A principal plays a vital role in managing school and improving teacher's quality teaching instruction in the class. This study explores the academic supervision of the principal in helping teachers improve their teaching profession to enhance students’ learning outcomes. Secondary data were collected from the document of basic data of education of the Ministry of Education and Culture. The online survey and FGD as well as  interview are used to collect data about the number of principal's monitoring teacher’s teaching activities in the class, the implementation of the principals’ supervision, and the improvement of teaching activities after supervision. The descriptive technique is used to analyse the data (Strauss dan Corbin, 1990, p. 62). The study reveals that the supervision follows the procedure (planning, implementation, reporting, and follow-up results of the supervision) as a guide  of monitoring. However, in the implementation, all processes in the guidelines are not appropriately followed, due to the heavy burden of the principal’s school task.

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang: 1) kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh perguruan tinggi (PT); dan 2) pemanfaatan hasil-hasil penelitian dan pengembangan. Penelitian dilaksanakan mulai bulan Juni sampai Desember 2009. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 36 orang dari lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian kepada masyarakat dan dosen senior yang diambil secara purposive di PT di provinsi DIY, Jawa Barat, NTB, Bali, Kalimantan Timur, Kalimantan Barat, Lampung, Sumatera Barat, dan provinsi Sumatera Utara. Data dikumpulkan dengan kuesioner, pedoman studi dokumentasi, dan pedoman wawancara. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menujukkan bahwa: 1) Kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakasanakan oleh PT berdasarkan kebijakan DP2M Dikti; 2) Dikti masih sedikit menetapkan kebijakan penelitian untuk pengabdian kepada masyarakat dan kurang melaksanakan monitoring dan evaluasi program PT. Kata kunci: penelitian, sains, teknologi, dan pengabdian masyarakat Abstract. The aims of this research are to find data and information about: 1) the policy of Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) and universities related to its function on the public service; and 2) the implementation of research and development based on the study result. The research was conducted from June to December 2009. Research sample is 36 respondents in HE at the provinces of DIY, West Java, West Nusa Tenggara, Bali, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Lampung, West Sumatera, and North Sumatera. Data was collected by using questionnaire, study documentation, and interview. Data was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative analysis. Research findings are: The policy of research and public service done by universities is based on the policy of DHE. DHE still makes very few policies of the research for public service and lack of monitoring and evaluation of the universities' program.

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk mengetahui implementasi kebijakan dan pelaksanaan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat pada perguruan tinggi (PT). Metode penelitian adalah metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan teknik analisis deskriptif. Sampel penelitian berjumlah 160 responden yang diambil secara purposive yaitu ketua/anggota lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat di perguruan tinggi Negeri (PTN) dan perguruan tinggi Swasta (PTS). Penelitian dilaksanakan selama 7 bulan mulai bulan April sampai bulan Oktober 2008 di 6 provinsi yaitu provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), provinsi Bali, provinsi Daerah Khusus Yogyakarta (DIY), provinsi Jawa Barat, provinsi Sumatera Barat, dan provinsi Sumatera Utara. Alat dan teknik pengumpulan data adalah pedoman studi dokumentasi, kuesioner, wawancara, dan focus group discussion (FGD). Data primer adalah nara sumber di PT, sedangkan data sekunder adalah dokumen mengenai peraturan perundang-undangan dan penelitianpenelitian terkait sebelumnya. Hasil penelitian adalah: 1) kebijakan program penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat di PT berdasarkan kebijakan umum Direktorat Pendidikan Tinggi, Depdiknas; 2) implementasi kebijakan dalam meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan tinggi masih ada kendala antara lain lembaga penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat masih terpisah, sosialisasi P2M masih kurang, dan kemampuan metodologi penelitian dosen masih rendah' 3) hasil-hasil penelitian yang dilaksanakan oleh PTN/PTS dapat dimanfaatkan untuk pengembangan dan peningkatan ilmu pengetahuan. Namun masih sedikit yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk meningkatkan jumlah materi ajar, publikasi nasional/internasional, dan perolehan hak paten; dan 4) kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat belum berdasarkan hasil penelitian.Kata kunci: Penelitian, pengabdian masyarakat, analisis kebijakan, ilmu pengetahuan, materi ajar Abstract: The objectives of the research is to know the implementation of policy and implementation of the research program and the public service at Higher Education (HE). The research method is the mixed of quantitative and qualitative methods with a descriptive analysis. Sample of the research is 160 repondents taken purposively of head and members of the research and public service institutions at public and private of HE. The research was conducted for 7 months from April to October 2008 at six provinces:West Nusa Tenggara province, Bali province, Special Yogyakarta province, West Java province, West Sumatera province, and South Sumatera province. Tools and the techniques of data collecting are using documentation study, questionnaires, inteview, and focus group discussion. Primary data is the information from the resource persons from HE while the secondary data is taken from the documents about the rules as well as the laws and the related research done by other people. The findings of the research are: 1) the policy of research program and the public service at HE is based on the general policy of the HE Directorate, Ministry of National Education; 2) the implementation...

Abstrak: Penyelenggaraan RSBI merupakan salah satu usaha pemerintah untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan agar mampu bersaing dengan negara lain. Sejak diselenggarakan tahun 2006, RSBI belum pernah dievaluasi secara komprehensif. Oleh karena itu, perlu dievaluasi PPDB, prestasi, pengelolaan pendanaan, dan sistem tata kelola dan akuntabilitas penyelenggaraannya. Penelitian menggunakan metode campuran kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Sampel sebanyak 4575910 yang diambil secara purposive. Responden: komite sekolah, kepala sekolah, guru bahasa Inggris, matematika, dan IPA yang mengajar di kelas RSBI dan kelas reguler. Temuan: Kemampuan bahasa Inggris pendidik dan tenaga kependidikan RSBI di semua tingkat masih level novice (skor TOEIC 10-250). Kemampuan guru bahasa Inggris kelas RSBI dan kelas reguler relatif sama. Di SD dan SMP, kemampuan siswa dan guru RSBI sedikit lebih tinggi daripada kelas regular. Kemampuan guru Biologi dan Fisika kelas RSBI di SMA lebih rendah daripada guru kelas reguler. Penggunaan dana kurang transparan. Rekomendasi, perlu peningkatan kualifikasi dan kompetensi akademik guru dan perlu disusun panduan pengelolaan pendanaan yang lebih rinci.Kata Kunci: RSBI, PPDB, prestasi akademik, pendanaan, tata kelola.Abstract: The implementation of pilot standard of international school (pre SIS) is one of the government's efforts to improve educational quality in order to be able to compete with other countries. Since the establishment of the pre SIS in 2006, they have not been evaluated comprehensively yet. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the student's enrolment, academic achievement, finance and budgetting, and management. Research method used is mixed quantitative and qualitative method. Samples are 4575910 respondents chosen purposively. They are school committee, school principals, teachers of pre SIS and regular classe. They are English, mahtematics, and science teachers, students, and students' parents association. The English proficiency of school principals is at the novice level (10-250 TOEIC scores).Teachers' academic competence of pre SIS and regular classes is relatively equal. The competence of biology and physics teachers of pre SIS in SSS is lower than those in the regular classes. The use of budget and finance is not transparent. Recommendation, it is important to improve teachers' academic qualification and their competence and a rigid financial and budgeting management guide.

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