KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM PEMBUATAN KEPUTUSAN DI SEKOLAH BERBASIS PESANTREN

Abstract

This study aims to describe the types of decision-making in school-based schools, the role of principals as leaders in decision-making at boarding schools, school principals in decision-making at boarding schools and the obstacles and solutions of school principals in decision-making in school-based boarding school. The method used in this study is a qualitative approach with a type of case study research. While the procedure for collecting data in this study uses observation, interview, and documentation techniques. The results obtained from this study are: (1) the types of decisions in the boarding school-based schools are in two categories, namely the decisions of the principal and decisions of the caregiver of the foundation; (2) the role of the principal as a leader in making decision-making at the boarding school-based school is that there are two roles that are carried out, namely as the absolute decision maker in the academic field of the school and the liaison role between the school and the foundation; (3) principals’ procedures for making decisions at boarding schools based on: conducting leadership meetings, carrying out draft analysis of planning, submitting to the foundation (if the decision is related to the foundation), alternative decision-making, selected alternatives, and implementing decisions; (4) the type of leadership of the principal in making decisions in boarding school-based schools is: democratic, authoritarian and familial; and (5) school principals’ constraints and solutions in decision making at boarding schools based on: first, there are guidelines from foundations that narrow down the decision-making movements in schools so that when making decisions the principal always tries to be guided by the rules that have been made from foundation. Secondly, foundation decisions that are difficult to carry out on the ground and the solution to the school remains as much as possible carrying out decisions that come directly from the foundation. Third, the existence of pros and cons related to the implementation of new decisions was decided at school so that the school principal always provided information and explanations regarding the decisions recently decided on for the school.