Managing School Culture on Excellent Elementary School in East Java Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to find out how a school culture in an Excellent School in East Java is managed so that it can shape students' characters. This study is descriptivequalitative approach. The data collection performed through observation, interview, and documentation. The data analysis is conducted by reducing irrelevant data, presenting data and drawing a conclusion. In anlyzing the data validity, researcher used a credibility test by using data triangulation and member check. The research findings indicate that the excellent school culture management process in East Java has several steps such as planning, organizing, implementation, and evaluation. The strategies in developing the school culture are school's routine activity/habituating, spontaneous activity/habituating, modeling and conditioning. The strategies are applied through modeling, teaching, and reinforcing. It implies that the principal of school play a strong role in student character education.