Teresa Lynne, School of Information Studies, University of uOttawa, Canada.
International Journal of Advanced Information and Communication Technology
Received On : 06 December 2020
Revised On : 08 January 2021
Accepted On : 02 February 2021
Published On : 05 March 2021
Volume 08, Issue 03
Pages : 056-059
Abstract
The development of school supervision competence through the construction of school supervisors in the activities of the school Principal Work Group (PWG) has been conducted. This research aims to find out: (1) The principal competency of the school principals after the construction of school supervisors in the PWG activities in Sangkuang Island, East Kutai District (2) to know the constraints of increasing competency of principal in Sangkuang Island, East Kutai Regency. This research is a qualitative study, conducted at the state Elementary school in Sangkuang Island, Sangkulirang Sub-district, East Kutai District consisting of 4 schools: (a) Elementary School 003 Sangkulirang; (b) Elementary School 006 Sangkulirang, (c) Elementary School 007 Sangkulirang, and d) Elementary School 012 Sangkulirang. The research took place from January 2017 to July 2017. Data collection techniques through interviews, observations and documentation. Data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman analysis Model which is an interactive data analysis consisting of three activities namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion withdrawal. The results showed that through the construction of school supervisors in the PWG activities, the school's supervision competence increased. The headmaster has been able to make the supervision program properly, implementing supervision with various techniques, whereas in the follow-up the principal has done it according to the needs. Construction of school supervisors on PWG activities, making the atmosphere more relaxed, the principals motivated, discuss, brainstorm with supervisors and fellow school principals to solve the problems faced. Principals demonstrate a better work ethic and responsibility, unyielding to obstacles. In teaching and learning activities, they can direct teachers to innovate learning innovations. Obstacles are faced in the effort to improve the performance of primary principal in Sangkuang Island East Kutai District is (a) The geographical location separated by the sea and the constraints, the weather caused the schedule of watchdog visits is often delayed, (b) Teachers who are given additional duties as principals are partially not eligible to be the principal, seen from the point of competence or other requirements, this is done. Many teachers who are not willing to become primary principals for remote areas, (c) The school principal feels difficult to divide time because, in addition to the task of managing the school, the school principal also has a teaching obligation as much as 6 hours of instruction.
Keywords
Competence; Supervision; Principal; Constructions.
Cite this article
Teresa Lynne, “Improved Competency of School Principals Through Construction of Work Group, ” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, pp. 056-059, March. 2021.
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© 2021 Teresa Lynne. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.