THE IMPORTANCE OF HEADMASTER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER WORK MOTIVATION IN PALANGKA RAYA

Abstract

This study focuses on aspects of headmaster leadership and school teacher motivation, especially in the city of Palangka Raya. Headmaster leadership is very important and necessary to influence, mobilize, develop and empower teachers in order to increase work motivation and performance. The headmaster must regularly make class visits, provide guidance, and provide assistance to teachers in making syllabus and lesson plans. For teachers, they must have the drive to master the challenges of teaching, develop, and try to get the best in the learning process. They have to be supported in making syllabus and lesson plans, and discipline that is emphasized on teachers such as teachers arriving late and delaying class for various reasons, using learning methods and strategies, compiling evaluation tools, classroom management activities, and lack of ability in determine the approach and ways of evaluation in the teaching and learning process.