PENGARUH SERTIFIKASI GURU TERHADAP KINERJA GURU PAUD KECAMATAN TANJUNG BATU KABUPATEN OGAN ILIR

The study aims to determine whether there is a significant influence of teacher certification on the performance of PAUD teachers. The method used in this study is the Quantitative method with a survey method approach which is carried out using a questionnaire as a research tool in large and small populations. The population in this study were all teachers who were certified and the sample used 13 teachers. Data collection technique used in this study were observation, questionnaires, and document tation. After collecting the result of the questionnaire answers that had been distributed, the researcher used simple linier regression test data analysis techniques, correlation coefficient (r) test, determination coefficient (R2) test anf hypothesis test. The results of the analysis showed a positive influence of variable X on variable Y with the equation Y 45.414+0,224 X. the strength of the relationship between these two variables is 0,409, from thes results of the calculation and questionnaire data processing, the author concludes that teacher certification implemented by the PAUD instution in Tanjung Batu District, Ogan Ilir Regency has an effect on creating teacher performance. This is proven mathematically through a hypothesis test, where the results of tcount (2.5535) > ttable (2.069).