IJE (International Journal of Education)

Trends in Principal Leadership Style Based on Situational Leadership Style and Behavioral Leadership Style in State Vocational High Schools in Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City

2024-10-01T11:45:41+00:00

This research is motivated by the problems found in relation to the leadership style by the principal. The purpose of this study is to obtain information and describe the tendency of the leadership style used by school principals which is reviewed from various styles, namely: situational leadership style and behavioral leadership style. This type of research is quantitative and descriptive. The research population is 208 teachers at the State Vocational High School, Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City. The sample in this study was 72 people, which was drawn using the proportional stratified random sampling technique. The instrument in this study is a Likert scale model questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability, then the data is processed with a mean formula. The results of the study stated that the tendency of the principal's leadership style in the State Vocational School in Lubuk Begalung District was in the following aspects: situational leadership style had an average score of 3.79 with the dominant category and behavioral leadership style had an average score of 3.65 with the dominant category. So it can be concluded that the tendency of the leadership style of the State Vocational High School, Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City is to apply a situational leadership style with an average score of 3.79 and in the dominant category.

Teachers’ Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Public High Schools in Sutera District, Pesisir Selatan Regency

2024-10-02T07:21:29+00:00

This article aims to analyze teachers' perceptions of Organizational Culture in State Senior High Schools in Sutera District, Pesisir Selatan Regency in terms of 1) innovation and courage to take risks, 2) attention to detail, 3) team orientation, and 4) aggressiveness. This type of research is quantitative descriptive, the population of which is all 113 teachers. The sample for this research was 92 people drawn using the Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling technique. The research instrument used was a questionnaire in the form of a Likert scale which had been tested for validity and reliability. Data is processed using the mean formula. The results of data analysis illustrate that teachers' perceptions of organizational culture are seen from 1) Innovation and courage to take risks, getting an average score of 4.16, including the good category, 2) Attention to detail, getting an average score of 4.56, including the good category, 3) Team orientation received an average score of 4.47, including the good category, and 4) Aggressiveness received an average score of 4.48, including the good category. Overall, the results of data processing regarding teachers' perceptions of organizational culture in State High Schools in Sutera District, Pesisir Selatan Regency are in the good category.

Perceptions of Junior High School (SMP) Leaders in the Batusangkar Region Regarding the Service Quality of Tanah Datar Regency Education and Culture Service Employees

2024-10-02T17:13:14+00:00

This research was motivated by the results of observations made by the author at junior high schools in the capital of Tanah Datar Regency regarding the service quality of Education and Culture Service employees which was indicated to be still less than optimal. The purpose of this research is to obtain information and describe how good the quality of service of education service employees is from the aspects: Discipline, Ability, Attitude, Physical Appearance, Fairness, Speed. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. The population of this study was 78 junior high school (SMP) leaders in the Batusangkar area who came from 13 schools in 3 sub-districts, namely Lima Pemuda sub-district, Tanjung Emas sub-district and Sungai Tarab sub-district. The sample was taken using Stratified Random Sampling Technique, totaling 52 school leaders (Principal, Head of Administration, Curriculum Representative, Student Affairs Representative, Public Relations Deputy, Infrastructure Deputy). The research instrument uses a questionnaire with a Likert scale model which has been tested for validity and reliability. The data obtained was processed using the average formula (mean). It can be concluded that the service quality of Tanah Datar district education and culture service employees is in the good category with an average score of 4.46.

