The Influence of Teacher Readiness to Learning Achievement of Vocational High School Students in South Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

This study presents the relationship between teacher readiness and learning achievement of vocational high school students in South Minahasa regency. The method used the correlation study which aims to find out the relationship between independent variables with non-independent variables and the extent of the correlation based on correlation coefficients. The results are showed that there were 36.67% 26.67%, and 36.67% of respondents with the categories of below-average, medium, and high or above average learning achievements respectively. The teacher readiness values are showed that 33.33%, 26.67%, and 33.33% of respondents included in the categories of below-average, moderate groups, and high or above average respectively. The testing hypothesis is evident that the teacher readiness variable (X) has a positive and significant effect on student achievement which is the equation of Y = 34.70 + 0.41 X that is the meaning if the readiness of teachers increases by one unit Student achievement will increase by 0.361 units. The results are inadequate that to improve the teacher competency in the readiness of the teaching and learning process and the data the students` learning achievements generally need to be improved.