Teachers' Professionalism and its Triggers: Academic Supervision and Principals' Achievements and Motivation

摘要

This study aimed to find out the contribution of the implementation of academic supervision by the principal and achievement motivation towards teacher's professional competency in elementary schools Prayoga Padang foundation, both partially and simultaneously. This study belonged to ex-post facto approach. The population in this study were 101 teachers in elementary schools Prayoga Padang foundation. Sampling technique utilized stratified proportional random sampling were 58 teachers. Analysis data conducted by using partial correlation and multiple linear regression. The results of this study showed that: (1) there is a contribution of the implementation of academic supervision by principals towards teacher's professional competency with the value 28.9% (2) there is a contribution of achievement motivation towards teacher's professional competency with the value 30.4% (3) there is a contribution of the implementation of academic supervision by principals and achievement motivation towards teacher's professional competency with the value 34.3%. Based on the findings it could be concluded that there is a contribution to the implementation of academic supervision by principals and achievement motivation towards teacher's professional competencies in elementary schools Prayoga Padang foundation.