THE EFFECT OF TEACHER’S PERFORMANCE AND PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP ON EDUCATIONAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Abstract

Principal as an innovator is reflected in the way he performs his works in a constructive, creative, delegative, integrative, rational, pragmatical, exemplary, disciplined, adaptable and flexible manner. Partially, the variable of principal leadership has a positive effect on educational quality improvement which means that principal leadership partially has a strong role in affecting educational quality improvement. Partially, the variable of teacher performance has a positive effect on educational quality improvement which means the teacher's performance partially has a strong role in affecting educational quality improvement. Simultaneously, the principal leadership and teacher’s performance has a positive and significant effect on educational quality improvement, it shows that the variables of principal leadership and teacher performance have a high role in affecting educational quality improvement. The value of R2 obtained is 0.973 or 97.3% which indicates that the principal leadership and teacher's performance in describing the variation that occurs within the educational quality improvement is 97.3% while the remaining 2.7% is affected by other variables or factors. The form of synergic cooperation between the principal and teachers should still be in the scope of educational development including the formulation of short-term and long-term school programs, joint evaluation of school work performance.