Persistence for achievement reflected from the willingness and determination of principal to implement quality leadership will facilitate the improvement of teachers’ performance, and the two will be the determinant factors for the students’ ultimate achievement. This study aims at analyzing empirical data on the effect of instructional, transformational and spiritual leadership as independent variables, with school quality as the dependent variable. In addition, the intervening variable is teachers’ performance. This study employed the quantitative approach in which samples of 181 teachers were re taken using the proportional random sampling technique. All data were then analysed using the SEM technique with the AMOS 24 application. The findings show that: (1) there is a direct effect of instructional leadership on teachers’ performance, transformational leadership on teachers’ performance, spiritual leadership on teachers’ performance, instructional leadership on students’ achievement, transformational leadership on students’ achievement, spiritual leadership on students’ achievement, and teachers’ performance on students’ achievement. In addition, (2) there is an indirect effect of instructional leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance, transformational leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance and spiritual leadership on students’ achievement through teachers’ performance.

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This study aimed at finding an effective leadership strategy carried out by one-roof school principals in remote areas. This study was conducted qualitatively with a multi-site approach. The data were obtained from the school principals as key informants and focus group discussion (FGD) involving all school principals, Indonesian Institute of Education Innovation Training and Consultant (LPKIPI), education staff, school supervisors, and stakeholders as the participants and resource persons. Findings suggested that (a) the problems encountered by one-roof school principals in the remote areas were significantly related to culture, economy, demography, geography, and historical aspects, (b) the characteristics of success of school principals in remote areas include a clear vision, high-spirit performance, andhab asor (low profile), active involvement in various social activities, strong motivation for continuous learning, open to feedback, having commitment to cooperate with various parties, having a high awareness that school is an educational system and the essential part from the social system in general, persistent, high confidence that they are not alone in carrying out school policies, creative, able to see the context in various perspectives, patient, polite, warm, and smart or attractive, (c) “Gethok Tular1” is the most effective leadership strategy to strengthen the role of multi-stakeholder forum (MSF), and (d) the involvement of MSF members needs to be done selectively and effectively through the identification of TKU, intensive communication with TKU, identification of other figures, discussions, and sharing roles and strengthening MSF on an ongoing basis.

The purposes of this research to describe: (1) planning, (2) implementation, (3) role of school citizen, and (4) inhibiting and supporting factors in Character Education Improvement program through habituation activities in improving school quality. This research uses qualitative approach, with case study research design at SMPN 1 Wlingi Blitar. Data collection techniques interview, observation and documentation. The analysis techniques are reduction, display and conclusion. The results of this study (1) planning starts from SKL to socialization, (2) implementation through habituation activities implemented in 2 bases, class and school, (3) the role of school citizens such as supervisors, builders and implementers of PPK activities. (4) supporting and inhibiting factors are to learners, teachers, facilities and the involvement of the school committee and parents.

The needs for new knowledge and skill are driven by several factors and two most general are indefinite nature of SARS-CoV-2 and the need for alternative ways for students’ instruction during pandemic era. The two factors require principal to take their role differently. This study aimed to describe model of digital principal instructional leadership in new normal era. This was a quantitative study by using structural relation model, involved 290 teachers as sample of this study. Data were analyzed by using structural equation model (SEM) of AMOS 24.0. The study findings provided solid evidence that model of digital principal instructional leadership in new normal era is supported by field data. They also showed that respondents identify three crucial factors influencing the success of digital principal instructional leadership in new era. They are supporting online learning, proactive reducing issues of learning from home, and leading and managing virtual schools. Instructional leader should have adaptive capacity and flexibility to learn and develop during crisis. They should be able to give more effective response to overcome future challenges faced by the school institution.

Integrity is the quality of honesty and moral principles in a person that is carried out consistently in his life as a whole. Integrity is the personality of someone who acts consistently and intact, both in words and deeds, following values and code of ethics. Efforts to strengthen the dedication and integrity of school principals and teachers are important to prepare the Indonesian generation to enter their time by continuing to renew competencies to provide the best education services. The moral debate is used as an approach to increasing the integrity of principals. Various things related to education can be used as topics in the moral debate of the principal. All these topics must remain within the corridors of Indonesian nationality. National values become the main thing to improve the quality of school education through the leadership of the principal. This is expected to foster the value of patriotism for students.

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The study aims to describe the problem and find effective leadership strategies that can be done by principals in Elementary School -Junior High School One Roof (SATAP) in remote areas. Qualitative research with a multi-site approach. The data was obtained through the principal, the head of the LPIKIPI representative (Training Institute and Indonesian Educational Innovation Consultant), and tested the credibility and validity in triangulation through the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) and expert testing. The results obtained include: 1) the problems faced by one-roof principals in remote areas are closely related to aspects of cultural, social, economic, demographic, and geographic aspects, as well as historically; 2) effective school leadership solution strategies emphasizing spiritual, personal, and social aspects.Keywords: leadership of principals, multi-stakeholders forums, improvement of school quality, remote areas.Abstrak: Penelitian bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan permasalahan dan menemukan strategi kepemimpinan efektif yang dapat dilakukan kepala sekolah pada SD -SMP Satu Atap (SATAP) di daerah terpencil. Penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan multi-situs. Data diperoleh melalui kepala sekolah, ketua perwakilan LPIKIPI (Lembaga Pelatihan dan Konsultan Inovasi Pendidikan Indonesia), dan diuji kredibilitas dan validitasnya secara triangulasi melalui Forum Grup Discussion (FGD) dan uji ahli. Hasil yang diperoleh antara lain: 1) permasalahan yang dihadapi kepala sekolah satu atap daerah terpencil sangat terkait dengan aspek-aspek aspek budaya, sosial, ekonomi, demografi, dan geografi, serta historis; 2) strategi solutif kepemimpinan efektif sekolah menekankan pada aspek spiritual, personal, dan sosial.Kata kunci: kepemimpinan kepala sekolah, multi-stakeholders forum, peningkatan mutu sekolah, daerah terpencil.