The Relationship of Principal Instructional Leadership, Teacher Work Commitment and Performance through Work Satisfaction of State Junior High School Teacher in Balangan Regency

Abstract

School quality is effectd by various factors. One of the most dominant factors in determining school quality is leadership. Leadership becomes central in influencing other factors such as teacher performance, work commitment, and job satisfaction. This study aims to describe the correlation between instructional leadership, work commitment and teacher performance through teacher job satisfaction. This research was an explanatory research with quantitative method. The population of the study was all 276 public elementary school teachers in Balangan Regency. The sampling technique used is Proportional Random Sampling. The number of samples was determined based on the Slovin formula with 163 people. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of instructional leadership (24 items), work commitment (25 items), work motivation ( 59 items) , teacher performance using Teacher Performance Assessment (51 items). The questionnaire was compiled using a Likert scale which had been tested for validity and reliability using the product moment correlation. The data collected uses path analysis to see direct and indirect correlations between variables, by first testing normality, linearity, homogeneity and multicollinearity. The results showed that there was a direct and indirect correlation between instructional leadership, work commitment and teacher performance through teacher job satisfaction.