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This research was motivated by problems identified from various factors at SMPN 2 Kinali, where many students were noisy, sleepy and had problems with their classmates. This happens because students feel bored with the subject. As a result, it weakens learning. The aim of this research is to identify how creative PAI teachers are in selecting learning forms to produce an efficient learning atmosphere for category VII students at SMPN 2 Kinali. This research is qualitative descriptive in nature. Research runs at SMPN 2 Kinali. In relation to the main sources of information, they are PAI class VII teachers at SMPN 2 Kinali, and the inferior sources of information are the class VII students of SMPN 2 Kinali and the school principal. The information collection methods used in this research are monitoring, question and answer and documentation. The results of this research prove that PAI teachers' creativity in creating an efficient learning atmosphere lies in the use of learning forms and the application of learning outside of categories to produce a supportive learning atmosphere. The teacher's creativity determines the form of learning in producing an efficient learning atmosphere, through the use of a versatile learning form which is carried out by combining several existing forms with several important views, namely: taking into account the constitution of the students, the module to be taught and the management of the form.

The independent learning curriculum is one of the Ministry of Education and Culture's policies with the aim of creating a pleasant and happy learning atmosphere for both teachers and students. In independent learning, teachers and students have the freedom to determine the right learning system to determine the talents and interests of students. The aims of this research are (1) To explain the preparation for the implementation of independent learning curriculum learning in social studies learning at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan, (2) To explain what factors are obstacles in preparation for implementing independent learning curriculum learning in social studies learning at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The data collection techniques used in this research are observation, interviews and documentation. Respondents in this research were school principals, head of curriculum, and social science subject teachers. The results of this research show that preparations for implementing the independent learning curriculum in social studies learning at SMP Negeri 2 Kademangan start from the readiness of the teachers first and the social studies teachers take part in training regarding the independent learning curriculum and prepare learning tools according to the provisions of the independent curriculum. Then the factors that are obstacles are (1) Insufficient digital capabilities of teachers, where there are still many teachers who are limited in mastering technology, (2) They are comfortable with the previous curriculum and have no experience in independent learning, (3) lack of facilities and infrastructure to support the learning process, (4) Financial constraints.

The research objectives were to determine: 1) the relationship between parental supervision and the Christian character of student at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon, 2) the relationship between peer interaction and the christian character of student at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon, 3) the relationship between parental supervision and peer interaction with christian character, Sipoholon 3 public Midlle School Student. In this research, a quantitative descriptive inferential approach was used. The population ofof all student at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon for the 2023-2024 academic year is 262 people.

The aim of this research is to find out how much positive and significant influence Teacher Pedagogical Competence has on the Learning Activeness of Christian Religious Education and Characteristics of Class IX Students at SMP Negeri 2 Muara, North Tapanuli Regency for the 2023/2024 Academic Year. The method used in this research is quantitative with inferential statistical data analysis. The population is all class IX of SMP Negeri 2 Muara, North Tapanuli Regency for the 2023/2024 Academic Year who are Christians, totaling 104 people and a sample of 38 people was determined, namely 35% of the total population. Data was collected using a positive closed questionnaire totaling 36 items, of which 16 questionnaire items were for variable at SMP Negeri 2 Muara, North Tapanuli Regency, Academic Year 2023/2024: 1) Test the analysis requirements: a) positive relationship test, obtained a value of rxy = 0.552 > rtable(=0.05,n=38) = 0.320, thus it is known that positive relationship between variable variable Y. 2) Influence test: a) Test the regression equation, obtained the regression equation Y ̂="26","01"+0.75X. b) Regression coefficient of determination test (r2) = 30.4%. 3) Test the hypothesis using the F test to obtain Fcount > Ftable=(=0.05, dk numerator k=20, dk denominator=n-2=38-2=36) namely 15.74 > 1.51. Thus Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected.    

This research aims to analyze the importance of a growth mindset in Christian religious education as an effort to improve the quality of student learning. This research was conducted using descriptive qualitative research methods. Data was obtained through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis was carried out using several stages such as data collection, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The research results show that education has an important role in developing children's intelligence, mindset and personality. Christian religious education teachers have the responsibility to develop students' mindsets through implementing a Growth Mindset and appropriate teaching strategies. This research concludes that developing a Growth Mindset can help students achieve better academic success and personal development. By having a growth mindset, students see challenges as opportunities to learn and develop and do not respond to them as obstacles. By having a growth mindset, students also have more self-confidence. Based on the research results, it is recommended that Christian religious education teachers continue to strengthen the application of the Growth Mindset in their teaching. In addition, further research can be conducted to observe the effectiveness of the teaching strategies used in developing a Growth Mindset in students.

