School Principal's Leadership In The Development Of The School Literacy Program

Abstract

This research aims to describe and analyze the principal's leadership in planning, implementing, and evaluating the development of school literacy programs at SMP Negeri 2 Pengadegan, Purbalingga Regency. This research uses data collected through interview techniques, observation, and documentation studies. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data presentation to drawing conclusions. The result of this research is that program planning is done by forming teams and school literacy programs and then socialization to all stakeholders and students. The implementation of the school literacy program refers to the program and time that has been set in the school literacy program planning document. The implementation of the literacy program is divided into 2, namely for teachers and students. While the stages of literacy implementation for students consist of 3 stages, namely habituation, development and learning stages. The evaluation of the school's literacy program is done every one month. Where the school principal together with the school's literacy team perform checks and balancing against the program, goals, targets and indicators for each stage of the school's literacy program. In conclusion, the principal's leadership has a very important role in the development process of the school's literacy program. The school principal has implemented the management as well as the leadership of the school principal in an effort to develop the school's literacy program from planning, implementation, to program evaluation