TEACHER LEADERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON QUALITY OF EDUCATION (IN THE CASE OF TIME INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY)

Abstract

The quality of education and the value of teaching are dropping through time. Teachers are losing power in the school and thus, the quality of education is degrading. If schools are to bring better quality into education, teachers have to be empowered and the quality of teachers should be increased. Teacher leadership is all about empowering teachers, solving their problems, and creating a better and productive work environment in the school. Besides educational and other supporting material, quality teachers are the most powerful weapons a school needs to use properly to be productive enough. This thesis aims to describe teacher leadership and its impact on quality education. Besides, it evaluates and describes the level of application of teacher leadership in TIA. Convenient sampling technique is used to select teachers who fill the questionnaires and interviewed to gather data. The result from both the questionnaire and interview shows that teacher leadership is applied in a very miniature way. It also shows that the application of teacher leadership suffers from a lack of awareness and focus. To increase the productivity of teachers and the school, the school administration needs to work on developing teacher leadership. Developing teacher leadership includes improving the quality of the teachers themselves and their lifestyle.