This study aims to determine the effect of PAK teacher's professional competence on the learning outcomes of VIII grade students of SMP N 1 STTU Julu in the 2023/2024 Learning Year. The research hypothesis is that there is an influence of PAK teacher's professional competence on the learning outcomes of VIII grade students of SMP N 1 STTU Julu in the 2023/2024 Learning Year. The study population was all VIII grade students of SMP N 1 STTU Julu as many as 44 people, because the subjects in this study were less than 100 so this study was a population study. Data were collected with a closed questionnaire of 20 items prepared by the author based on variable indicators according to expert theory. The questionnaire test was conducted on 32 class VIII students at Pakpak Kirana GKPPD Foundation SMPTK using 20 questionnaire items and after being tested the results of the validity of the questionnaire test were known to the value of rcount> table = 0.395-0.715> 0.349 there are 20 questionnaire items that can be used as research instruments. And the reliability of the questionnaire test which is at a value of 0.877. has been tested for validity and reliability. The results of data analysis show that there is a positive and significant influence between the influence of the professional competence of PAK teachers on the learning outcomes of students in class VIII of SMP N 1 STTU Julu Learning Year 2023/2024. With the relationship test obtained rcount> rtable, namely 0.329>0.297, with a significant relationship test tcount> ttable, namely 2.391>2.021 the coefficient of determination is 10.82%. This means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. This study suggests that teachers should always improve their professional competence as a PAK Teacher, so that the learning outcomes of Class VIII students of SMP N 1 STTU Julu Learning Year 2023/2024 will be better.

This article discusses the importance of creativity in learning, especially in the context of using Picture and Picture Cooperative Learning Model in Islamic Religious Education subject in a secondary school. The article emphasizes that creative learning models can improve learners' learning outcomes, especially when compared to more traditional learning models such as the Direct Learning Model. The research method used was experimental with a Quasi Experiment design, where two classes were selected as samples: one class applied the Picture and Picture Cooperative Learning Model as the experimental class, while the other class applied the traditional learning model. Data was collected through pre- and post-learning tests, as well as through observation of students' activeness. The results showed that the Picture and Picture Cooperative Learning Model has a significant effect on students' learning outcomes, especially in the context of learning Islamic Religious Education. This model allows students to be more active and creative in learning, so that their learning outcomes can be significantly improved. This research makes an important contribution to our understanding of the importance of creativity in learning and its relevance to learners' learning outcomes. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Learning effectiveness is the activeness and suitability in carrying outlearning for students and teachers as creators of this effectiveness in the learningprocess. There are many problems faced by teaching staff in delivering effectivelearning to their child participants. First, you must determine effective teachingtechniques to be taught and you must understand how to evaluate Christian religiouseducation. This certainly introduces the teacher's approach to evaluating and studentlearning outcomes.

Finding out how students' social ties impacted their performance in Islamic Religious Education classes at SMPN 1 Kec Payakumbuh was the driving force for this research. Quantitative correlational study is the method employed. A total of 256 seventh graders made up the study's population, and 64 students were selected using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaires and other data analysis methods such as descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and data analysis precondition tests were utilized for data collecting. The study's findings show that students' social ties have a significant impact on learning outcomes, with a significance value of 0.009 <0.05. Therefore, we can accept Ha and reject H0.

Adolescence is a period of human beings who are still experiencing excellent growth and development intellectually, physically and psychologically. The purpose of dedication is to improve the ability of young women to become Blood Add Tablet Care Cadres. The service method is carried out in junior and senior high schools in Syamtalira Bayu District for young women within a period of 3 months (June to August 2023). The implementation of community service is carried out by means of lectures, demonstrations, practicums, questions and answers and evaluations. The results obtained were 50 young women who were trained to become Blood Add Tablet Care Cadres at the junior and senior high school levels.

