Transformational Leadership of School Principals with Teacher Performance at State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District

This research emerged as a response to the observed insuboptimality in Teacher Performance. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the transformational leadership of school principals in State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District, identify the level of teacher performance in State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District, and assess the significance of the relationship between the transformational leadership of school principals and teacher performance at the sub-district level. This study uses a correlational approach to investigate the relationship between variables. The population studied involved 106 teachers, with 52 of them selected as a sample using the stratified random sampling proportional technique based on the Cochran formula. The instrument used is a questionnaire with a Likert scale that has been tested for validity and reliability. The main findings include: 1) The transformational leadership of school principals in State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District is rated good with a score of 3.73. 2) The performance of teachers at State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District received a high assessment with a score of 3.82. 3) There is a significant relationship between the transformational leadership of the principal and the performance of teachers in State High Schools in Ranah Pesisir District, the significance level of 5% is shown by a correlation coefficient of 0.482, and a correlation significance test of 3.891.