This study aims to evaluate the implementation of the policy of providing performance allowance to employees at the Secretariat of the General Elections Commission (GEC) Kota Ternate, as well as their supporting and obstacle factors. This research is a descriptive qualitative research by using case study. The research data were obtained from informants who were respondents, ranging from staff to officials at the Secretariat of the General Elections Commission Kota Ternate. The results of the study showed that although the implementation of the performance allowance was already running  there were still some deviations in its management, namely: 1) no socialization or training was held on the management of performance allowance involving GEC Kota Ternate; 2) there is no appointment of a performance allowance management officer, namely the Performance Allowance Management Officer or the control book Management Officer, therefore, it happens overlap working  with routine treasurer; 3) there is not a standard operating procedure (SOP) as an assessment standard that aims to provide an assessment and sanctions against employees who do not carry out their duties and functions.

Teachers have a significant contribution to the learning success in schools. In creating conducive school, having good quality and generating graduates with integrity, good teachers’ performance is needed. Good teachers’ performance is affected by several factors including the principal's leadership, work motivation, and school culture. This study aims at analyzing whether there is a relationship between the principal's leadership, work motivation, and school culture with teachers’ performance. This research was conducted on classroom teachers at Muhammadiyah Elementary Schools in Gamping District with a population of 116. The sample used was the total population of 116. The independent variables in this study were the principal's leadership, work motivation, and school culture, while the dependent variable was teachers’ performance. The measurement of the variables was carried out by using a Likert scale. Data analysis was carried out by using multiple linear regressions with the help of SPSS 22 software. Based on the simple regression test and multiple linear regressions, the test results show that there is a significant relationship between the independent variables, the principal's leadership, work motivation and school culture on the performance of classroom teachers at Muhammadiyah Elementary Schools in Gamping District. The results of the coefficient of determination (R2) test show that teachers’ performance (Y) can be explained by the variables of the principal's leadership (X1), work motivation (X2), and school culture (X3) by 65%, while the remaining 35% is affected by other factors outside of this study. The conclusion of this study is that there is a positive and significant influence between the principal's leadership, work motivation, and school culture on the performance of classroom teachers in Muhammadiyah Elementary Schools in Gamping Subdistrict.

Peringkat pendidikan Indonesia di tingkat ASEAN maupun dunia masih pada posisi yang kurang baik sehingga menunjukkan mutu pembelajaran di Indonesia yang masih rendah. Perihal ini terkait dengan standar kompetensi pendidik yang mempunyai kaitan erat dengan mutu pendidikan. Guna menumbuhkan mutu pendidikan ke arah lebih baik, maka kualitas tenaga pendidik wajib ditingkatkan. Guru selaku tenaga pendidik handal memiliki tanggung jawab besar sehingga kinerja guru jadi tolak ukur keberhasilan pembelajaran di Indonesia. Faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap kinerja guru diantaranya gaya kepemimpinan serta supervisi. Penelitian ini tergolong penelitian kuantitatif yang menempatkan kepemimpinan transformasional, supervisi akademik selaku variabel bebas serta kinerja guru selaku variabel terikat. Populasi berjumlah 153 guru yang tersebar di SD Negeri Gugus V Kecamatan Kemayoran. Perolehan sampel merujuk pada tabel ukuran sampel oleh Krejcie dan Morgan dengan tingkat kesalahan 5%, perolehan sample sebanyak 108 guru. Perolehan data berasal dari pengolahan data kuesioner menggunakan program SPSS, hasil wawancara, evaluasi hasil observasi serta dokumentasi. Penelitian menunjukkan nilai signifikansi uji korelasi, uji t serta uji F dan koefisien korelasi yang kuat. Evaluasi hasil wawancara serta observasi variabel menampilkan keadaan yang cukup baik. Bersumber pada hasil penelitian terdapat hubungan kepemimpinan transformasional dan supervisi akademik terhadap kinerja guru baik secara positif serta signifikan pada SD Negeri di Gugus V Kecamatan Kemayoran.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara tingkat pendidikan, pengetahuan, ekonomi dan motivasi terhadap hasil belajar pada siswa sekolah dasar pada masa pandemi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasional dengan jumlah sampel 76 siswa sekolah dasar. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, angket dan wawancara. Teknik analisis data dilakukan dengan regresi linier berganda. Pengolahan data menggunakan aplikasi SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions). Berdasarkan hasil analisis data diperoleh uji stimulan dimana T skor Ha 1 diterima dengan skor 0.09≤1.99. Untuk Ha 2 diterima dengan skor 32.4≥2.50. Untuk Ha 3 diterima dengan skor 39.4≥2.50 dan Ha 4 diterima dengan skor 16.44≥2.50. Berdasarkan data yang telah diperoleh, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pendidikan, pengetahuan, ekonomi dan motivasi orang tua terhadap hasil belajar siswa Proses pembelajaran dapat dipengaruhi oleh banyak faktor, diantaranya adalah tingkat pendidikan dan pengetahuan orang tua, tingkat ekonomi orang tua, motivasi dan lain-lain.