SUPERVISI AKADEMIK KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENINGKATKAN MUTU PEMBELAJARAN

Abstract

Academic supervision is a series of activities to help the teachers indeveloping their ability to manage the

learning process in order to achieve the learning targets. Supervision which was conducted by SMA IT

Khazanah   Kebajikan   Palembang   was   an  aid  that  guides  the  teacher  in  planning  the  learning,

implementing  the learning process,  evaluating  the students’  learning  outcome,  and  following  up  the

supervision’s results in order to improve the quality of learning in SMA Tunas Mekar Indonesia Kota Bandar Lampung Khazanah Jati Agung. This study applied descriptive qualitative approach. As for the validity test using triangulation techniques data and  sources, while the data analysis  using interactive analysis techniques. Based    on    the    research findings,  it  could  be  concluded  as  follows:  (1)  the principal’s academic supervision programs were arranged  at  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  by  identifying  the  problems,  setting  the goals, and deteFrmining the implementation time in advance. Those activities engaged the roles of vice principal of curriculum,  vice  principal  of  quality  guarantor,  and  teachers  that  were  done  systematically,  (2)  the implementation strategy of the principal’s academic supervision included: indirect and direct supervision, classroom visit supervision, and observation of the teachers’ activity inside as well as outside the classroom, and the following-up implementation of academic supervision result in the form of personal and group coaching. (3) The implication of principal’s academic supervision were:  the improvement in the teachers’ ability in designing learning sets, implementing  the learning  process, the students’ learning outcomes. Keywords: Academic Supervision, Principal, The Learning Quality