PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHER WORK MOTIVATION SYNERGIZE WITH KINDERGARTEN TEACHER PERFORMANCE IN BANJARMASIN CITY

The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) teacher's perception of principal's leadership, teacher work motivation and performance, (2) direct relationship of principal's leadership and work motivation with kindergarten teacher performance in Banjarmasin City. This research is an explanatory descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which attempts to analyze the relationship between the variables studied based on their correlation coefficients. Explanatory model research design. To achieve this goal, a sample of 398 people from 926 kindergarten teachers in Banjarmasin was studied. The data collection technique used an instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The data analysis methods used were descriptive and inferential statistics. The description of the data uses an absolute reference rating with a scale of one to five based on a Likert scale. This study uses Path analysis. The results showed that: (1) the principal's leadership and teacher performance were described in the moderate category, (2) the work motivation of the teachers was partially in the moderate category, (3) there was a significant direct relationship between the principal's leadership and performance, the principal's leadership and work motivation, and teacher work motivation with teacher performance. The results of this study are recommended to: (1) for Kindergarten Principals the results of this study can be used as information, evaluation materials and to create a kindergarten teacher development program that is oriented towards increasing work motivation so that those currently in the medium category become high categories, Department of Education, the results of this study are expected to be taken into consideration in fostering and developing teacher careers Keywords: Principal leadership, work motivation and teacher performance.