PERAN KOMITE SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN MUTU SEKOLAH

(Studi Multi Situs di SMP Islam Terpadu At-Taqwa Surabaya dan SMP Utsman Bin Affan Surabaya)

THE ROLE OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE IN IMPROVING SCHOOL QUALITY
(Multi site Study at At-Taqwa Integrated Islamic Middle School in Surabaya and Utsman Bin Affan Middle School in Surabaya)

Partisipasi masyarakat kerap kali digambarkan dengan keikutsertaan  orang tua siswa dalam aktivitas lain di sekolah yang terwadahi dalam komite sekolah. Fenomena menarik tentang eksistensi komite sekolah, sebagai memenuhi structural, atau sudah memberikan kontribusi bagi sekolah. Tujuan penelitian; (1) peran komite sekolah sebagai pemberi pertimbangan dalam meningkatkan mutu; (2) peran komite sekolah sebagai pendukung dalam meningkatkan mutu sekolah; (3) peran komite sekolah sebagai pengontrol dalam meningkatkan mutu; (4) peran sekolah sebagai mediator dalam meningkatkan mutu sekolah

Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif. Analisis data menggunakan kondensasi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Keabsahan data dalam penelitian ini dilakukan uji kredibilitas, uji transferabilitas, uji dependebilitas, dan uji konfirmabilitas.

Hasil (1) Peran komite sebagai badan pemberi pertimbangan dalam meningkatkan mutu dengan memberi pertimbangan mengenai penyusunan program sekolah dan anggaran, kondisi tenaga pendidik, dan sarana prasarana (2) Peran komite sebagai pendukung dalam meningkatkan mutu sekolah selalu mendukung program kegiatan sekolah, mengadakan program inisiatif dari komite. Memberikan masukan mengenai tenaga pendidik yang dianggap kurang baik dalam proses pembelajaran maupun dalam sikapnya. Mengenai ekstrakurikuler dengan cara terlibat langsung dalam kegiatan atau melihat laporan, dan menjadi penyumbang dana sukarela untuk kegiatan sekolah. (3) Peran komite sebagai badan pengontrol dalam meningkatkan mutu sekolah dengan melakukan supervisi eksternal terkait dengan pelaksanaan pendidikan. Pengawasan kegiatan sekolah dengan rutin berkunjung ke sekolah atau melalui laporan sekolah, dan pengawasan terkait partisipasi stakeholder. Pengawasan output sekolah untuk memastikan kualitas sekolah selalu terjaga. (4) Peran komite sebagai mediator dalam meningkatkan mutu dilakukan menjadi mitra sekolah. Komite menjadi penghubungan melalui kegiatan rapat sekolah atau melalui event-event sekolah, sekaligus sosialisasi program. Komite menampung aspirasi terkait pengelolaan sekolah maupun terkait peningkatan kualitas mutu kemudian disampaikan kepada sekolah.

Kata Kunci: Peran komite sekolah, mutu sekolah

Community participation is often illustrated by the participation of parents in other activities in the school which are contained in the school committee. Interesting phenomenon about the existence of school committees, as fulfilling structural, or already contributing to schools. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze; (1) the role of the school committee as a provider of considerations in improving quality; (2) the role of the school committee as a supporter in improving school quality; (3) the role of the school committee as a controller in improving quality; (4) the role of schools as mediators in improving school quality.

This study uses a qualitative method. Data analysis uses data condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The validity of the data in this study carried out the credibility test, the transferability test, the dependability test, and the confirmability test.

The results showed (1) The role of institutions as institutions of consideration in improving institutional programs and budgets, educator resources, and infrastructure (2) The role of management institutions as supporters in improving by supporting school programs, holding approval programs from committees. Give a response about the teaching staff who consider it not good in the learning process and in their attitude. Regarding extracurricular activities by directly being involved in activities or viewing reports, and becoming a contributor of voluntary funds for school activities. (3) The role of the committee as a controlling body in improving the quality of schools with external supervision related to the implementation of education. Supervision of school activities with regular visits to schools or through school reports, and supervision related to stakeholder participation. Supervision of school output to ensure that school quality is always comfortable.  (4) The role of the committee as a mediator in improving quality is to become a school partner. The committee becomes a link through school meetings or through school events, as well as program socialization. The committee accommodates aspirations related to school management and related to improving quality and then conveyed to the school.

Keywords: Role of school committees, school quality