Visi dan misi merupakan tujuan akhir, yang menjadi pedoman bagi aktivitas sekolah dan dapat difungsikan sebagai dasar kekuatan mutu layanan ke peserta didik. Namun, banyak sekolah hanya menjadikan visi dan misi sekadar “ada”, tetapi tidak menjadi pedoman yang bermakna bagi penyelenggaraan pendidikan. Sekolah hanya melaksanakan rutinitas tanpa tahu makna dari pelaksanaannya. Bagaimana sekolah mengembangkan kapasitas manajemendalam membangun pemahaman visi misinya? Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis kapasitas manajemen sekolah dalam membangun pemahaman visi misi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan studi kasus. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara, observasi lapangan, dan studi dokumen/artifact. Uji keabsahan data dilakukan dengan kredibilitas, transferabilitas, dependabilitas, dan konfirmabilitas. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sekolah yang membangun pemahaman visi misi berdasar nilai-nilai luhur pendiri lebih memiliki dasar kuat untuk pengembangan. Kata kunci : visi, misi, kapasitas manajemen sekolah The vision and mission is the ultimate goal, which serve as guidelines for school activities and can be used as the basis of the strength of the quality of service to learners. However, in many schools, the vision mission just "exist" but not be the meaningful guidelines for the implementation of education. The schools just execute school routines without knowing the meaning of the implementation. How is the capacity of school management in building understanding of the vision and mission? The goal of the research is to describe and analyze the capacity of school management in building understanding the vision and mission. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, and study of the documents/artifacts. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results shows that schools which establish vision and mission based on noble values of the founders have strong base for the development. Key word : vision, mission, the capacity of school management

In many schools, the vision mission just "exist" and not become a guideline especially implementation of learning. The school just execute school routine without knowing the meaning of implementation. This is unfortunate, because the vision and mission is a unique destination that covers the activity and can be utilized as the power of quality of the service organization. How is the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission? The goal of the research is to describe and analyze the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, and study of the document/artifact. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results shows that schools which establish vision and mission based on noble values of the founders have a strong base for the development.

In many schools, the vision mission just "exist" and not become a guideline especially implementation of learning. The school just execute school routine without knowing the meaning of implementation. This is unfortunate, because the vision and mission is a unique destination that covers the activity and can be utilized as the power of quality of the service organization. How is the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission? The goal of the research is to describe and analyze the capacity of school management in developing the vision and mission. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. Data collection methods used are interviews, observation, and study of the document/artifact. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results shows that schools which establish vision and mission based on noble values of the founders have a strong base for the development.