Work Motivation of Elementary School Teachers in Kinali District, West Pasaman

Abstract

This research is motivated by the still visible symptoms of the low motivation of the work of teachers of State Elementary School Teachers in Kinali District, West Pasaman The purpose of this study was to determine the motivation of elementary school teachers to carry out their duties as educators, instructors, mentors, and trainers in Kinali Subdistrict, West pasaman, viewed from the aspects of perseverance, work enthusiasm, work spirit, discipline, and responsibility. The research questions posed are: 1) How is the work motivation of teachers in Kinali District Public Schools in West pasaman District in educating (2) How is the work motivation of teachers in Kinali District Public Schools in West pasaman District in teaching, (3) What is the motivation for teachers working in Primary Schools  Negeri Kinali District, West pasaman City in guiding, (4). How is the work motivation of teachers in Kinali District West pasaman District Elementary School in training.

                    The population of this research is all elementary school teachers in the Kinali District of West pasaman City as many as 120 people. The number of samples was 36 people using proportional random sampling technique. The data collection tool in this study was a questionnaire, arranged in the form of a Likert Scale that had been tested for validity r count 0.791 greater than r table 0.648 at a significance level of 0.05, while the reliability test resulted in r count 0.785 greater than r table 0.632 at the significance level 0.05. The results of research processing show that: 1) Work motivation to educate is categorized well with 86.57% of respondents stating always and often. (2) Work motivation in teaching is categorized well 84.94% of respondents state always and often, (3) Work motivation in guiding was categorized good enough 79.33% of respondents stated always and often. (4) Work motivation in training was categorized quite well 79.72% of respondents stated always and often. Thus it can be said that the work motivation of elementary school teachers in carrying out their duties as educators, instructors, mentors, and trainers in Kinali Subdistrict, West pasaman City is good.