Teacher certification can be interpreted as a process of acknowledging that a person has the competence to carry out educational services in a particular education unit, after passing a competency test conducted by a certification institution. This article aims to determine and to analyze the effect of teacher certification, and motivation from other outside of the teacher's personal internal. The teacher's personal internal inheritance was also very influential. Performance or achievement was that employee performance that was the result of work in carrying out a job. This research design used a quantitative research design. Data collection technique used questionnaires, observation, and documentation. The data analysis technique used qualitative analysis which includes data collection, data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions and verification. The results indicated that the variables of teacher compensation and job satisfaction affect teacher performance together. There was a significant effect of Teacher Certification and Work Motivation on Teacher Performance.