Volume 4 Issue 1 Year 2023 Pages 89-97 ISSN 2722-9688 | eAeISSN 2722-9696 http://jiecr. org | DOI: 10. 46843/jiecr. Analysis of the Relationship Between the School Principal's Visionary Leadership and Kindergarten Teachers' Performance Erna Kusumawati1* Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA. Indonesia *Correspondence to: ernaku1903@gmail. Abstract: One of the important factors that influence the quality of teacher performance in is the service provided in the form of school principal leadership. This study aims to analyze the influence of the principal's visionary leadership on the performance of kindergarten teachers. The approach is quantitative, with causal survey techniques and path analysis methods. The sample in this study is the same as the reachable population, namely 87 teachers, consisting of 19 Kindergartens in the Batu Ceper sub-district. Tangerang City. Data Collection Techniques used in this research using questionnaires or questionnaires. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential analysis, to test the data analysis require for normality, homogeneity, and ty, linearity regression using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scienc. Besides that, the Normality Test is also used with the Kolmogrv Smirnov Test technique. The homogeneities was carried out by ANOVA test. Hypothesis testing was carried out with the help of the Excel program computer and using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scienc. software version-24 Based on the research results. Visionary leadership has a direct positive effect on the performance of kindergarten teachers in Batu Ceper. Tangerang City. This is evidenced by the results of the t-test statistic test for Visionary leadership with the acquisition of a tcount of 2. 826 with a significant value of 0. 000 which is smaller than 0. 05, and = 0. 161 it can be concluded that there is a positive and significant influence of visionary leadership on the performance of kindergarten teachers in the Batu Ceper sub-district. Tangerang. Keywords: visionary leadership, teacher performance, principal Recommended citation: Kusumawati. Analysis of the Relationship Between the School Principal's Visionary Leadership and Kindergarten Teachers' Performance. Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 4. , 89-97. INTRODUCTION Education plays a vital role in the development of a country because it improves the quality of human Education is a process of transforming the values of the character and culture of a nation. Quality education produces human resources capable of developing and optimizing the potential of other resources. One of the human resources that can carry out the educational process is the teacher (Andini & Supardi, 2018. Wahyono et al. , 2. In recent years, research has shown that teacher performance is a crucial determinant of student development and achievement (Aaronson et al. , 2007. Rivkin et al. , 2005. Rockoff, 2. Teacher performance reflects a behavior pattern of teachers' actions in their duties. Teacher performance will significantly affect the success of learning as the spearhead of the education system and a person who transforms the values in Teacher performance will be seen in everyday situations and classroom teaching conditions. This condition is reflected in aspects of activities in carrying out tasks and methods or quality in carrying out duties and responsibilities as a teacher. According to Warren and Hale . , teacher performance indicators are work quality, work quantity, and time utilization. As mentioned earlier, one of the prominent factors affecting quality at micro level is teacher performance in classroom and its evaluation as it is an integral part of quality assessment. Performance issues always receive attention in management because they are closely related to the productivity of institutions or organizations. The main factors that can affect performance are ability and will. Many people can do the job but do not necessarily want to, so it does not produce performance. In contrast, many people want to do work but cannot do it and still cannot produce performance (Elstad & Christophersen, 2017. Avalos-Bevan, 2018. Derrington & Campbell, 2018. Lubis, 2. The performance criteria for teachers who can achieve their work performance are more directed at teacher competence as stated in the elucidation of Government Regulation no. 19 of 2005 concerning National Education Standards that teacher performance, in this case meaning teacher competence, includes four competencies: pedagogic competence, personal competence, professional competence, and social competence. Teachers are essential in creating quality human resources under the noble ideals of the nation, as stated in the National Education Goals. Therefore, it takes a professional attitude of teachers in the learning process. Teachers as educators interact the most with students compared to other individuals at school. The teacher is in charge of planning, carrying out the learning process, assessing learning outcomes. Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 conducting guidance and training, and communicating with the public and other professional activities that support their duties and functions as a teacher. Teachers are the key to the success of an educational institution. Good or bad teacher performance will significantly affect the image of educational institutions. The embodiment of the image of an excellent educational institution requires teachers who have high performance. Teachers with high performance will show high achievement to improve the quality of their teaching so that the quality of learning will also increase. Teacher performance will be seen from how the teacher carries out his primary Based on preliminary observations made in this study in Batu Ceper. Tangerang City, it was found that some teachers seemed less enthusiastic about teaching, some teachers entered class late to start lessons, some teachers did not have high teaching skills, and some teachers worked because they expected reward or praise. Many factors affect teacher performance, including visionary leadership, work motivation, teacher competence, workability, teacher competence, teacher social status, and others. Research conducted by Simbolon . shows that visionary leadership, work motivation, and lecturer competence have a very significant influence, directly and indirectly, on the work commitment of PTS lecturers in Medan. North Sumatra Province. The influence or coefficient of determination (R. 3%, and the influence of variables outside the model is The results of a preliminary study on May 27, 2022, in a kindergarten in Batu Ceper District, found that the teacher seemed less enthusiastic about teaching. The teacher lacked enthusiasm in motivating students while studying at school or home, did not yet have sufficient teaching competence and teachers worked because they expected rewards or praise. They were also lazy to check assignments or homework given to students. The principal's visionary leadership proves the leader's ability to create, formulate, communicate, socialize, transform, and implement ideal thoughts that originate from him or as a result of social interaction among members of the organization and stakeholders, which are believed to be the ideals of the organization in the future. Visionary leadership sparks ideas and thoughts for a different vision through critical dialogue with other leadership elements to formulate the organization's future through socialization, transformation, and implementation of excellent ideas by organizational leaders. Visionary leaders must have the right vision to guide staff to work in a given direction, including the capacity to own innovations that lead to future changes. Leaders must have pedagogical competence in defining their vision so that others clearly understand it. Leaders must express their visions verbally and practically and have pedagogical competence in applying different explanations through the requirements for visionary leaders: vision communication, open-mindedness, competence in creating networks and teamwork, competence in developing interactions, and the ability to develop good personal habits. Law (UU) Number 14 of 2005 Concerning Teachers and Lecturers describes teachers' four minimum competencies: pedagogical competence, personal competence, social competence, and professional Currently, 25% of teachers still need to meet the academic qualification requirements, and 52% need a professional certificate. On the other hand. Regulation of the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia Number 16 of 2007, a teacher, in carrying out his duties, must have competency standards that include pedagogical, personality, social, and professional competencies. The lack of competent teacher human resources owned by the Hidayatullah Education Institute Samarinda, almost two-thirds of the teachers here are only high school graduates. Most teachers working in this institution are graduates of Hidayatullah schools, assigned to specific Hidayatullah educational units to serve. In addition, students' literacy skills in lower grades are limited because senior teachers teach in upper grades in preparation for graduation (Nugraha, 2. Another research has been shown that principal leadership has a significant impact of school quality, including teacher performance (Joshi et al. , 2020. Abu & Arar, 2020. Mutohar & Trisnatari, 2. meanwhile for research on visionary leadership and teacher performance. Ulfa and Waluyo . shown there was a positive and significant relationship between the visionary leadership of the principals and teacher performance. Based on the phenomena that can be captured in the problem's background, this study's problem is intended for an empirical study of how much influence Visionary Leadership has on Kindergarten Teacher Performance in Batu Ceper. District. Tangerang City. METHODS This research is a quantitative study, with the aim of obtaining an overview of the principal's visionary leadership variables and teacher performance. This research is a quantitative study, with the aim of obtaining an overview of the principal's visionary leadership variables and teacher performance. Research design in this study used the influence of research variables through path analysis. Riduwan and Kuncoro . explained that path analysis is technique developed by Sewall Right, a correlation technique broken down into several interpretations resulting in consequences. The population in this study were Kindergarten teachers in the Batu Ceper sub-district. Tangerang City, while the accessible population in this study was 87 teachers, consisting of 19 Kindergartens in the Batu Ceper Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 sub-district. Tangerang City. sampling used is saturated sample. Saturated sampling technique is a sampling technique in which all members of the population are used as samples (Sugiyono, 2. So the number of samples used in this study were 87 teachers in the Batu Ceper District. Relevant data is collected by questionnaire or questionnaire technique. The list of questions was distributed to respondents to obtain data on respondents' answers or opinions related to the research variables on teacher performance and the principal's visionary leadership. The type of data collected in this study includes primary data obtained from respondents. This study uses a questionnaire as a tool to collect data. