The Effect of Instructional, Transformational and Spiritual Leadership on Elementary School Teachers’ Performance and Students’ Achievements

Abstract

Persistence for achievement reflected from the willingness and determination of principal to implement quality leadership will facilitate the improvement of teachers’ performance, and the two will be the determinant factors for the students’ ultimate achievement. This study aims at analyzing empirical data on the effect of instructional, transformational and spiritual leadership as independent variables, with school quality as the dependent variable. In addition, the intervening variable is teachers’ performance. This study employed the quantitative approach in which samples of 181 teachers were re taken using the proportional random sampling technique. All data were then analysed using the SEM technique with the AMOS 24 application. The findings show that: (1) there is a direct effect of instructional leadership on teachers’ performance, transformational leadership on teachers’ performance, spiritual leadership on teachers’ performance, instructional leadership on students’ achievement, transformational leadership on students’ achievement, spiritual leadership on students’ achievement, and teachers’ performance on students’ achievement. In addition, (2) there is an indirect effect of instructional leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance, transformational leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance and spiritual leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance.

Transformational Leadership: Principal Intellectual Stimulation In Improving Teacher Competences

“…With various activities conducted, institutional leaders have a role in improving teachers' professional, pedagogic, social, personality, spiritual, and leadership competencies following the distinctions given by the institution. In line with the research results of Sawasn Al-Husseini & Ibrahim Elbeltagi, from the four components of transformational leadership, intellectual stimulation has the strongest effect (Al-husseini & Elbeltagi, 2018), also reinforced with (Nurabadi et al, 2021) The results of his research explain that instructional and transformational leadership styles affect teacher performance and impact student achievement. The on-service training program can improve professional, pedagogical, social, personality, spiritual, and leadership competencies.…”

“…By interactively participating in an outstanding teacher competition, it will provide experience, hone the scientific ability of teachers in the development of science and foster an attitude of self-efficacy for teachers to excel ((Ford et al, 2017), (Liu, 2020). Of course, with teachers actively competing, it motivates students to participate in achievements (Nurabadi et al, 2021).…”

Penggunaan Google Classroom oleh Siswa dalam Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam di Masa Pandemic Covid 19

“…Kusioner berskala likert (1-5) digunakan untuk pengumpulan data (Nurabadi et al, 2021) mencakup akses siswa dalam pembelajaran, kebermanfaatan yang dirasakan siswa, komunikasi dan interaksi. Setelah data kuantitatif dikumpulkan, selanjutnya adalah menganalisa dan menentukan skor rata-rata setiap item Data kualitatif dianalisis dengan teknik deskriptif dan triangulasi untuk memperoleh data yang akurat dan akuntabel dengan mencocokkan data yang diperoleh melalui survei, wawancara, dokumentasi dan observasi yang dipantau dan dibimbing oleh tim peneliti (Moleong, 2018).…”

The Evaluation Of The Leadership Role Of School Principal

“…Puspitaningtyas (2020) said that the school principal's effort in improving teacher learning is to focus on the needs of students and the effectiveness of the school principal's functions as leaders, supervisors, and managers in schools. The principal as an education leader must identify the needs of teachers, education personnel, and students so that they can learn well (Nurabadi et al, 2021). Sodikin (2017) added that the school principal has made great efforts to improve the competence of teachers and teachers also appreciate it well.…”