This study aimed at finding an effective leadership strategy carried out by one-roof school principals in remote areas. This study was conducted qualitatively with a multi-site approach. The data were obtained from the school principals as key informants and focus group discussion (FGD) involving all school principals, Indonesian Institute of Education Innovation Training and Consultant (LPKIPI), education staff, school supervisors, and stakeholders as the participants and resource persons. Findings suggested that (a) the problems encountered by one-roof school principals in the remote areas were significantly related to culture, economy, demography, geography, and historical aspects, (b) the characteristics of success of school principals in remote areas include a clear vision, high-spirit performance, andhab asor (low profile), active involvement in various social activities, strong motivation for continuous learning, open to feedback, having commitment to cooperate with various parties, having a high awareness that school is an educational system and the essential part from the social system in general, persistent, high confidence that they are not alone in carrying out school policies, creative, able to see the context in various perspectives, patient, polite, warm, and smart or attractive, (c) “Gethok Tular1” is the most effective leadership strategy to strengthen the role of multi-stakeholder forum (MSF), and (d) the involvement of MSF members needs to be done selectively and effectively through the identification of TKU, intensive communication with TKU, identification of other figures, discussions, and sharing roles and strengthening MSF on an ongoing basis.

The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of professional ethics (X) to student character building (Y). Quantitative methods are used in this study. The research instrument is a questionnaire. Sampling technique using quota random sampling. The sample of research is 73 students Faculty of Education (FIP) State University of Malang (UM) as a participant in Character Building Training. Data analysis used was: descriptive analysis with stanfive formula and simple regression test. The result of this research concluded that there is significant influence of professional ethics variable (X) to student character building (Y).

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of character learning variables (X) on the strengthening of student character (Y). The study was conducted using the quantitative-causality method. The instrument used to measure the research variables was a questionnaire. The research sample was 80 Islamic Junior High School teachers in Jombang Regency. Analysis of the data used is descriptive and simple regression. The results of descriptive analysis of the data show: the character learning variable (X) is included in the quite good category with an average of 96.71; and the student character strengthening variable (Y) is included in the quite good category with an average of 55.33. The results of a simple regression analysis showed that there was an influence of the character learning variable (X) on the strengthening of student character (Y). The resulting regression coefficients are: Ŷ = 10.496 + 0.464X. The contribution of character learning variable (X) to the strengthening of student character (Y) was 23.3%.

The purpose of this study is to know, (1) identify the problem of teachers’ and educational personnel, (2) the application of USG matrix method, and (3) the impact of the problems of the educator components and education in learning at integrated islamic primary school. The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive. The research performs analysis using the matrix theory Urgency, Seriousness and Growth (USG). The site of this research is at SD Islam Terpadu Robbani Malang Regency, Indonesia. Data collection techniques with in-depth interviews, documentation, and library studies. The analysis of the data in the get resulted in the findings that correspond to the problems faced by the school. The results of the study are (1) problems that cause low PTK (Teachers and Educational Personnel) values i.e. teacher qualifications are not appropriate, teachers do not have a certificate of teachers’, and teachers do not teach in accordance with educational background, (2) problems that must be resolved in advance that (a) the teachers do not teach in accordance and (b) learners are lacking in receiving learning.

The study aims to describe the problem and find effective leadership strategies that can be done by principals in Elementary School -Junior High School One Roof (SATAP) in remote areas. Qualitative research with a multi-site approach. The data was obtained through the principal, the head of the LPIKIPI representative (Training Institute and Indonesian Educational Innovation Consultant), and tested the credibility and validity in triangulation through the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) and expert testing. The results obtained include: 1) the problems faced by one-roof principals in remote areas are closely related to aspects of cultural, social, economic, demographic, and geographic aspects, as well as historically; 2) effective school leadership solution strategies emphasizing spiritual, personal, and social aspects.Keywords: leadership of principals, multi-stakeholders forums, improvement of school quality, remote areas.Abstrak: Penelitian bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan permasalahan dan menemukan strategi kepemimpinan efektif yang dapat dilakukan kepala sekolah pada SD -SMP Satu Atap (SATAP) di daerah terpencil. Penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan multi-situs. Data diperoleh melalui kepala sekolah, ketua perwakilan LPIKIPI (Lembaga Pelatihan dan Konsultan Inovasi Pendidikan Indonesia), dan diuji kredibilitas dan validitasnya secara triangulasi melalui Forum Grup Discussion (FGD) dan uji ahli. Hasil yang diperoleh antara lain: 1) permasalahan yang dihadapi kepala sekolah satu atap daerah terpencil sangat terkait dengan aspek-aspek aspek budaya, sosial, ekonomi, demografi, dan geografi, serta historis; 2) strategi solutif kepemimpinan efektif sekolah menekankan pada aspek spiritual, personal, dan sosial.Kata kunci: kepemimpinan kepala sekolah, multi-stakeholders forum, peningkatan mutu sekolah, daerah terpencil.