Hubungan tahap kompetensi guru dengan kepuasan kerja di kalangan guru sekolah rendah zon bandar daerah Kulaijaya

Abstract

The field o f education is constantly evolving and changing according to the times and rapid technological developments required a teacher to equip themselves with the competencies that include knowledge, skills and personality. A teacher in the teaching profession is to be well-informed and skilled in a variety o f skills in addition to providing practice with admirable values and morals. Teachers also need to have satisfaction in working to ensure that teachers can improve the quality o f his work. Therefore, this study was undertaken at the instigation want to identify their perceived competence and its relationship with the level o f job satisfaction. The study was conducted on primary school teachers in the City Zone, district Kulaijaya. In addition, this study also examined the differences perceived competence and teacher job satisfaction based on demographic factors such as gender and academic qualifications. For the aspects of teacher competence, it is seen through the three elements o f the professional teaching practices, knowledge, and skills of teaching and learning. As for job satisfaction, it includes four elements of the task environment, salary and promotion, achievement and recognition and overall job, This study involved 192 teachers involves teachers from national schools in the district Kulaijaya City Zone. The data obtained by using a questionnaire and analyzed using the software "Statistical Package For The Social Science (SPSS) " version 20.0. The results showed the level of competency and job satisfaction of primary school teachers in City Zone, Kulaijaya district is at a high level. The results also showed moderately strong relationships between perceived competence and job satisfaction o f teachers (r ~ 0.478). For demographic factors, the results showed no significant differences for perceived competence and teacher job satisfaction based on gender and academic qualifications The findings of this study are expected to provide some guidance and comparison o f further research. Some suggestions for further research are also presented