Review Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 488-498
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230759
The Principal Leadership Model of Sambalia 1 Public Vocational School in Developing School Quality as a Vocational Center of Excellence
Mashar1, Noor Hudallah2, Nina Oktarina3
1Master Program, Educational Administration Student, 2,3Master Program, Educational Administration,
Semarang State University, Semarang City, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Mashar
ABSTRACT
The principal is an educational leader at the educational unit level who must have a strong leadership base. The role of the head is required to display the ability to foster cooperation with all personnel in an open climate that is a partnership, as well as increase the active participation of parents of students. On the implementation of quality improvement management, the principal must act more as a leader than a manager, as a leader, administrator, and supervisor. And must have good competence in academic, managerial, and professional fields. The principal is directly and indirectly responsible for the process of learning activities in the school. This study aims to find out how the principal's leadership is improving the quality of education as a vocational high school center of excellence in Sambelia, East Lombok district. This study used a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study research design. The data collection techniques used were non-participant open observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation studies. techniques in data validity using credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results of this study show the implementation of link and match at Sambelia 1 Vocational High School has been going quite well, even though it has not been implemented optimally, such as through applied research. However, other links and matches, such as curriculum development and so on, have been carried out well; this can be seen from the results of interviews with school principals and vice principals for the Sambelia 1 Vocational High School. The preparation of the curriculum for the world of work and the industrial world has been going well and is carried out at the beginning of each learning year. And involve internal parties from the school as well as from the world of work and the industrial world who are competent in their fields. Teacher-factory-based learning is also a top priority for schools in the teaching and learning process at Vocational High School 1 Sambelia. This is not only due to government programs but also to preparing students who are ready to enter the world of work later.
Keywords: Leadership, School Quality, Vocational High School
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