Learning in the implementation of the independent curriculum demands educators to focus on competency development and the quality of learning, flexibility in time and learning materials, as well as character reinforcement. Action Research in this case aims to enhance learning participation using the case method in Social Studies lessons at SMP Negeri 3 Lembah Gumanti. The subjects of this research are 33 students from Class VII.1 at SMP Negeri 3 Lembah Gumanti. The research is designed in the form of Classroom Action Research (PTK), which consists of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The research itself is conducted in 2 cycles. Data is collected through observation sheets and assisted by an observer, then analyzed descriptively. There is an improvement in student learning participation through the implementation of the case method in Social Studies lessons in Class VII.1 at SMP Negeri 3 Lembah Gumanti. The improvement is evident from the increased percentage of learning participation in the first cycle, which is 55.55%, and a significant increase in the second cycle, which is 83.33%. The use of the case method enhances learning participation, including motivation in completing tasks, the courage to express opinions and respect others' opinions in learning, as well as problem-solving. Such conditions are part of the goals of learning in the implementation of the independent curriculum, which emphasize active and participatory learning.

This research is to investigate how transformational leadership affects the performance of teachers, with motivation serving as an intervening factor, at State Junior High School 21 in Jambi City. This study employs quantitative approaches, utilizing questionnaire distribution as the data collection method among 30 participants. Hypothesis testing uses Descriptive Analysis Techniques using the SmartPLS application as a data processing tool. The results of this research indicate that Transformational Leadership has a significant positive influence on the Performance of State  Junior High School 21 in Jambi City. Transformational Leadership has a significant positive effect on Motivation. Motivation has a significant positive effect on teacher performance. Transformational Leadership has a significant positive effect on Teacher Performance through Motivation as an intervening variable. Suggestions in this research: (1) In the performance variable, teachers are advised to improve performance by holding discussion sessions at the end of learning hours and providing feedback while teaching. (2) In the transformational leadership variable, it is recommended that school principals can make all teachers feel appreciated, namely by paying attention to all teachers and conveying a sense of understanding to each teacher. (3) In the motivation variable, it is recommended to provide support to teachers, namely the principal by providing awards, and the principal is able to provide a comfortable and conducive work environment.

This research is based on the fact that there are still OSIS administrators at SMPN 1 Ulakan Tapakis who have not been able to reflect good morals, this is because the OSIS supervisor teachers heve not provided provisions and approaches to OSIS administrators at SMPN 1 Ulakan Tapakis and there is a lack apptoach to OSIS administrators. This research aims to describe the role of the OSIS supervisor teacher in forming the moral character of the OSIS administrators at SMPN 1 Ulakan Tapakis. The research was conducted at SMPN 1 Ulakan Tapakis, Padang Pariaman regency. This research uses descriptive  research methods with a qualitative approach. The key informant in this research is the OSIS teacher, while the supporting informant is the OSIS administrator. Data collection techniques by means of beservation, interviews and documentation. The role of the OSIS supervisor teacher is very important in forming the moral character of the OSIS administrator. The role of the coaching teacher is as a guide (preceptor), providing motivation (Motivator) and providing evaluation (evaluator). Through various activities carried out by the OSIS in order to form moral character and be able to instill commendable values that exist in OSIS activites throught the form of IMTAQ development and good manners or noble morals. In order for the formation of akhlakul karimah character in OSIS administrators, it is not solely on the shoulders of religious teachers, but requires the role of the supervisor teacher as well as cooperation between the supervisor teacher and the OSIS administrators.

There has been delinquency among some students at SMP Negeri 2 Sompak. Examples of student delinquency that often occur are skipping school during class hours, smoking during class hours or outside class hours, and not having responsibility for doing school work or homework given by the teacher. Therefore, Christian religious education teachers are needed to educate, teach and guide students so that acts of delinquency do not occur again. The aim of the research is to explain the importance of PAK teachers in overcoming the delinquency of Christian students at SMP Negeri 2 Sompak so that students become role models for their family, church and the Indonesian nation they love. The author uses qualitative research methods using observation, interviews, documentation and literature techniques. The results found were that if PAK teachers were more committed and responsible in dealing with the delinquency of Christian students, then Christian students would increasingly experience changes in their lives from acts of delinquency. Conclusion: Religious Education teachers who serve at SMP Negeri 2 Sompak must be committed and responsible in overcoming the delinquency of Christian students at SMP Negeri 2 Sompak so that students are able to show commendable attitudes in family, church, national and state life now and forever.

