Management and Supervision Competences of State Elementary School Principals

Abstract

This research investigated the level of management and supervision competencies of State Elementary School Principals at East Padang, West Sumatera regarded from teachers' and principals' responses. This study is quantitative descriptive with total population of 291 teachers and principals of 34 State Elementary Schools. The sample is 137 teachers and 16 principals that were taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire and were analyzed by finding out the level of achievement. The findings reveal that according to the teachers, the management and supervision competencies of the principals, in general, are still at the average level; whereas according to principals it is in general, already at the high level. Even though there are different opinions among the principals and teachers, it is undeniable that principals' managerial and supervision competencies, especially in East Padang, need to be amended in order to improve school effectiveness.

Persepsi Guru Terhadap Efektivitas Supervisi Akademik oleh Kepala SMA Katolik Kota Manado Sulawesi Utara

“…Supervise yang diterapkan dalam kegiatan pembelajaran dapat dipandang sebagai suatu seni kerja sama dengan sekolompok orang agar memperoleh hasil yang sebesar-besarnya. Seni kerja sama dengan kegiatan supervise pembelajaran menuntut kemampuan untuk memperaktikkan prinsip-prinsip hubungan antar manusia (human relation) yang baik (Gistituati & Suyuthie, 2018;Sarfo & Cudjoe, 2016). Dalam menetapkan hubungan antar manusia tak ada ukuran yang pasti menyakinkan, karena setiap manusia memiliki pribadi yang unik, oleh karena itu kepribadian merupakan suatu pertimbangan bagi supervisor dalam membentuk kerja saama yang berhasil.…”