This study aims to understand how school principals can carry out their leadership according to procedures, and try to explain how school principals in carrying out their leadership are able to move teachers, students, and school residents to always improve the quality of education at MTs Al-Ulum Medan. Things that are observed by related researchers; 1) How is the implementation of the principal's leadership in carrying out its function to improve the quality of the school, 2) What is the role of the principal's leadership in dealing with obstacles in carrying out his duties. For this reason, researchers are interested in conducting research on "Leadership of Principals in Improving the Quality of Education at MTs Al-Ulum Medan.

The quality mechanism in the education unit must be able to be implemented properly, so that the education unit always presents the best quality and strives to continuously improve the quality of what it has achieved. Quality is a measure for customers and users of education, namely parents, government and private agencies who will use the services of an education. Education is said to be of quality if there is a balance between input, process and output. Achievements with the application of SWOT Analysis based on logic that can maximize strengths and opportunities, so as to minimize weaknesses and threats at the same time. The results of writing about the application of SWOT analysis in curriculum management and learning at SMK Putra Anda Binjai are aimed at; 1) So that schools are able to detect and measure strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, in order to follow up on the right strategy in improving the quality of curriculum and learning, 2) The process of applying SWOT analysis in Curriculum Management and Learning at SMK Putra Anda Binjai.