting data, namely questionnaire and interview. Quantitative is used in acquiring the result of questionnaire, and qualitative is used in acquiring the result of interview. The participants of this study are the students from A class at 8th grade of MTs Kertomulyo which consists of 30 students, the EFL teacher and the headmaster of MTs Kertomulyo. Based on the findings and discussion, the results of this research showed that the EFL teacher’s pedagogical competence in the students’ perceptions was in Very Good criteria. In addition, the EFL teacher developed her pedagogical competence by joining MGMP (Subject Teachers Consultation) program which is performed as one of the professional organization. As one of elements in developing school’s reputation, MTs Kertomulyo also support the EFL teachers to develop their pedagogical competence by giving facilities both of teaching facilities or delegating teacher to join the programs of teacher training. Furthermore, pedagogical competence affects to the development of all elements in achieving the goals of education.