The Impact of Prophetic Leadership on Teacher Performance at Madrasah

Abstract

Prophetic leadership is a leadership approach that integrates prophetic values into the management of educational institutions through the dimensions of humanization, liberation, and transcendence. This study aims to  describe  the implementation of prophetic leadership, identify teacher performance, and examine the relationship between prophetic leadership and teacher performance at MTs Negeri 3 Purbalingga. The research employed a quantitative approach using a survey method and correlational design. The respondents consisted of 23 teachers selected through a total sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires, preliminary observations, and documentation, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, the Lilliefors normality test, correlation analysis, and simple linear regression. The results showed that the mean score of prophetic leadership was 89.45, while the mean score of teacher performance was 87.28. The correlation coefficient of 0.7201 indicated a strong positive relationship between the two variables. Simple linear regression yielded a coefficient of 0.6357, an F-value of 22.6203, and a significance level of 0.000107, with a coefficient of determination of 51.86%. These findings indicate that prophetic leadership is a statistically significant predictor of teacher performance in the madrasah studied. However, this predictive relationship should not be interpreted as evidence of a causal effect. Therefore, strengthening participatory communication, professional empowerment, moral exemplary, and reflective academic supervision may serve as strategies for supporting sustainable teacher performance improvement. This study is limited by its small sample of 23 teachers from a single madrasah, which restricts the generalizability of the findings to other educational institutions