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential analysis. The descriptive analysis consists of presenting data with histograms, polygons, calculating the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance and theoretical range of each variable. Inferential analysis . ypothesis testin. using path analysis (Riduwan & Kuncoro, 2. Previously, it was necessary to test the data analysis requirem for normality, homogeneity, and ty, linearity regression using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scienc. Besides that, the Normality Test is also used with the Kolmogrv Smirnov Test technique. The homogeneityest was carried out by ANOVA test. Hypothesis testing was carried out with the help of the Excel program computer and using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Scienc. software version24. RESULT AND DISCUSSION Instrument Testing Results A validity test measures the validity of a questionnaire. This validity test was done by comparing the value of rcount > rtable for each of the existing statement items. If the value of rcount > 0. 361, the instrument item is valid. The results of the validity test are presented in Table 1. Table 1. Validity Test Item rtable Description Visionary Leadership (X. 0,361 0,482** Valid 0,361 0,643** Valid 0,361 0,724** Valid 0,361 0,712** Valid 0,361 0,572** Valid 0,361 0,626** Valid 0,361 0,605** Valid 0,361 0,671** Valid 0,361 0,570** Valid 0,361 0,566** Valid 0,361 0,507** Valid 0,361 0,489** Valid 0,361 0,476** Valid 0,361 0,509** Valid 0,361 0,543** Valid 0,361 0,032 Drop 0,361 0,505** Valid 0,361 0,480** Valid 0,361 0,602** Valid 0,361 0,566** Valid 0,361 0,592** Valid 0,361 0,427** Valid 0,361 0,605** Valid 0,361 0,586** Valid 0,361 0,530** Valid 0,361 0,548** Valid 0,361 0,497** Valid 0,361 0,703** Valid 0,361 0,500** Valid 0,361 0,716** Valid Teacher Performance (X. 0,361 0,614** Valid 0,361 0,652** Valid 0,361 0,664** Valid Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,361 0,646** 0,181 0,750** 0,557** 0,792** 0,691** 0,600** 0,689** 0,564** 0,501** 0,837** 0,712** 0,797** 0,714** 0,669** 0,613** 0,590** 0,670** 0,663** 0,656** 0,662** 0,551** 0,529** 0,578** 0,553** 0,625** 0,862** Valid Drop Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Drop Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Valid Based on Table 1, the validity test results are as follows: In the Visionary Leadership variable, out of 30 statements, 1 is invalid . where the value of rcount < rtable . Thus, the Visionary Leadership instrument consists of 29 statements. In the Teacher Performance variable, out of 30 statements, there are 2 invalids . where the value of rcount < rtable . Thus, the Teacher Performance instrument consists of 28 statements. The reliability test in this research questionnaire used Cronbach's Alpha, which shows the reliability coefficient's value to measure the variable's positive value. If Cronbach's Alpha > 0. 6, the research instrument is if the value of Cronbach's Alpha < 0. 6, the research instrument is unreliable. The results of the reliability test for each variable are presented in Table 2. Table 2. Reliability Test Results Variable Cronbach's Alpha Description Visionary Leadership 0,923 Reliable Teacher Performance 0,948 Reliable Source: Data processed by the researcher, 2022. Table 2 shows the reliability test results for each variable using Cronbach's Alpha. It can be seen that Cronbach's Alpha > 0. 6, the Visionary Leadership variable is 0. 923, and teacher performance is 0. Therefore, the instruments of the two variables are reliable because the value of Cronbach's Alpha is greater than 0. Variable descriptions display respondents' answers to each question in the questionnaire consisting of the average . , the value that occurs frequently . , the median value . , the standard deviation, and the variance in Table 3. Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 Table 3. Data Description of the Variable X1 Statistics Visionary Leadership Valid Missing Mean 119,13 Median 119,00 Mode Std. 10,835 Deviation Variance 117,391 Range Minimum Maximum Sum Multiple modes exist. The smallest value is Table 3 shows that the mean value for the Visionary Leadership variable has an average of 119. 13, a median of 119. 00, a mode of 112, a standard deviation of 10. 835, and a variance of 117. The number of valid question items in the Visionary Leadership instrument is 29, with a maximum score for each question item The distribution of the data is described in the form of a histogram in Figure 1. Frekkuensi 0 95,5 102,5 109,5 116,5 123,5 130,5 137,5 Batas Kelas Figure 1. Histogram of Variable X1 Table 4. Data Description of Variable X4 Statistics Teacher Performance Valid Missing Mean 119,08 Median 119,00 Mode Std. Deviation 10,970 Variance 120,331 Range Minimum Maximum Sum Multiple modes exist. The smallest value is shown Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 Table 4 shows that the Teacher Performance variable has an average value . 08, a median 00, a mode of 112, a standard deviation of 10,970, and a variance of 120,331. The number of valid question items in the Pedagogic Competency instrument is 29, with the maximum score for each question item The distribution of the data is depicted in the form of a histogram in Figure 2. Prerequisite Analysis Test Frekkuensi 0 93,5 100,5 107,5 114,5 121,5 128,5 135,5 Batas Kelas Figure 2. Histogram of Variable X4 The normality test is intended to determine whether the samples taken in the study are normally distributed or not. The normality test was carried out with one sample Kolmogorov - Smirnov Work Motivation and is said to be normal if the residual values are normally distributed with a significance probability greater Table 5. Normality Test Results One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test X4 on X1 Normal Mean ,0000000 Parametersa,b Std. Deviation 8,87436725 Most Extreme Absolute ,081 Differences Positive ,081 Negative -,054 Test Statistic ,081 Asymp. Sig. -taile. ,200c,d Test distribution is Normal. Calculated from data. Lilliefors Significance Correction. This is a lower bound of the true significance. Based on the normality test in Table 5, which was carried out using the SPSS 24 Kolmogorov-Smirnov test program, the Zcount value of this study is 0. 