School Principal Leadership Style and Organizational Performance in Improving the Quality of Education

Abstract

Leadership means the process of influencing group activities in the context of formulating and achieving organizational goals. There are two things that characterize leaders in carrying out achievements, namely openness and willingness to serve. Leadership always gives an interesting impression because leadership requires a style and attitude that is appropriate to the organizational climate and educational unit where this cannot be separated from performance. Organizational performance is the result obtained by an organization, whether the organization is profit centric or non-profit centric, which is produced over a period of time and is work performance that can be measured in relation to the ability and strength of the organization as a whole to achieve organizational goals. This research aims to describe the leadership style of school principals and organizational performance in improving the quality of education at MI Ma'arif NU Teluk Purwokerto Indonesia. This research is a qualitative descriptive type of research. The results of the research show that in improving the quality of education, MI Ma'arif NU Teluk has attempted to optimize teacher performance which is supported by the leadership of the school principal through strengthening the cognitive, psychomotor and affective competencies of teachers and supported by the existence of a teacher certification program.