Effect of effectiveness of principle leadership and implementation of teacher quality improvement strategies in school quality and quality of graduates in junior high school tourism hospitality accommodation west Java-Indonesia

This study aims to obtain valid, reliable and valid empirical data, facts and information regarding the effect of the effectiveness of school principal leadership, the implementation of strategies for improving teacher quality on school quality and graduate quality. The object of research is the Tourism Vocational Hospitality Accommodation Sector in West Java, with 112 respondents consisting of teachers consisting of the education department, principals, teachers and representatives from the industrial world. Data analysis uses descriptive statistics and path analysis. The results showed that the effectiveness of the principal's leadership and the implementation of the teacher quality improvement strategy significantly affected the quality of the school and the quality of graduates both directly and indirectly. School quality variables do not have a significant direct effect on the quality of graduates. However, indirectly the school quality variable is significant as a mediating variable in this research model. The results of this study cannot be generalized to all similar populations in other provinces or nationally. But with this limitation, it is hoped that future research can involve more samples and reach a wider population. This study only tested four variables, namely the effectiveness of the principal's leadership, the implementation of strategies to improve teacher quality, and school quality was associated with the quality of SMK graduates. This research proves the effectiveness of leadership and the implementation of strategies to improve teacher quality in school quality and graduate quality. Therefore, policymakers in the education sector can be one of the references to improve the quality of graduates