Vol. 6, No. 2, 2021, pp. 534-537 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29210/021084jpgi0005 Contents lists available at Journal IICET JPGI (Jurnal Penelitian Guru Indonesia) ISSN: 2541-3163(Print) ISSN: 2541-3317 (Electronic) Journal homepage: https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jpgi 534 The effect of principal supervision and teacher professional allowances on the competence of elementary school teachers Hari Suhud 1 , Yasir Arafat 2 , Alhadi Yan Putra 2 1 Sekolah Dasar Negeri 07 Simpang, Indonesia 2 Universitas PGRI Palembang, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jul 21 th , 2021 Revised Aug 5 th , 2021 Accepted Aug 30 th , 2021 This study aims to find out the influence of supervision of principals and teacher professional allowances on the professional competence of teachers in Simpang District Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan both partially and simultaneously. The population in this study is 38 elementary school teachers in the Simpang sub-district who have received teacher professional benefits. This research uses quantitative research, with a type of Non-Probability sampling research, the technique used is the saturated Sampling technique. Data collection techniques using closed questionnaires. Data analysis with t- test and F test showed that: Supervision of the principal has an influence on the professional competence of teachers in Simpang sub-district by 20.90%; Teacher professional allowance has an influence on the professional competence of teachers in Simpang subdistrict by 20.50%, and supervision of principals and teacher professional allowances have a simultaneous influence of 45.90% on the professional competence of elementary school teachers in Simpang District Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan. Keyword: Principal supervision Teacher professional allowances Teacher professional competence © 2021 The Authors. Published by IICET. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 Corresponding Author: Suhud, H., Sekolah Dasar Negeri 07 Simpang, Indonesia Email: harisuhud25@gmail.com Introduction The Political and Economic Risk Consultant announced the results of the Indonesia Education Quality Study, the results of which suggested that Indonesia was ranked 12th out of 12 countries, In addition to the above study, there are several other studies that state that Indonesia's standard of education is still low. The Indonesian government has released different policies on the standard of education based on the facts. The government has issued laws, government regulations, ministerial regulations to regional regulations. To improve the quality of national education, the Indonesian government has also issued various strategies, [1] including improving the competence of teachers as the spearhead of education in Indonesia. The standard of teachers is one of the big keys to the success of education [1]. [2] In schools and also in the world of education, teachers are very important positions and roles. The teacher provides a picture of personality and noble character for students, namely teachers who are willing to set aside their time, for the benefit of their students, from guiding, sharing experiences, ideas, chatting and helping students in facing difficulties that can hinder their learning activities. As teachers/educators, teachers are the dominant factor in determining the success of any efforts to advance education. Therefore, in every effort to update education, it always starts with the teacher factor. Teachers are the spearhead in the