PERAN GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENCIPTAKAN BUDAYA DAN KINERJA GURU DI SEKOLAH (Studi pada SMPN 1 Udanawu)

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the leadership style of school principals in creating culture and teacher performance in schools and evaluate the role of principals with leadership styles on performance in schools. This type of research is qualitative descriptive research which describes the role of the school head's leadership style in influencing school culture and teacher performance related to the object of in-depth research conducted at SMPN 1 Udanawu. The units of analysis in this research are the school principal, guidance counselor, deputy principal, and administrative staff with data analysis techniques using NVivo 14 software with a qualitative approach. The research results show that in general the role of the principal's leadership style in creating culture and teacher performance at SMPN 1 Udanawu is considered quite good. The role of the school principal should be to be a supervisor, leader, manager, administrator. However, in reality, it is not fulfilled due to the limitations of the school. Apart from the limitations that the school has, the limited role of the principal's leadership style at SMPN 1 Udanawu also makes employees uncomfortable because a leader's enthusiasm can potentially intimidate teachers and especially rules regarding unnecessary things. However, so far the principal's leadership style has been effective in accordance with school conditions and carries out his role as principal in accordance with the principal's main duties.