Decision Support System Using Simple Additive Weighting with Key Performance Index for Selecting Teacher

Competence, performance and adequate Staff Management are success factors for any Business Firm, including educational institutions. This research aims to suggest a Decision Support System (DSS) that can help educational institutions measure their teachers’ performance in order to achieve their education goals. This study was conducted at a Senior High School in the town of Bandung in Indonesia. The research starts with the analysis of the teachers’ Appraisal Evaluation Instrument, and then validates some Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Alternatives, performance Weights and Score to be applied in Matrix Normalization using simple additive weighting (SAW) method. Six Criterion which are Adaptation, Engagement, Skill, Discipline, Punctuality, and Empathy are taken as fundamental evaluation criteria of the research. The result of the research will be a ranking assessment in which three best alternatives are selected, visualized and used for a three years term School’s managerial decision plan: Agus Suhendar was selected as the best teacher with 0.9768 as ponderation, then Rita Sulistyorini selected as the second-best teacher with 0.9622, and finally Magdalena I as the third-best teacher with 0.9229 points.