TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES OF HEADMASTERS IN FORMING THE QUALITY OF TEACHERS IN TRANSFORMATION SCHOOLS 2025

Abstract

The headmaster is the main pillar in determining the quality and success of the school. The leadership practices practiced will influence his leadership style. The practice of transformational leadership practiced by head teachers is a form of leadership that has a clear direction. The quality of teachers in a school has a link in the excellence of a school. In order to ensure that the school can compete in achieving its vision and mission, these two factors are very important. This study aims to identify the quality of TS 25 school teachers in Putrajaya based on the Malaysian Teacher Standard (SGM) 2.0 and the level of head teacher transformation leadership. This article takes a quantitative approach with a survey design. Online techniques were used to distribute the questionnaire. The study respondents consisted of 306 teachers in 16 primary schools in Putrajaya. Descriptive and inferential analysis was used to analyze the data. Overall, the findings of the article show that the headmaster’s transformational leadership method is high (mean = 4.08, s.p. = 0.45). Meanwhile, teacher quality is at a high level (mean = 4.17, s.p = 0.34). The principal's transformational leadership and teacher quality have a high and significant relationship, according to the results of the Pearson Correlation test (r=0.59, p<0.01). In conclusion, the leadership practices practiced by head teachers affect the quality of the school.