FUNCTIONAL TRAINING MANAGEMENTIN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

Abstract

This research is motivated by policies that do not fully place school principals in a profession that prioritizes the principles of professionalism. This research aims to determine and analyze "Functional Training Management in an Effort to Improve the Performance of School Principals in BKPSDM Training in Tangerang City, Banten Province." This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods and data collection techniques using observation, interviews, documentation studies, and predictions or trend studies. Research results: (1) Functional training planning in an effort to improve the performance of school principals, including: training planning mechanisms, training participation, training education staff, training curriculum, training facilities, and funding for training activities. (2) Organizing includes: meeting for the distribution of tasks for organizing training; distribution of implementation schedules, including field study participants and field study organizers; schedule and time for field studies; (3) Implementation includes: coordinating training implementation plans; targets to be achieved by training; field study learning; training learning scenarios; training learning design; and assessment, including substance assessment and field study assessment. 4) Assessment includes the quality of the principal's performance, attitude/behavior assessment, final assessment of participants, and assessment of follow-up plans. (5) Constraints include aspects of training participants, training organizers, the head of BKPSDM, leadership policies, facilities and infrastructure, and aspects of training financing. (6) Solutions include aspects of training participants, training organizers and heads of BKPSDM, leadership policies, infrastructure, and training financing aspects. (7) Impact includes: competency of training participants; quality of the principal's performance; school excellence; graduate excellence; and school image. The conclusion is that functional training management has been effective in efforts to improve the performance of school principals in the BKPSDM training in Tangerang City, Banten Province, based on competency, which emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes to prepare themselves to be able to carry out their duties and functions as active learners.