THE PRINCIPAL’S LEADERSHIP STRATEGY IN ADVANCING A GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan strategi kepemimpinan kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan di masa pandemi Covid-19. Metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan artikel ini menggunakan study literatur dengan langkah awal yaitu menganalisis dan menentukan fokus topik artikel ilmiah kemudian melakukan pengumpulan data dari beberapa literatur dan dilakukan analisis isi dari beberapa literatur yang relevan dengan topik pembahasan artikel, selanjutnya dilakukan penyimpulan. Hasil penelitian ini menyebutkan bahwa kepemimpinan kepala sekolah memiliki peranan penting dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan di masa pandemi Covid-19 yang telah menghambat kegiatan pembelajaran. Kepala sekolah perlu melakukan manajemen strategi sebagai upaya membentengi diri sekolah agar kegiatan Pendidikan tetap dapat dilaksanakan dan mutu Pendidikan dapat meningkat di masa pandemi Covid-19. Adapun strategi kepemimpinan kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan di masa pandemi Covid-19 dengan melalui tiga proses manajemen strategi yaitu: (1) formulasi atau perencanaan strategis; (2) implementasi strategis; (3) evaluasi strategis.
This article aims to describe the principal’s leadership strategy in advancing a good quality education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this article was literature review and began from analyzing and determining the focus of this study’s topic before collecting data from some literature and analyzing the details which was relevant to the topic and making conclusion afterwards. The result of this study indicated that the principal’s leadership had crucial role in advancing the quality of education during the Covoid-19 pandemic which has been hampering the learning activities. That being said, the principal ought to bring strategic management as a security effort to carry on the educational activities and advancing a good quality education during the Covid-19 pandemic. As for the principal strategy in improving the quality of education during the Covid-19 pandemic, there are 3 strategic management processes namely: (1) strategic formulation or planning; (2) strategic implementation; (3) strategic evaluation.
Keywords: Principal’s Leadership Strategy, Quallity Education, Covid-19 Pandemic