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Faculty of Educational Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
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Abstract: This study aims to describe, analyze and create patterns of involvement of teacher and school staff (PTK) in
the development of school management capacity. This research is descriptive qualitative with case study at
two high schools (SMA), namely SMA Negeri 2 Bandung and SMA Negeri 2 Kota Tasikmalaya. Technique
of data mining is done by: observation, interview, and study of school document. Data processing is done
through data analysis process, data display, and data verification. The results show that the school
management capacity is manifested in the form of the process of formulating and developing school vision,
mission and objectives; implement school work programs, and evaluate school work programs. The essence
of school management capacity building is the extension of PTK involvement in the school management
process in accordance with their respective roles. But not all of the involvement of PTK in school management
becomes the process of developing the school management capacity. The involvement of PTK that lead to the
strengthening of school management capacity is realized when PTK awareness and commitment grow and
develop during the day-to-day management process. This study concludes that the involvement of PTK
becomes the process of developing the capacity of school management when the involvement of PTK in the
school management process is accompanied by commitment and awareness of PTK so as to realize the
professional learning community in school.
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The picture above shows that staff behavior is 3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
stretched in one line from left to right. The more to
the right, the greater leadership behavior gives staff
the flexibility to make decisions and the more left, the
3.1 Develop the Involvement of PTK in
more leadership behaviors use their authority in Building the Vision, Mission, and
making decisions. This continuum theory of Goals of the School
leadership provides an illustration that the behavior of
school staff (PTK) will be greater in its appearance in The participation process of PTK in building a vision
the organization when leadership gives flexibility to is found in the form of an idea deal or idea about the
the PTK to make decisions. future of the school and each PTK understands the
tasks to realize that vision. The essence of the
development of PTK involvement in building the
vision, mission, and objectives of the school is the
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extension of the involvement of the realized PTK to Hipp and Huffman (2010: 130) reveal the necessity
achieve or realize what is agreed upon by the school of cooperation in the implementation of daily work:
community through their respective roles. To re-culture our school, change cannot be
The involvement of the PTK relates to the separate and fragmented, but must be
commitment of each other's role in achieving the collaborative and embedded within the daily
school vision. The involvement of school residents work to address the needs of students. To
who are not accompanied by follow-up in the form of meet the diverse needs of students requires a
daily work behavior is not considered as the change of attitudes and habits of action; thus
development of PTK involvement in building the change involves learning – learning through
vision, mission and objectives of the school. The dialogue
development of PTK involvement in building the The development of school management capacity
vision, mission and objectives of the school requires through day-to-day work processes at schools is
exemplary formal school leadership. Exemplary positioned as an effort to re-enrich their school
(Keteladanan) is the consistency between what is culture collaboratively and integrate with daily work
mutually agreed between leaders and PTK to be of PTK to discover the needs of learners. This process
realized together with what is decided and done by requires a change in the habits and actions of the PTK
the school leader in managing the school. to change their habits and actions through a dialogue
These findings are in line with Hord's (2003: 27) process between the PTK. Stool (2010: 469) looks at
assessment of the three outcomes of a professional the interconnectedness of PTK with its internal and
learning community (PLC) for staff (PTK), namely: external environment:
(1) staff committed to mission and working together Because each individual part of the system
to strengthen the mission, (2) staff see themselves as is affected by others and individual actions
responsible people for improving the success of have rippling effects on their environment, a
learners, and (3) low absenteeism. In a Hord study, a holistic view is needed of what it will mean
good PLC will result in strong ties to the commitment to improve any part of system. In short,
of the PTK linked to the principal service of the we’re talking about systemic change....
school that is the success of the learner. This finding Sustainable change depends on an ongoing
is in accordance with the study conducted by Mulford of learning by individuals, singly and
(2010: 203) on the latest developments in educational collectively
leadership. Based on his studies at schools in In the school community among its members
Tasmania and Australia he concluded that school there is a role as a "keeper of interest," the sensitivity
success depends on the school leader's decision to to this strategic environment becomes more intense,
spend time and attention on three things: the context, whereas in a group whose members are mediocre, the
the organization, and the leader. The context is related sensitivity to these strategic environmental changes is
to the forces that affect the school and the also low. The study of the PTK that acts as a "keeper
implications of that power on the school leadership. of interest" becomes an important matter as being the
School organizations focus on developing a agent or catalyst of PTK's sensitivity to changes in the
bureaucratic organization model into a professional school's strategic environment, and will ultimately
learner community. Great school leaders build school encourage school change.
capacity on a continuous basis. Teacher management capacity cannot develop
because of routine work that is too time-consuming.
