This study aims to determine the effect of teacher motivation and skills on performance through leadership as an Intervening Variable in MA Ma'arif Udanawu Blitar. This type of research is quantitative research. The population used in this study were all teachers, namely 69. Sampling in this study was saturated sampling, namely the sampling technique when all members of the population are used as samples. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire. Data analysis methods using path analysis with the IBM SPSS statistical 22 programs. The results showed that there was a significant influence of teacher motivation and skills on performance through leadership. The higher the teacher's motivation and skills, the higher the performance and leadership. There is an indirect effect of work motivation on teacher performance through leadership as an intervening variable at MA Ma'arif Udanawu Blitar, as evidenced by the results of the sobel test, which is greater than t-table means there is a mediating effect. Leadership can be a mediating variable between work motivation on teacher performance. Work skills influence teacher performance through leadership as an intervening variable at MA Ma'arif Udanawu Blitar, as evidenced by the results of the Sobel test, which is greater than t-table, which means there is a mediating influence. So, leadership can mediate between work skills and teacher performance.

This study stems from the moral decline that occurs in the younger generation. Many cases of juvenile delinquency are carried out by learners such as bullying, drugs, fighting between students and so on. The implementation of the curriculum in educational institutions needs to be emphasized on character assistance, so that learners are expected to have good character. The focus of this research is how the vision, mission, and objectives of the institution in shaping the character of learners. How to construct the character-based learning process in shaping the character of learners. How to internalize character values in shaping the character of learners.The research method used is qualitative research with data collection techniques using interviews, observations, and documentation. The conclusion of this research is thatthe vision, mission, and objectives of the institution develop in programmatic activities, construct the institution's curriculum with scientific and paikem approaches, internalize character values in teaching and learning activities also intra- and extra-curricular activities.

This research is motivated by the challenges of Islamic boarding schools in the midst of a dynamic global movement that requires pesantren to adapt quickly and carry out transformation, but on the other hand they are still able to maintain tradition, culture, and culture as distinctions that become the distinction of other educational institutions. The method used by the authors in this study is the literature, through primary data reading the latest books. This study involves colleagues, namely lecturers of Islamic education management from various campuses, with the steps: testing the text through discussion, criticism, suggestions, improvements, and finalization. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the change effort in Islamic boarding schools to be more structured systematically pesantren should be able to meet eight national education standards with the hope that out and out come boarding schools can answer global challenges and have multidimensional intelligence.Keywords: Transformation, Pesantren, Tradition, Modernization