The roles of school principal: An insight from disadvantaged areas of Indonesia

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22515/jemin.v2i1.5071

Keywords:

disadvantaged area, EMASLIM, school principal

Abstract

Sequence studies existing have advocated principal’s roles in school development. However, limited study has addressed the principal’s role as educator, manager, administrator, supervisor, leader, innovator, and motivator (EMASLIM) in disadvantaged areas in Indonesia. This current study delves into principals’ efforts and challenges in their previously mentioned roles. For this purpose, a case study was carried out. Involving two participants from two schools in a remote area in Indonesia, this study employed in-depth interviews, WhatsApp chat, WhatsApp voice notes, and documentation for data collection of this study. The findings revealed that the principals focus more on how to deal with the lack of teachers at school so they can carry out their duty as an educator, manager, administrator, supervisor, leader, innovator, and motivator. This study is expected to enrich literature regarding the role of principle, particularly in remote area. Thus, it will help stakeholders in the policy-making that suit the needs of different characteristics.  It was found that the main problem is not their location in the remote area, but the lack of quantity and quality of human resources. It seems that the principals shoulder all burden due to the lack of human resources available. This study suggests the government to pay attention to the ratio of teachers and students.

References

Achadah, A. (2019). Manajemen berbasis sekolah (MBS): Konsep dasar dan implementasinya pada satuan Pendidikan. Tarbiyatuna: Jurnal Pendidikan Ilmiah,4(2), 77-88.

Ali, J. H. (2019). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai supervisor dalam meningkatkan mutu pembelajaran guru mata pelajaran IPA pada SDN Roja 1 Ende. Jurnal Dinamika Sains, 3(1), 50-56.

Amala, R. (2021). Manajemen kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan profesionalisme guru di SMP Islam Miftahul Huda Kwandang Kabupaten Gorontalo Utara. Irfani: jurnal pendidikan islam, 17(1), 90-1-3. https://doi.org/10.30603/ir.v17i1.2200

Arum, W. S. A. (2017). The development of elementary school headmaster’s managerial performance assessment model based on competence standard. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 118, 771-783. https://doi.org/10.2991/icset-17.2017.127

Arifin, M. R., Raharja, B. S. Nugroho, A., & Aligarh. (2022). The relationship between corporate innovation and corporate governance: Empirical evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 9 (3), 0105–0112. doi:10.13106/jafeb.2022.vol9.no3.0105

Bandur, A. (2012). School-based management developments and partnership: Evidence from Indonesia. International Journal of Educational Development, 32(2), 316-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.05.007

Budio, S. (2020). Persepsi kepala sekolah terhadap tugas pokok dan fungsi kepala sekolah. Jurnal Menata, 3(2), 112-131.

Fauzi, A. & Arnudin. (2017). Leadership role of principal on improving the performance of teacher at madrasah Aliyah Darul Muqimin Pandeglang. Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(3), 240-247. doi:10.21276/sjhss.2017.2.3.6

Hamirul. (2019). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai edukator untuk meningkatkan mutu Lulusan Di SMA Negeri I Muara Bungo. Efektor, 6(1), 52-60. https://doi.org/10.29407/e.v6i1.12546

Hardiyansyah & Aryani, M. (2016). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai motivator. Jurnal Visionary, 1(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.33394/vis.v1i1.638

Jazaudin, Fitria, H., Wahidy, A. (2021). The Influence of principal leadership and management on teacher performance. Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 565, 1213-1218. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210716.241

Juarman, Rahmawati, N. N., & Lestari, D. (2020). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai leader dalam meningkatkan disiplin kinerja guru di SDN 02 Josenan Kota Madiun. Jurnal Publikasi Pendidikan, 10(2), 107-

Muspawi, M. (2021). Strategi menjadi kepala sekolah profesional. Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Batanghari Jambi, 20(2), 402-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.33087/jiubj.v20i2.938

Nuphanudin, Komariah, A., Kurniady, D. A., Anggraini, A. B. P. & Santoso, E. D. (2021). Improving headmasters’ performance: Does school culture matter? Prosiding Seminar Nasional Pendidikan Program Pascasarjana Universitas PGRI Palembang 15-16 Januari 2021

Qistiyah, E. M. & Karwanto (2020). Peran kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan kinerja guru. Jurnal Inspirasi Manajemen Pendidikan, 8(3), 271-284.