3.2 Develop the Involvement of the Fulfilling 24 hours of work each week causes teachers
PTK in Preparing the Annual to be too tired to be involved in many school work
Work Plan of the School programs. This phenomenon poses a great threat to
the capacity building process in planning school work
Interaction between PTK to be a media for leadership programs, because reflection activities do not arise
development when the involvement of PTK in from the work process undertaken. Peter Jarvis's
interaction is the involvement of each PTK's self-role (1992: 71-85) Study in his book Paradoxes of
in the implementation of daily tasks associated with Learning; On Becoming an Individual in Society
the interests of schools that must be achieved jointly. developed an experiential learning categorization. In
The PTK will link its actualization to the missions his study, Jarvis revealed there are three forms of
that the school has to do. The process is considered to learning from an experience, namely non-learning,
develop the ability of PTK management in layers. non-reflective learning and reflective learning.
Furthermore, Jarvis describes a category that one
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does not always learn from his experience, when: (1) showing negative responses. Differences in responses
the person believes that the world will not change that appear in the dialogue among the PTK are
with his being, (2) is too busy to think about what he considered to be school people as a natural thing. In
does, fears the impact, or his position is not to this case the Principal facilitates a negative response
understand the situation, and (3) to be in a chaotic from the PTK through the formation of discourse in
situation. The second category is people learn from the chat between the PTK. This discourse
experience but not reflective. This occurs when: (1) development process provides capacity building for
learning does not involve self-awareness, (2) learning schoolchildren in taking change initiatives when
is technical without involving the interaction of school management faces problems. In this case, Stoll
learners with learning objects, (3) learning is (2010: 475) sees dialogue as a process for achieving
memorization (rote). The third category is that people PLC:
learn from cultural reproductive experiences. This Dialogue is a critical community process,
occurs when: (1) there is a process of thinking about although difficult to achieve, because all
experiences and drawing conclusions from that participants play equal roles, suspending their
experience, without having to relate them to larger individual assumptions as they enter into a
social contexts, (2) reflection work practices, (3) what genuine thinking together (Senge, 1990). In
is known from various theories / concepts connecting learning communities, dialogic
implemented then searching new knowledge of the processes are oriented towards articulating
practice. and exploring members’ tacit knowledge
(Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). Through
3.3 Develop the Involvement of PTK in dialogue, presuppositions, ideas and beliefs
the Implementation of School are brought to the surface, examined and
Programs and Activities challenged. Collective intelligence is
harnessed, and new ideas and practices are
PTK involvement in school management capacity created as initial knowledge is enhanced or
building is a process to represent the interests of all transformed.
school stakeholders in the implementation of work According to Stoll, through dialogue, what is
programs and school activities. The extension of PTK assumed, echoed, is discussed to the surface so that it
involvement is done by strengthening the way of becomes clear and more tested to be implemented in
thinking about: who are the school stakeholders, what school. Stoll (2010: 476) also describes that joint
are their interests to be facilitated, and how to discovery is one of the key learning processes.
facilitate their interests materialized in the form of Collaborative inquiry is a key learning
school services? The involvement of PTK in various process, where learning and inquiry are
school programs and activities as a process of school facilitated, encouraged, challenged and co-
management capacity building is linked to the PTK's constructed (Jackson & Street, 2005). Inquiry
commitment to its profession as an educator. can be the means by which teachers identify
Involved employees can help improve important issues related to learning, become
decision quality by recognizing problems self-regulated drivers for acquiring the
more quickly and defining them more necessary knowledge to solve the issues,
accurately. Employees are, in many monitor the impact and adjust practice as
respects, the sensors of the organization’s necessary (Timperley, Wilson, Barrar, &
environment. When the organization’s Fung, 2008).