Entrepreneurial Competence of School Principals at State Vocational Schools in Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City

2024-10-03T07:41:46+00:00

This research is motivated by the problem of suboptimal mastery of entrepreneurial competence of school principals at State Vocational Schools in Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City. This research aims to obtain information and describe the entrepreneurial competence of school principals which is seen from several aspects, namely: innovation, hard work, and motivation. This type of research is quantitative descriptive. The population of this study is all teachers of State Vocational Schools in Lubuk Begalung District, Padang City with civil servant status totaling 140 teachers. The sample was 61 civil servant teachers taken by the Proportional Stratified Random Sampling technique. The instrument used is a questionnaire of the Likert Scale model with five answer options that have been tested for validity and reliability. The data was processed with the mean formula. The results of the study showed that the entrepreneurial competence of school principals was seen from the following aspects: school principals innovated with an average score of 4.05 in the capable category, principals worked hard with an average score of 4.04 in the capable category, and school principals motivated the academic community with an average score of 4.18 in the capable category. It can be concluded that the principal's entrepreneurial competence at State Vocational Schools District, Lubuk Begalung, Padang City is in the capable category with an average score of 4.09.

Implementation of Teacher’s Duties in the Implementation of the Independent Curriculum at the State Vocational School of Padang City`

2024-10-04T12:22:01+00:00

This research is motivated by the problem that the implementation of teacher’s duties is still not optimal in the implementation of the independent curriculum at the State Vocational School in Padang city. This study aims to obtain information and describe the implementation of teacher’s duties in the implementation of the independent curriculum which is seen from several aspects including learning planning, learning implementation, assessment, processing of assessment results, reporting of learning outcomes, as well as reflection and follow-up of learning and assessment. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research. The population of this study is all teachers of Padang City State Vocational School with civil servant status totaling 635 teachers. The sample taken in this study was 112 civil servant teachers who were determined by the proportional stratified Random Sampling technique. The instrument in this study uses a Likert scale model questionnaire with five answer options that have been tested for validity and reliability. The data was processed using the mean formula. The results of this study stated that the Implementation of Teacher Duties in the Implementation of the Independent Curriculum at the State Vocational School of Padang City with an average score of 4.44 was in the good category. This shows that the implementation of teacher’s duties in the implementation of the independent curriculum at the State Vocational School in Padang City is good.

Classroom Climate Effectiveness in State Vocational High Schools in Padang City

2024-10-07T13:34:12+00:00

Education plays an important role in creating quality human resources. To create quality human resources, they must have good learning outcomes and good learning outcomes are influenced by one of them by the classroom climate. Therefore, the problem that will be studied in this study is "How effective is the classroom climate seen in terms of 1) student cohesiveness, 2) student activity, 3) timeliness of assignment collection, 4) difficulty in students understanding learning, 5) democracy in the classroom, 6) student discipline, 7) completeness of learning resources, 8) comfort of the learning process in State Vocational High Schools in Padang City?". The type of research used is quantitative descriptive with a population of all students of State Vocational Schools in Padang City totaling 14,159 people, with a sample of 108 people. The size of the sample was determined using the Slovin formula and taken using the proportional stratified random sampling technique. The research instrument used was a questionnaire with a Likert Scale model about class climate which amounted to 45 items. Before the questionnaire is used, its validity and reliability have been tested. From the results of the data processing, it was obtained that the effectiveness of the classroom climate in public vocational high schools in Padang City in the aspects of 1) cohesiveness with an average score of 4.40 is in the effective category, 2) involvement with an average score of 4.25 is in the effective category, 3) difficulty with an average score of 3.77 is in the effective category, 4) speed with an average score of 4.06 is in the effective category, 5) Democracy with an average score of 4.25 is in the effective category, 6) Clarity of rules with an average score of 4.34 is in the effective category, 7) Completeness of resources with an average score of 4.22 is in the effective category, 8) Comfort of the physical environment with an average score of 4.12 is in the effective category. Based on these results, the author suggests that the Effectiveness of Classroom Climate in State Vocational High Schools in Padang City be maintained and needs to be improved again so as to increase the effectiveness of the classroom climate by students which is very effective.

