This study aims to describe the role and function of teachers in enhancing effective learning, inhibiting factors and solutions to teacher barriers in carrying out the roles and functions of teachers at the Elementary School of Santa Maria 2 Malang (SDK Santa Maria 2 Malang). This study used a descriptive qualitative approach with a case study design. Data collection techniques used are observation, interview, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the teacher's function in the classroom is following Law Number 14 the Year 2005 concerning Teachers and Lecturers. Which is mentioned that the teacher is a professional educator with the main task of educating, teaching, guiding, directing, training, evaluating, and evaluating students in early childhood education informal education, basic education, and secondary education.

This study aims to describe the partnership management of Madrasah Aliyah (MA) with the Vocational Training Center or Balai Latihan Kerja (BLK). The method of this research used qualitative approach by using case study. Which is held at MA Ma'arif Udanawu Blitar, researcher as a key instrument. The main informan is the head of MA, the chief of MA, coordinator team, and skills teachers.The Data colection used interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analized using collection, condensation, display, and data verification. The result are: (1) the partnership based on lack of awareness and knowledge, there is no proper availability skill teachers, get a work certificate, increasing the competency of students and the skill program is absed on the need and demands of society and alumni; (2) Management of partnership is going well ; (3) there are issues on the clash of activity schedules, takes the high cost, and also the students' parents do not support the program. The solution is having a discussion with students' parents about this program; and (4) this partnership affects on the students' competency and the face of of MA and also BLK gets the participants of training.

Senior High School 8 Malang educational institutions in carrying out agreed-upon tasks, functions, and goals certainly cannot be separated from problems that must be resolved by an educational institution. Senior High School 8 Malang cooperates with other relevant institutions, related to the input, process, output, and utilization of graduates. The purpose of this research is to find out what kind of collaboration is carried out by Senior High School 8 Malang. This research approach is qualitative, the type of research used is case studies and techniques used by researchers, namely interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed that

Research on educational strategic planning carried out at Vocational High School 4 Malang (SMKN 4 Malang) aims to find out how the education strategic planning, formulation of the school's vision and mission for Total Quality Management (TQM), who are the parties involved, what the tools are used for educational strategic planning, and what things are seen to find out the increase in the quality of education. The method used is through interviews and observations. The results of this study are the strategic planning carried out at SMK 4 Malang shown by the existence of Rencana Kegiatan dan Anggaran Sekolah (RKAS), Rencana Kegiatan Sekolah (RKS), and Rencana Strategies (Renstra); school vision and mission formulated by all parties and published to the public; all parties involved in the planning process from the school managerial to external parties such as school committees and the community; the stages of planning are done through system analysis, policy formulation and action planning, tools used in problem solving using Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat (SWOT) analysis and brainstorming all elements of the principal, teachers, employees, committees, and parents of students, and the success of the quality of school education can be seen from the addition students who register from Penerimaan Peserta Didik Baru (PPDB).

This research aims to determine the implementation of integrated quality management in an educational institution. The collection of data is done by searching for a literature study that corresponds to the discussion to be conducted. The results of the research indicate some aspects that need to be considered in the implementation of integrated quality management in an educational institution, the first aspects of service, both aspects of human resources, three aspects of the environment, four aspects of the process, and fifth output/graduate aspects.