Principal Leadership Model

Abstract

For every school to achieve its vision, mission, and educational goals, a leader is someone who can direct it to achieve it. This study aimed to describe and analyze in-depth the leadership models and leadership strategies of principals applied by principals at SMPN 4 Katingan Hilir and SMPN 5 Katingan Hilir. This research approach uses a qualitative multisite type. The leadership model at SMPN 4 Katingan Hilir is the principal of communicating, guiding, and setting an example. The school principal carries out the vision and mission and the joint work program strategy and builds trust and is involved in transparent decision making. The leadership approach pattern of group dynamics and leadership models are applied participatory models with a democratic leadership style. The leadership model at SMPN 5 Katingan Hilir communicates, guides, directs, and consistently implements joint work programs and supervisors, initiators in realizing the school's vision and mission per the goals to be achieved. Principals build trust, openness, deliberation, and transparency, achievement, and real work. The principal's strategy is a good role model and an opportunity to innovate in sustainable professional development. A situational leadership approach is based on group dynamics, transformationalist leadership models, and democratic (participatory) leadership styles. Researchers suggest that the principal provides moral guidance, direction, and motivation to improve the school's quality and quality positively. For teachers is to continue to develop themselves. For the institution, they are, namely, maximizing the implementation of each educational program per the vision and mission, and objectives of the school to improve the quality and quality of the school.