ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT MANAGEMENT AT SD MUHAMMADIYAH KARANGBENDO YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

Students as the central point of education have different needs, potentials, talents and interests so that they require management that is able to meet and serve these differences. In implementing student management, the principal has a very significant and very basic role. This study aims to 1) Describe the principal's leadership in student management including analysis of student needs, student recruitment, student selection, student orientation, student placement, student coaching and development, record keeping and reports as well as graduation and alumni. 2) Describe the supporting and inhibiting factors in the implementation of student management. This type of research is qualitative research. The research location is SD Muhammadiyah Karangbendo, Yogyakarta. The subjects of this study were school principals, vice principals, teachers and students. Data collection techniques in this study were structured interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis was carried out through 3 activity flows, namely data reduction, data presentation and data verification. The results showed that the principal's leadership in implementing student management at SD Muhammadiyah Karangbendo Yogyakarta was effective in accordance with school policies and planning and the principal always involved all components of the school starting from teachers, school committees, administrative staff, parents and the community and students. . In the implementation of student management, several supporting and inhibiting factors were found. The supporting factors were cooperation between the school and related parties, adequate facilities and infrastructure, support and motivation from teachers and parents, and funding. The inhibiting factors are students' lack of discipline and unfavorable environmental factors.