activities misalign with customer Efforts and processes of schoolchildren in trying
expectations, employees are usually the first new things in the implementation of school programs
to know (McShane and Von Glinow, and activities are realized when schoolchildren get
2008:hlm. 238). new information and they assess the information as a
Decision making by PTK in determining a school good thing and can be implemented in school,
activity is based on a strong rationale. The process of whether obtained from colleagues or outside of
finding a solid foundation is conducted through a colleagues. The efforts and processes of the school
dialogue process between the PTK and this process is community to try new things in the implementation
the process of developing the school management of school programs and activities are categorized as
capacity for the PTK. Nevertheless, the follows, namely: school out activities and activities
implementation of school work programs is within the school. Out-of-school activities that show
responded by PTK in a variety of ways, some even attempts at new things are sister school programs. At
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the beginning, not all school residents consider this as Brainstorming is helpful when one needs to
a necessary or easy thing to be realized. Some assume break from stale patterns of thinking that have
that this is difficult and unnecessary. However, already been established. It focuses on the
communication between school leaders and development of new ways of looking at things
schoolchildren is able to ensure that the work (Mohammed Khzaiyem ALshammari,
program has great benefits and can provide a valuable 2015:hlm.74).
experience for learners. Timperley, Wilson, Barrar, & The decision-making process for improvement
Fung, (2008) (Stoll, 2010: 476): will evolve into daily behavior when PTK has a self-
Inquiry can be the means by which teachers renewal system. Self-renewal system begins with the
identify important issues related to learning, emergence of self-awareness of the need for
become self-regulated drivers for acquiring improvement. Self-awareness that he has this
the necessary knowledge to solve the issues, deficiency will be the beginning of the emergence of
monitor the impact and adjust practice as self-capacity renewal system, his group and his
necessary organization.
Efforts and processes of schoolchildren in trying Even if self-renewal processes can be
new things in the implementation of school programs extremely personal (but collective, for
and activities are realized when schoolchildren get example, at a regional level) self-renewal
new information and they assess the information as a capacity needs a proper leadership. As
good thing and can be implemented in school, Sotarauta (2005) states, without leadership,
whether obtained from colleagues or outside of self-renewal capacity may remain static and
colleagues. turn out to be a hollow shell. Leadership is
then a collective power that drives forward
3.4 Developing PTK Involvement in exploitation, exploration, integration and
Assessing School Success absorption. It’s more directing the ship than
controlling it. However, a proper leadership is
School program evaluation is conducted to get not an easy task to do (Toni Saarivirta,
feedback information and become daily information 2007:hlm.7).
input for PTK and school leaders to help make In Saarivirta's view, organizational capacity
decisions about what should be improved or reform is always linked to self-capacity building and
developed. The interaction of PTKs in assessing this involves organizational leadership aspects. In this
school success will strengthen the ability of PTKs in case, leadership becomes the determinant factor for
school management if feedback from the school attaining the level of self-organizational capacity
program evaluation process becomes a shared bill for strengthening.
school progress. This is as confirmed by the OECD.
“Information is critical to knowing whether the
school system is delivering good performance and to 4 RESEARCH FINDINGS:
providing feedback for improvement in student
outcomes”.
PATTERN OF PTK
(http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/46927511.pdf). INVOLVEMENT THAT
The brainstorming process that occurs in IMPROVES SCHOOL
evaluating school programs and activities occurs MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
formally (meetings) and informally (interactions at
the time of evaluation). The brainstorming process of
The study found a meaning that "the involvement of
these ideas clustered in certain groups, namely critical
PTK in school management capacity building is
groups, school leaders, and groups of workers.
realized when PTK is directly part of school
Critical groups are those who tend to give ideas or
management activities. But not all of the involvement
ideas of thought to the implementation of the school.
of the PTK became the process of developing the
Worker groups are those who tend to accept the ideas
school capacity. The involvement of the PTK
of leaders and critical groups and they are ready to
resulting in the process of developing the school
carry out what is dictated.
management capacity when the involvement was
Brainstorming is a technique, effective in
attributed to the PTK commitment in the engagement
groups that were designed to increase the
process. Thus a category of PTK involvement can be
number of ideas generated by members to
created as follows.
contribute to finding solutions to a problem.
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