The Analysis of School-Based Management (SBM) Implementation to the Educational Quality Service of State Junior High School

Abstract

School-based management (SBM) is an effective way of enhancing participatory decision-making, budgetary transparency, and community participation. A mixed-method, multisite assessment of a project that aimed to improve the management and governance of quality service of State Junior High School documented positive impact on school-based management in both public. It was also found that the effective implementation of SBM requires time management expertise and assistance from the government, educational experts, and foreign aid agencies. This research is aiming at knowing the implementation of SBM in the field of: 1) school administration, and 2) school relationship with society to improve the quality service of State Junior High School. The data were gathered by using observation, interview and documentation. The subject of the research were school principal, teacher, and schools committee. The result showed as follow: 1) for schools’ personnel, there were supervising and developing the school’s teachers by involving them in making decision of the school, sending teachers to follow trainings, giving permission for teachers who want to pursue their degree. Besides, compensation and employee’s evaluation. 2) to build school relationship with the society, there were several efforts have been done such as forming and empowering schools committee, having a routine meeting with schools committee at the end of semester, obligating the parents to take the rapport of their children every semester, building the relationship with society to be involved actively in the improvement of educational quality, providing information about the school to the society and cultivate the transparency in school management Keywords—school-based management; educational quality service; state junior high school