Formation of Preschool Management Model for Improving the Quality of Preschool in Sarawak

This study aims to produce a new model for improving the quality of preschool education in Malaysia. To explore issues of education quality, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationship between theory and model constructs according to the Preschool Management Model (PMM). In this study, the researcher is interested to analyse the causal effect of headmasters' instructional leadership on effective teaching among preschools and subsequently test the hypothesis in order to prove its significance. In addition, the study also establish the correlation of four mediators between headmasters' instructional leadership and effective teaching. This study involved collecting data for the survey questionnaires. The models were analyzed and tested using multivariate analysis technique known as Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for goodness of fit by using AMOS software. The findings of this study highlight that parental involvement in preschool education, teacher professional development and preschool development plan are full mediator. Because of this, headmasters should strive to implement TQM practices by mandating the quality of the education system.