IMPLEMENTATION OF ACADEMIC SUPERVISION BY THE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN PROBOLINGGO CITY

Abstract

Academic supervision is one of a school principal's main duties and
responsibilities. This study aims to describe the academic supervision
practices of principals in public junior high schools based on teachers'
perceptions. This study was conducted in Probolinggo City East Java
Province, by distributing a questionnaire to 109 teachers in three selected
SMPNs. The questionnaire had been validated using the expert judgment
technique. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed
quantitatively. The findings show that the public junior high school
principals supervised the teachers regarding their teaching-related
responsibilities. The prominent supervision practice exercised by the
principals was motivating teachers to take advantage of information
technology in teaching. The weakest one performed by the principals was
related to helping teachers in developing the syllabus required by the
current national curriculum. Thus, some school principals’ academic
supervision practices still need improvement.
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Keywords: academic supervision, principalship