Instructional Leadership in Improving the Quality of Elementary School Education in Bandung

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10.2991/assehr.k.200130.200How to use a DOI?

Keywords

instructional leadership, education quality, elementary school

Abstract

In organizing education the principal has an important role. In this research instructional leadership focuses on learning success and achievement for improving school quality. Leaders who are not only oriented on results, but also on improving quality. It starts with oneself, teachers, school staff and all related parties for the achievement of quality and effective education. Furthermore, this research examines the effectiveness of instructional leadership in improving the quality of education, especially at the elementary school level. This research is a qualitative research that examines instructional leadership towards the quality of primary school education in several elementary schools in Kecamatan Coblong, in Bandung. The data sources were obtained from the principals, teachers, and other school staff. Data sources were collected by several techniques, including in-depth interviews with several school principals and teachers, observations related to activities carried out in schools, and documentation to obtain specific information. Source of population data was selected using purposive sampling. The conclusion was obtained using descriptive methods. This research was conducted with the expectation that it can contribute to instructional leadership towards the quality of education in elementary levels. The results of this study indicate that in order to improve the quality of education in elementary schools, instructional leadership needs to make several efforts, such as: 1) analyzing situations and conditions, 2) conducting several comparative studies to schools of good quality, 3) implementing and participating in training programs to increase their potential as well as their members, and 4) establishing learning organization to develop supported potential.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lia Nurdianti
AU  - Diding Nurdin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/07
TI  - Instructional Leadership in Improving the Quality of Elementary School Education in Bandung
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research of Educational Administration and Management (ICREAM 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 348
EP  - 351
SN  - 2352-5398
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