SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A TEACHER LEADER'S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The development of education is a priority in a developed democratic country as it plays an important role in the economic development and development of a country. In the meantime, the development of education that is happening now leads to giving priority in the aspect of school improvement. The purpose of this study is to review the views of teacher leaders on the level of school improvement practices and the possible variability of teacher leaders' views from the aspect of gender and work experience. The instrument used is a school improvement questionnaire developed by Webb and Pajares in 1996. The data obtained from a simple random sampling involving a total of 150 people who were selected as respondents in the Baling district of Kedah were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics through the SPSS version 26 program. The findings of the study show a high level of school improvement practices among teacher leaders as a whole. Furthermore, the findings of the study also show that the aspects of gender and work experience do not have a significant difference on the level of school improvement practices. This study provides some recommendations especially among teacher leaders to bring success in practicing school improvement practices.