Vol. 6, No. 3, 2021, pp. 738-741 DOI: https://doi.org/10.29210/021121jpgi0005 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 738 The effect of principal supervision and teacher work motivation on teacher job satisfaction Rina Dwi Maryanti 1 , Yasir Arafat 2 , Syaiful Eddy 2 1 Sekolah Dasar Negeri 2 Sidorahayu, Plakat Tinggi, Indonesia 2 Universitas PGRI Palembang, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Jul 14 th , 2021 Revised Aug 19 th , 2021 Accepted Aug 30 th , 2021 The article aimed to determine and analyze the effect of Principal Supervision, Teacher Work Motivation on Job Satisfaction of Public Elementary School Teachers at Plakat Tinggi District. This type of research was descriptive quantitative. The sample in the study was 140 respondents with data collection techniques in the form of a questionnaire (questionnaire). The results showed that: 1) there was a significant effect of principal supervision on teacher job satisfaction, 2) there was a significant effect of teacher work motivation on teacher job satisfaction, 3) there was a significant influence between principal supervision and teacher work motivation on job satisfaction teacher. Keyword: Supervision Teacher work motivation Teacher job satisfaction © 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: Maryanti, R. D., Sekolah Dasar Negeri 2 Sidorahayu, Plakat Tinggi, Indonesia Email: rinadwimaryanti669@gmail.com Introduction Educators are professionals who are in charge of planning and implementing the learning process, assessing learning outcomes, conducting guidance and training, and conducting research and community service, especially for educators in tertiary education. Education is a process of providing assistance to human learners to develop thinking power, sense power, function power and their role in life. An adequate educational process is needed to support the realization of these noble hopes. However, the results of the education process cannot be felt immediately, but it takes a long time, throughout life, and touches all aspects of life in society, so that it becomes an identity for the progress, justice and prosperity of the nation. This is reflected in the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education system, in Chapter 1 article 1 paragraph 2 it is stipulated that “National education is education based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution which is rooted in religious, cultural values. and responsive to the demands of changing times ”. According to [1], education is an effort that is to educate, guide, foster, influence, and direct with a set of knowledge that can be done formally (in school) or informally (within the family and environment.[1][2] So far, there are only a portion of the Principals who have good qualifications in terms of school majerials.[2] In addition, there are still many school principals who are not yet correct in implementing their function as administrator. The number of Principals who have not implemented their functions is related to many things, for example related to the human resources of the Principal, the geographical situation of the school and the assumption that the Principal is everything in the school, and so on. This assumption creates the teacher's view that a principal is a person who needs to be respected, praised and trusted [3][4]. This raises the distance between the principal and the teacher at school. Of course, this creates a less harmonious work atmosphere.