Kepemimpinan Pendidikan

The government policy on autonomy of education should be followed by the inovation in many components of education institutions, especially in their management level.The appropriate management in autonomous era is that the existence of inovative leadership.In other words, they have clear vision,mission, will,and commitment to do inovations.Thus, the education institution under this inovative leadership will reach their aims based the autonomy demands quickly.Educational leadership is the ability to influence,coordinate, and mobilize other people that have to do with the implementation and development of education in order to achieve the goal of education or school effectively and efficiently.Education institution represents the organization having unique character because in it there are learning process and activity of human empowerment.Logical consequence of education is arranging effectiveness of education organization that necessarily requires leadership.Effectiveness of education leadership will perform better if education leader have a number of ability.For the purpose of school to be achieved effectively and efficiently requires effective leadership of the principal.There are seven characteristics of effective principal leadership: having a clear vision,having high expectations of achievement; programming and providing positive and constructive feedback,encouraging efficient use of time,utilizing various learning resources,monitoring the progress of learners individually or in groups and continuous improvement.