054, with a significance value of 0. 200, which is greater than the significance level of 0. Therefore, all variables are normally distributed to meet the requirements for the parametric statistical method of multiple linear regression analysis. A homogeneity test was carried out using the Levene test. The data is homogeneous if it has a significance value . Ou 0. The results of the homogeneity test are presented in Table 6. Table 6. Homogeneity Test Result Test of Homogeneity of Variances Levene Statistic Sig. 1,183 ,313 Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 Table 6 shows that the significance of homogeneity is 0. 313 (Ou0. , indicating that the independent and dependent variables are homogeneous, with Levene Statistics of 1. The linearity test is carried out by looking for the regression line equation of the Visionary Leadership variable (X. on the Teacher Performance variable (X. Based on the regression line that has been made, the significance of the regression line coefficient and its linearity is tested using Work Motivation for linearity at a significance level of 0. The criterion in the linearity test is that two variables are said to have a linear relationship if the significance . is less than Table 7. Linearity Test Results Between Visionary Leadership and Teacher Performance Variables ANOVA Table Mean Sum of Squares Sig. Square (Combine. 7769,270 44 176,574 2,875 ,000 Between Teacher Linearity 3575,559 1 3575,559 58,226 ,000 Performance Groups Deviation from Linearity 4193,711 97,528 1,588 ,068 * Visionary Within Groups 2579,167 61,409 Leadership Total 10348,437 Source: SPSS 24, 2022 Based on Table 7, the significance value of linearity is 0. That is, the significance value is less than 05, so it can be concluded that there is a linear relationship between the two variables. Hypothesis test The t-test was conducted to see the effect of each independent variable partially on the dependent variable. Tabel 8. T-Test Result Coefficientsa Model 1 (Constan. Kepemimpinan Visioner Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Coefficients Std. Error Beta -60,861 9,791 ,163 ,058 ,161 Sig. -6,216 ,000 2,826 ,006 Dependent Variable: Kinerja Guru Based on the test results above it can be concluded that Visionary leadership has a significance/probability value of 0. 006 <0. 005 and tcount = 2. 826 > ttable = 1. 989 which Visionary Leadership has a significant positive effect on teacher performance. The F test or ANNOVA is used to determine the effect of all the independent variables used in the regression model together on the dependent variable tested at a significance level of 0. If the significance value <0. 05 means that all the independent variables jointly affect the dependent variable. If the significance value is > 0. 05, it means that independent variables together have no effect on the dependent variable. Tabel 9. F-Test result ANOVAa Model Sum of Squares Mean Square Sig. 1 Regression 8359,038 2786,346 116,250 ,000b Residual 1989,399 83 23,969 Total 10348,437 Dependent Variable: Kinerja Guru Predictors: (Constan. Motivasi Kerja. Kepemimpinan Visioner. Kompetensi Pedagogik Based on table 9 it shows that the F test results have a sig value of 0. 000 which is less than 0. can be concluded that independent variables namely Visionary Leadership which become control variables simultaneously affect the dependent variable namely Teacher Performance. Based on the research results. Visionary leadership has a direct positive effect on the performance of kindergarten teachers in Batu Ceper. Tangerang City. This is evidenced by the results of the t-test statistic test for Visionary leadership with the acquisition of a tcount of 2. 826 with a significant value of 0. 000 which is smaller than 0. 05, and = 0. means that Visionary leadership has a direct positive effect on Teacher Performance. The results of this study have implications for school principals to have a vision for the future in their leadership to improve teacher This study's results align with research conducted by Mukti . , which concluded that visionary leaders put forward a partnership approach and create a race of shared visions and meanings with others. Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2023, 4. , 89-97 besides that the results of this study are also in accordance with research (Sunarto et al. , 2020. Chen & Yuan. Kurniadi et al. , 2020. Pribudhiana et al. , 2020. Zamuri et al. , 2. which says that there is a close relationship between visionary leadership and teacher performance. CONCLUSION Based on the research results above, it can be stated that Visionary leadership has a direct positive effect on the performance of kindergarten teachers in Batu Ceper. Tangerang City. This is evidenced by the ttest results for Visionary leadership with a tcount of 2. 826 with a significant value of 0. 000, which is smaller than 05, and = 0. It means that visionary leadership has a direct positive effect on teacher performance. The results of this study have implications for school principals to have a vision for the future in their leadership to improve teacher performance. REFERENCES