The Principal Managerial Competence In Improving Teachers Performance At State Junior High School 1 And State Junior High School 13 Of Banda Aceh

As a top manager in a school, A principal has a strategic role in improving teachers’ performance. The aim of this research is to examine the program, strategy, and obstacle faced by the principal in improving the teachers’ performance in the State Junior High School of Banda Aceh 1 and State Junior High School of Banda Aceh 13. This research uses the descriptive method with a qualitative approach. The techniques for collecting data used in this research are an interview, observation, and documentation. The subjects of this research are the principal, the vice principal, and teachers. The result shows that: (1) The principal program in improving the teachers’ performance has been developed, but it is not in detail and well-planned. The programs are implemented by the principal to improve the teachers’ performance; (2) the teacher performance improvement programs are done by applying the democratic leadership strategy; in the cooperation with teachers, the principal usually has discussion with teachers to find out the effective way to improve their performance in improving the learning process. The principal use persuasive approach to suggest the low performance teachers, strict behavior and character to improve their performance; and (3) The obstacles faced by the principal in improving the teachers’ performance are: lack of budget for teacher’s training out of the official duty hour, inactive teachers, and the training result which has not socialized yet.