The Influence of Principal Leadership on Teachers' Professional Competence at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Syech Qurro Al-Alawi, Cikampek, Karawang

At Madrasah Tsanawiyah Syech Qurro Al-Alawi Cikampek, Karawang. Several teachers difficulties in implementing teaching methods due to a lack of support, both in terms of facilities and school policies. There are absence of development programs like training, workshops, seminars, and so on, which hinder teachers' performance and motivation in developing their professionalisme. The objectives of this study are: to identify the leadership style of the school principal, to assess the professional competence of the teachers, and to determine the influence of the principal’s leadership on the professional competence of the teachers. This study employs a quantitative approach, The method for data collection is the survey method. The population in this study includes the principal and all teachers at MTS Syech Qurro Al-Alawi Cikampek, Karawang. The sampling technique used is total sampling (saturated sampling), in which all members of the population are taken as samples, totaling 40 individuals. The results shows that the school principal's leadership at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Syech Qurro Al-Alawi Cikampek, Karawang, has a minimum score of 19.00, a maximum score of 60.00, and a mean score of 47.3250 with a standard deviation of 9.40918. This indicates that the distribution of data falls within the Good category. The professional competence of teachers, the minimum score is 28.00, the maximum score is 56.00, and the mean score is 45.4750 with a standard deviation of 7.26067. These figures also indicate that the distribution of data is within the Good category. The results of the hypothesis testing and data analysis show that the leadership of the school principal (variable X) has a significant influence on the professional competence of teachers (variable Y), as evidenced by a t-count value of 4.064. This is supported by a significance value (Sig.) of < 0.001, which is much smaller than the standard significance threshold of 0.05. This means that there is a significant influence of the school principal's leadership on the professional competence of teachers.