Teachers' Readiness in the Implementation of the Independent Curriculum in State Vocational Schools in Payakumbuh City

This research is motivated by the problems found in the readiness of teachers in the implementation of the independent curriculum at State Vocational Schools in Payakumbuh City. This study aims to find out about teachers' readiness in planning, implementing, and evaluating learning based on the Independent curriculum which is reviewed from the aspects of knowledge, understanding, and teacher skills. The type of research used was quantitative descriptive with a research population of 241 teachers and a sample of 152, sample withdrawal was carried out using the Cochran formula taken using the Stratified Proportional Random Sampling Technique. The results of the study stated that the readiness of teachers in the implementation of the independent curriculum in State Vocational Schools throughout Payakumbuh City was reviewed from 1). Learning planning is in the category of quite good with an average score of 3.89 with a percentage of 78%, 2). The implementation of learning is in the category of quite good with an average score of 3.7 with a percentage of 74%, 3). The learning evaluation was in the fairly good category with an average score of 3.6 with a percentage of 72%. Overall, the readiness of teachers in the implementation of the independent curriculum at State Vocational Schools in Payakumbuh City has an average score of 3.65 with a percentage of 73% in the fairly good category