The objective of the research was to overcome the problem of low performance of teachers. The independent variables in this research are teacher empowerment, achievement motivation, and commitment to the organization either individually or together. The study was conducted on 201 teachers of private junior high schools in Cilegon City. The research used a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis with the sequential explanatory design. It was concluded that there is a significant and positive relationship between independent variables teacher empowerment, achievement motivation, and commitment to the organization with the performance of teachers. Teacher empowerment contributed 13.2% to teacher performance, achievement motivation contributed 17.9% to teacher performance, and commitment to organization contributed 14.6% to teacher performance. Teacher empowerment, achievement motivation, and commitment to organization together contributed 6.7% to teacher performance, while other facwators influenced 93.3% teacher performance.