Study of the relationship between methods of teachers` performance appraisal and teachers` job performance at Darussalam islamic boarding school Gontor East Java Indonesia

Abstract

This study attempts to explore a relationship between the methods of teachers’ performance appraisal and teachers’ job performance at Darussalam Islamic Boarding School Gontor, Ponorogo, East Java, Indonesia. The main objective of the study is to investigate the teachers’ perception of methods of teachers’ performance appraisal used by the management to evaluate the teachers’ job performance at Gontor Islamic Boarding School. To achieve these purposes, a questionnaire was specifically designed for getting information from the respondents who are teachers with two to five years teaching experience in boarding school. Descriptive analysis is employed to describe the respondents’ perception regarding the methods of teachers’ performance appraisal used at this boarding school. A questionnaire, using the Six Points Likert Scale, is used as an instrument to collect the data. The sample of the study is randomly selected. It consists of 110 teachers of KMI who are involved in many activities in boarding school. Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations for each item of the questionnaire are computed. The analysis reveals that the teachers’ perceptions of methods of appraisal used is generally appeared to be positive. This study also identifies that each methods of teachers’ performance appraisal showed significantly correlated with teachers’ job performance. Finally, the study provides recommendations for heads and school principals of Darussalam Islamic boarding school on how to improve the teachers’ professional development programme and suggests further research.