Sakir, I., & Hartiningsih, S. (2018). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai manajer (studi multisitus) di MIN 1 dan MIN 2 Flores Timur. Jurnal Kebijakan dan Pengembangan Pendidikan, 6(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.22219/jkpp.v6i2.11615

Saleh, R., Suib, M., & Sindju, H. B. (2016). Peran kepala sekolah sebagai administrator dalam neningkatkan efektivitas layanan administrasi di SMP Santu Petrus Pontianak. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa, 5(2), 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jppk.v5i2.13982

Sopian, A. (2016). Tugas, peran, dan fungsi guru dalam pendidikan. Raudhah, 1(1), 89-97.

Starman, A. B. (2013). The case study as a type of qualitative research. Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies, 1, 28–43

Sukandar, A. (2018). The role of leadership and motivation of school headmaster in improving teacher performance. International Journal of Nusantara Islam, 6(2), 182-190. doi:10.15575/ijni.v6i2.5586

Sukmawati, Jamaluddin, Niswaty, R., & Asmanurhidayani. (2018). The influence of headmaster leadership style on teacher performance. Jurnal Office: Jurnal Pemikiran Ilmiah dan Pendidikan Administrasi Perkantoran, 4(2), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.26858/jo.v4i2.9805

Syahrudin. (2019). Headmaster management to improve teacher performance in Singkawang senior high schools. Journal of Education, Teaching, and Learning,4(2), 305-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.26737/jetl.v4i2.1697

UNICEF. (2021). Situational analysis on digital learning landscape in Indonesia. UNICEF Indonesia

Usman, H. (2014). Peranan dan fungsi kepala sekolah/madrasah. Jurnal PTK DIKMEN, 3(1).

Wiyono, B. B. Kusumaningrum , D. E., Gunawan, I., & Ardiyansyah, M. (2019). Implementation of school management based on a balanced scorecard and its relationship with headmaster attributes in Indonesia. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 5(4), 164-179.

Yin, R. K. (2014). Case study research design and methods (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks.

Downloads

Published

2022-06-29

How to Cite

Mutiaraningrum, I. (2022). The roles of school principal: An insight from disadvantaged areas of Indonesia. Journal of Educational Management and Instruction (JEMIN), 2(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.22515/jemin.v2i1.5071

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1: June 2022

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Ira Mutiaraningrum

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Copyright
Copyright aims to protect the specific way the article has been written to describe an experiment and the results. Journal of Educational Management and Instruction is committed to its authors to protect and defend their work and their reputation and takes allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethical disputes, and fraud very seriously. Automotive Experiences is published under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication (online and print) with the work simultaneously. We use the restrictive license (non-commercial) as follows:

BY (attribution): Users are allowed to share, distribute and redistribute the published article in any medium or format, with an identification of the authors and its initial publication in this journal. Authors are encouraged to post and distribute their articles immediately after publication (e.g., institutional or public repositories, personal websites). Authors are allowed to enter into additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published and an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

NC (non-commercial): Users are not allowed to use the article commercially without the permission of the authors. Authors agree explicitly that the published article is indexed worldwide in databases, repositories and indexation services, even if these services operate on a commercial basis. Authors grant Journal of Educational Management and Instruction explicit the right to include the published articles in databases, repositories and indexation services.

License

License to Publish
The non-commercial use of the article will be governed by the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The author hereby grants Journal of Educational Management and Instruction an exclusive publishing and distribution license in the manuscript include tables, illustrations or other material submitted for publication as part of the manuscript (the “Article”) in print, electronic and all other media (whether now known or later developed), in any form, in all languages, throughout the world, for the full term of copyright, and the right to license others to do the same, effective when the article is accepted for publication. This license includes the right to enforce the rights granted hereunder against third parties.

Author's Warranties
The author warrants that the article is original, written by stated author/s, has not been published before, contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe the rights of others, is subject to copyright that is vested exclusively in the author and free of any third party rights, and that any necessary written permissions to quote from other sources have been obtained by the author(s).

User Rights
Under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, the author(s) and users are free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material). Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

Rights of Authors
Authors retain the following rights:

  1. Copyright, and other proprietary rights relating to the article, such as patent rights,
  2. The right to use the substance of the article in future own works, including lectures and books,
  3. The right to reproduce the article for own purposes, provided the copies are not offered for sale, and
  4. The right to self-archive the article.

Co-authorship
If the article was prepared jointly with other authors, the signatory of this form warrants that he/she has been authorized by all co-authors to sign this agreement on their behalf, and agrees to inform his/her co-authors of the terms of this agreement.