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Cucun Sunaengsih1, Mayang Anggarani2, Mia Amalia3, Silmaulan Nurfatmala4 & Syifa Diana Naelin5
1,2,3,4,5 Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
cucunsunaengsih@upi.edu
Abstract. This research aims at describing the implementation of effective school management
based on the principal leadership in one of Public Primary Schools in Sumedang Regency, West
Java, Indonesia. The principal who implemented effective school management had the
potential to produce high-achieving young generation because the school scope could
optimize its function as an educational institution that carried out economic, humanitarian,
social, political, cultural, and educational functions. One aspect that could support the
implementation of effective school management was the principal leadership in making
decisions, communicating, directing and developing the staff, solving problems and evaluating
school activities. The data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and
documentation studies. Furthermore, the results proved that the principal leadership was one
of the main factors in implementing effective school management in terms of technology,
school culture, information systems, and organizations.
How to Cite: Sunaengsih, C., Anggarani, M., Amalia, M., Nurfatmala, S., & Naelin, S. (2020). Principal
Leadership in the Implementation of Effective School Management. Mimbar Sekolah Dasar, 6(1), 79-91.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/mimbar-sd.v6i1.15200.
responsibilities divisions that were evenly coordinating with all parties involved in all
distributed to facilitate the work process in activities. Principals in occupying their duties
achieving shared goals (Suryosubroto, as managers should have basic functions
2010). Close cooperation and involvement and skills of a manager. The basic function
between principals, teachers, employees that should be owned by the principal as a
and students through their respective manager is a function in planning,
responsibilities would improve the school organizing, mobilizing and controlling
quality (Umaedi, 1999). school management
(Bergeron, 2011). While the basic skills that
Leadership is an essential part in achieving
should be mastered are skills in building
the desired school quality (Chow, Ph and
concepts in planning, establishing human
Learning, 2013). Schools will progress if they
relations by building good communication
have a visionary school principal, high
and technical skill is performing tasks
integrity in carrying out quality
directly in the field especially when finding
improvements, and good managerial skills
a problem, this skill is often used to control
(Krug, 2004). The key to the success of the
subordinates in the field (Pidarta, 2009). In
principal as a supervisor is to re-interpret the
addition, school management productively
meaning of supervision (Suryosubroto,
becomes a support for the birth of a
2010). Supervision is an activity that
generation of high achievers and the
determines the situation and conditions that
application of school culture that adapted
are essential for achieving an educational
to the times. This attitude is shown by the
goal. There are several goals of educational
principal sensitivity to all forms of
supervision such as helping to improve the
reformation that could support the
quality of teachers, and helping principals
education reformation (Smith, 2013). Such
adjust the appropriate programs to improve
school culture is closely related to the vision
business in producing quality graduates
of the principal. Principal who has a vision to
(Pidarta, 2009).
face the future challenges would be more
Successful division of tasks in schools also
successful in building a school culture
depends heavily on the ability of the
(Kwek, Lau and Tan, 2010). The results of the
principal to perform his leadership. In
achievements can be built through the
implementing the leadership, the principal
school culture that optimizes school
can determine school management
activities, such as through extracurricular
according to the organizational climate
activities. With extracurricular activities,
found in the school (FIP-UPI Education
school could also focus on the fields they
Science Development Team, 2007).
want to develop, which in turn could be an
Therefore, the principal is tasked with
advantage (Asmani, 2014).
fostering the institution to achieve the
educational goals that has been set The concept of effective schools could be
together by always directing and pursued through effective and efficient
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find the reasoning behind (Mulyana, 2010). main research subjects because they are
This research views social reality as the largest population who were directly
something intact, complex, dynamic, full of involved in the implementation of effective
meaning, and the symptoms had an school management. However, the
interactive samples were chosen randomly to be in
relationship (Rahmat, 2009). Therefore, this accordance with the approach used to
research was conducted on objects that retrieve the information. Furthermore, the
were not manipulated and the research instruments in were questionnaires and
also did not affect the dynamics of the interview guidelines. The following is a data
object. Furthermore, it was conducted in a collection grid adapted from various
Public Primary Schools in Sumedang theories (Krug, 2004; Kwek, Lau and Tan,
Regency involving 15 teachers as the 2010):
subjects. Teachers were selected as the
Table 1. Data Collection Grid.
Data
No Variable Indicator Sub. Indicator Technique
Source
1. Leadership School Decision The principal involves Teacher Questionnaire
Making the teachers in every
decision making The
principal does not involve the teachers in any
decision making The principal make the teachers aware
of the school program plan
Data
No Variable Indicator Sub. Indicator Technique
Source
School Evaluation Recognition and Teacher Questionnaire
appreciation of
teachers
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performance
The principal
determines the ideals and
goals to be
achieved by
the
school
developing the
performance of
school personnel
Culture School culture Principal Interview
has been
routinely
carried out by all
school elements
Information System Management of Principal Interview
information resources
in schools
Organization Organizing teachers Principal Interview
performance
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the survey results related to the principal of teachers and other education personnel.
leadership in the implementation of The principal leadership style, which was
effective school management in one giving rewards and motivation to the
of Public Primary Schools in Sumedang teacher, became an added value
Regency. of the principal's managerial abilities, since
giving motivation to teachers is considered
FINDINGS
important. However, there was also an
The principal had a vision to develop obstacle that was often faced by principal.
teacher professionalism through training. It This obstacle arose when the principal and
was in accordance with government policy teacher could not respect each other for
and Lecturers. This was one of the efforts principal was in the form of encouragement
improve the quality of their subordinates, the type of achievement made. Motivation
especially teachers. The efforts made were is usually closely related to the goals, why it
involving teachers in cluster activities, PKG, is desired (motives), and the steps to take in
seminars, workshops and other coaching achieving the goals (processes) that have
seminars. One of the principal’s visions to been determined (Mulyasa, 2013). By giving
achieve effective school management that motivation, the principal hoped the
strives to be productive was by instilling teachers be able to pursue the best possible
Furthermore, the school principal had tried superior school in the surrounding
to carry out his leadership strongly in the community, it could also generate
management. This could be seen by the schools in West Java. In addition, the results
vision made by the principal who was obtained by students through their
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school accreditation, so that schools could responsibilities through existing facilities and
continue to get an A and maintain infrastructure. This was the responsibility of
it. the principal, although the facilities and
infrastructures were limited, such as limited
Another managerial ability that the
technology that hampered the learning
principal should have was to empower
process and the below average information
existing facilities and infrastructure because
system due to the school location, it did not
it was impossible for schools to do activities
dampen the motivation to maximize the use
if they were constrained by facilities and
of the existing facilities. Based on the data
infrastructure. However, schools should
processing, the following were the results of
strive to optimize school performance,
data collection in accordance with the
functions, and
instrument specified:
Table 2. Data Collection Result.
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performance of
teachers and
employees
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The technology was used for the learning technology with school management.
process and staffing data management. However, the leadership of the school
In the implementation of effective principal applied was not fully in
school management, accordance with effective school
technology was a bridge of renewal in management indicators, namely those
environmental change (Webster, 2017). that were oriented towards achieving
It did not matter how adequate the goals with the use of capable
technology facilities were, but the technology. The use of technology was
principal ability in managing the not yet maximized, which could be seen
limitations would greatly affect the use of from the limited and simple use of
the technology itself in the school. technology in completing tasks. With
7. Culture, the culture that had been these findings, it is expected that there is
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