The selection of the best students in schools is essential to recognize both academic and non-academic achievements and to motivate other students to improve their skills. SMP Negeri 16 Jakarta requires an objective decision support system to select the best students based on predefined criteria. This study aims to design and implement a decision support system using the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method to facilitate the selection of the best students at SMPN 16 Jakarta. The SAW method is chosen due to its capability to accommodate multiple criteria through weighting and ranking for each alternative. The research process involves observation, interviews, and documentation, which are then used to determine primary criteria such as academic achievement, social skills, and participation in school activities. The findings show that the application of the SAW method enables a more accurate and objective selection of the best students by ranking based on the final score of each criterion. This system is expected to assist SMPN 16 Jakarta in making more structured decisions and supporting educational quality improvement.

Drug prevention socialization activities and drug abuse punishment at SMPN 3 Pegandon aim to increase students awareness of the dangers of narcotics and the legal consequences arising from drug use. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of these socialization activities in achieving these goals. The research method used was structured interviews with students and teaching staff at SMPN 3 Pegandon. The results of the study showed that socialization activities were able to increase students' understanding of the dangers of narcotics and awareness of punishment. However, there are challenges in implementing anticipatory behavior against daily drug abuse. The implications of this study highlight the need for improvements in the implementation strategy of more inclusive and sustainable drug prevention socialization in the school environment.

This research was conducted on the importance of computer laboratories and the implementation of teaching and learning activities because most of the material is practical. It will be very difficult to carry out practical learning without learning tools or media that are in accordance with the guidance of the curriculum material, there are other subjects that cannot be done without a laboratory. The practicum learning process is less than optimal because one of the reasons is that students don't pay too much attention to the learning material. And there are no tools or software to monitor student work in the process of using computers. The Network Development Lifecycle method is used to develop and design network topologies, in this case the use of the Net Support School application to monitor learning in the laboratory at SMP Negeri 2 Bukittinggi. The result of implementing net support school is that teachers can share learning materials from the computer server. Teachers can also supervise and control students' activities in using computers while the learning process is in progress. So using the net support school application is very helpful for use in the learning process.  

The purpose of this research is to analyze the extent to which time management, competence and learning media affect the performance of junior high school teachers in Makassar. The study used  a structural model with the assistance of AMOS 24 and involved 360 junior high school teachers in Makassar as the sample. The research are findings that time management, competence and learning media have a positive and significant effect on improving the performance the performance of junior high school teachers in Makassar.  

Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood which begins at the time of sexual maturity, namely between the ages of 11 or 12 to 20 years. Adolescence and menstruation are very closely related because menstruation is one of the important problems for teenage girls. This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes of adolescents with anxiety about facing menarche in class VII students at Makale Tana Toraja Catholic Middle School.    The research design used is descriptive analytic. Using the Cross Sectional method. With a total of 29 samples using proportional stratified random sampling technique. The analysis method was carried out using univariate and bivariate analysis methods using the Chi-square statistical test with a significance level of p-value <0.005.   Research shows that there is no relationship between knowledge and anxiety about facing menarche with a p-value꞊0.668>0.05 and there is no relationship between attitudes and anxiety about facing menarche with a p-value꞊0.207>0.05. It can be concluded that there is no relationship between teenagers' knowledge and attitudes and anxiety about facing menarche at Makale Tana Toraja Catholic Middle School. The suggestion in this research is that it is hoped that teachers, especially BK (Guidance Counseling) teachers, should further improve the provision of information and guidance to their students regarding healthy behavior in dealing with menstruation and menstrual disorders.

Digital marketing is overwhelmly replacing offline marketing. One of the classic challenges faced by private schools is student enrollment. The purpose of the programm is to increase teacher’s participation in new student admissions (PPDB) through marketing strategy sessions, teacher motivation class, and a workshop on creating audiovisual media using mobile phones. The community service was held on January 2nd, 2024, and was attended by 34 participants, including principals, teachers, and education staffs from SMK PMB Kutoarjo, SMP PMB Pituruh, and SMP PMB 1 Kutoarjo. The questionnaire data was analyzed descriptively. The training results indicated that most teachers (94.1%) were willing to participate in PPDB digital marketing by sharing promotional media (65.6%), creating promotional media (59.4%), making videos (50%), and involving students in media creation (31.3%) and sharing media (43.8%). Efforts to enhance the participation of teachers in PPDB require personal commitment as well as the support of leaders and policy stakeholders. Collaborative efforts involving teachers as key agent include peer teacher, students, and alumni.