School of Visionary Leadership in Developing Characters of Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is the formulation of the vision, the stage of establishing a vision by the principal, the approach taken by the principal in implementing visionary leadership in developing the character of students. The method in this study uses qualitative methods, which intends to understand the phenomenon of the necessity, action, overall condition of a research subject. While the type of research is a case study. The results in this study are: 1) the formulation of the vision carried out by the principal with the SWOT analysis on the school; 2) the process of shared vision by the principal through stages; 3) the application of vision is carried out through polite behavior, smile, greetings, greetings, responsibility, discipline and order, and good cooperation with the business world and the industrial world; 4) approaches in implementing leadership of principals are carried out through spiritual research activities, workshops, application of 5S industry culture, core values of schools, and role models for school members; 5) the character of students developed in the leadership of the principal, namely religious, disciplinary and responsibility implemented in the dhuhur and ashar prayer activities in congregation and short letters, and the Person in Charge (PIC).

Visionary Leadership: What, Why, and How

“…It was no important distinction in decentralized leadership between man and woman leaders, and a various lifetime of leaders. Besides, it was a noteworthy distinction in decentralized authority between leaders working in schools of different sizes, distinction impression in being school leaders, and distinction school degrees at the 0.05 level [35].…”