The Impact of the Madrasah Principal’s Leadership on Teacher Performance at MTs TI Kerkap
Keywords:
Leadership Impact, Teacher PerformanceAbstract
Leadership plays a very strategic role in the development and change of the school organization as a whole, therefore the school's dependence on the principal's leadership role is seen as having quite effective power in school management to face the dynamics or changes in the school, for the better or otherwise. This study aims to find out and analyze in depth the impact of the principal's leadership on teacher performance at MTS TI Kerkap. This study is a qualitative descriptive study, taking the research location at MTS TI Kerkap. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of the study show that: First, the leadership of the principal of MTS TI Kerkap is a transformational leadership reflected in behavior that always absorbs the aspirations of his subordinates, empowers subordinates to work optimally, always pays attention to the needs of subordinates by trying to create an atmosphere of mutual trust and confidence, tries to create mutual respect, sympathy for the attitudes of subordinates, has a friendly nature, fosters the participation of subordinates in decision-making and other activities, by prioritizing self-direction, also grows a sense of respect and self-respect from subordinates to their leaders, so that what is the result of joint decisions can be carried out as well as possible. Second, the impact of the principal's leadership has a very large impact on the performance of the school's teachers. This is demonstrated by the principal's patient and disciplined motivational approach to teachers. The principal is able to engage with his subordinates psychologically, understanding their personality traits and characteristics in order to motivate their performance.
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