Projected Needs of State Junior High School Teachers in Linggo Sari Baganti District in 2025-2029

2024-10-07T14:39:57+00:00

This study aims to describe the needs of teachers, especially in the State Junior High School of Linggo Sari Baganti District in 2025-2029 so that teacher problems can be resolved. This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative method. The subject of this research is a subject teacher in accordance with the applicable curriculum, namely the Independent Curriculum. The data collection method is secondary data documentation. The data analysis technique used is the ectrapolution projection technique. The results of the study show that the students of State Junior High School in Linggo Sari Baganti District are gradually decreasing every year. However, this decrease in students did not make a significant reduction in the number of study groups because the number of students in one group was still in the normal category. From the projection of teacher needs, it can be seen that State Junior High Schools in Linggo Sari Baganti District in 2025-2029 in PAI subjects need 1 ASN teacher; Pancasila Education 1 ASN teacher; Indonesian 8 ASN teachers;. Mathematics 5 ASN teachers; Science 5 ASN teachers; IPS 4 ASN teachers; English 3 ASN teachers; PJOK 3 ASN teachers; Informatics 4 ASN teachers; Arts and Crafts 7 ASN teachers.

Effectiveness of the Teaching Campus Literacy Program at Vocational High School, North Padang District

2024-10-10T03:13:27+00:00

This research was motivated by the problems found and felt by students participating in the teaching campus program during the implementation of the teaching campus literacy program at the North Padang District Vocational High School. This study aims to see the effectiveness of the teaching campus literacy program from several aspects, namely: program understanding, on target, on time, achievement of goals, and real changes. This type of research is descriptive. The research population is 59 teachers at the Vocational High School of North Padang District. The sample in this study is 59 people because it uses the total sampling technique. The instrument in this study is a Likert scale model questionnaire with four answer options that have been tested for validity and reliability. The data was processed with an average formula. The results of the study concluded that the effectiveness of the teaching campus literacy program at the North Padang District Vocational High School in the aspects of 1) program understanding with an average score of 3.21 is in the effective category, 2) on target with an average score of 3.07 is in the effective category, 3) on time with an average score of 3.12 is in the effective category, 4) the achievement of goals with an average score of 3.01 is in the effective category, 5) real change with an average score of 2.99 is in the effective category. It can be concluded that the effectiveness of the teaching campus literacy program at the Vocational High School of North Padang District is in the effective category with an average score of 3.08.

The Influence of the Principal's Transformational Leadership on Teacher Performance in Business Vocational Schools throughout Padang City

2024-10-12T02:09:33+00:00

This research aims to obtain data and information about 1) teacher performance, 2) principals' transformational leadership, 3) the influence of principals' transformational leadership on teacher performance in Business Vocational Schools throughout Padang City. The hypothesis proposed is that there is an influence of the principal's transformational leadership on teacher performance. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. With a population of 164 people and a sample determined using the Slovin formula of 66 people. The data collection tool used is a Likert scale model questionnaire which has been tested using simple linear regression data analysis techniques using the SPSS Version 29 program. The results of this research show that 1) teacher performance has been carried out well (85.00%), 2) transformational leadership the principal is already running (84.73%) and 3) there is a significant influence between the principal's transformational leadership on teacher performance in Business Vocational Schools throughout Padang City with a correlation coefficient of 0.119 and a correlation significance test of 2.670.

Contribution of School Climate to the Work Motivation of State Vocational High School Administration Staff in Padang City

2024-10-16T15:16:15+00:00

This article aims to describe teachers' work motivation, school climate, and the contribution of school climate to the work motivation of school administration staff. This type of research is quantitative and correlational. The population of this study is 150 school administration personnel who sample 82 school administration personnel using the Cluster Random Sampling technique. Data was collected with a Likert scale model questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability. The data was analyzed using the product Moment Correlation formula. The test results showed that the calculated value obtained was 0.366 greater than the table r, which was 0.215 at a significant level of 5%. The work motivation of school administration staff is already high with an average achievement rate of 83.63% of the ideal score. The school climate is good with an average achievement rate of 88.22% of the ideal score. Furthermore, after being tested for Coefficient Determination, a result of 0.134 was obtained. The results of the study show that the hypothesis that there is a significant contribution from the school climate to the work motivation of school administration staff is acceptable, which is 13.4%, while 86.6% is influenced by other factors.