Islamic boarding schools must follow the national curriculum to compete in real life. Therefore, many Islamic boarding schools have changed their education system Islamic boarding schools still adhere to the Salaf (traditional) system. However, they are gradually adopting a national education system in which the national curriculum is integrated into it. This study aims to analyze the Salaf curriculum management plan, curriculum preparation, curriculum implementation, and evaluation of curriculum management. This research uses descriptive qualitative with case studies in Islamic boarding schools. The method used to collect data is interviews, observation, documentation, instruments. The instrument used to collect information is a questionnaire. The technique used to analyze the data is descriptive qualitative analysis. Research results Identify that the management of the Salaf curriculum, which is integrated with the Madrasah Aliyah curriculum that is appropriately designed, can improve the quality of graduates. Salaf curriculum management administration combined with Madrasah Aliyah by paying attention to school subjects can improve the quality of graduates. The management of the Salaf curriculum integrated with the Madrasah Aliyah curriculum can be done through extracurricular and extracurricular activities. The control of the Salaf curriculum, which is integrated with the Madrasah Alliyah curriculum, which is collective and formative, will affect the quality of graduates. Implementing the salaf curriculum combined with the Madrasah Aliyah curriculum to improve the quality of graduates does not require additional subjects. And the issues used to strengthen the Salaf curriculum, which is integrated with the Madrasah Aliyah curriculum, are the yellow book, tahfidzul Qur'an, and empowering school resources.

Education in schools does not only teach subjects but is also given guidance and counseling. Guidance and counseling is a service to students individually or in groups to be able to be independent and develop optimally in personal, social, learning, and career aspects. During the Covid-19 pandemic, learning activities were carried out online or called Learning From Home (LFH). This study explored guidance and counseling management on the personal, social, learning, and career development of SMKN 9 Bandung students during the Covid-19 pandemics. This study used a descriptive method through a qualitative approach. Based on the results, (1) at the planning stage, the school counselor completed the needs assessment, processed, and identified the results. In addition, the school counselor planned the guidance and counseling planning containing the objectives; methods, tools, media; procedures, and evaluation, (2) at the implementation stage, the school counselor has provided services in accordance with the guidance and counseling planning prepared previously, (3) at the evaluation stage, the school counselor completed evaluation on the service results, (4) the constraints or problems faced were students are bored with distance learning, lack of parental guidance and assistance when studying at home, and lack of understanding on IT (internet), (5) as an effort to overcome constraints, the school counselor motivates students to continue to be enthusiastic about learning through online learning materials, instructing parents to pay attention to studying from home, and try as optimally as possible (in these difficult conditions) to provide online services to students.

This research is motivated by the phenomenon that the quality of education is still low because there are still many principals who have not implemented strategic management. Therefore, the focus of this research is that it is known that there are still many principals who have not optimally carried out strategic management so that it affects the quality of education. Another thing is also known that there are principals who do not have adequate competence, coupled with the lack of infrastructure, lack of support from the community and government, or stakeholders. This research is generally to obtain an overview of analyzing the strategic management of school principals in improving the quality of education at three Vocational High Schools (SMK) in Sukabumi Regency, namely SMK Yasidik Parakansalak, SMK Terpadu Al-Ittihad Purabaya and SMK Hassina Sukaraja. Specifically to describe and analyze the principal's strategic management in improving the quality of education, which includes: strategic environmental analysis, formulation of strategic management, implementation of strategic management, supporting and inhibiting factors of strategic management, evaluation of strategic management. The theories and concepts used in this study are strategic management theory according to the theory of quality education, the concept of principals and learning. The method used is descriptive method with qualitative data types. Data was collected through observation, interviews, and documentation studies. Data analysis was carried out by collecting all information, reducing data, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results showed that the principal's planning was developed on the basis of the results of the assessment or evaluation in the previous year and contained development priorities with targets for achievement in the short, medium and long term. The implementation of strategic management is carried out through a series of managerial decisions and actions to determine school performance within a certain time span which in general have been in synergy with the internal environment. The supporting factors for the principal's strategic management, namely: the competence of the principal and the involvement of internal school parties in every policy formulation, while the inhibiting factors for the principal's strategic management, namely: ineffective communication between the principal and teachers and education staff, with parents students, as well as a lack of discipline and responsibility for efforts to improve school quality. The evaluation of the strategic management of improving the quality of education is carried out by the principal for teachers through meetings and other meetings to review external and internal factors encountered, to measure the performance of teachers and education personnel, and to further develop corrective actions on deviations that occur in schools.

Rendahnya kualitas sumber daya manusia tidak terlepas dari permasalahan yang dihadapi dunia pendidikan yang tak kunjung teratasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh gambaran dan analisis tentang implementasi pembelajaran life skill pada program kesetaraan paket C untuk membekali warga belajar yang siap memasuki lapangan kerja berdasar aspek-aspek perencanaan, pelaksanaan, evaluasi, hambatan, dan solusi. Pendekatan penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode studi deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Data dianalisis menggunakan reduksi data, peyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa perencanaan pembelajaran life skill pada program kesetaraan paket C untuk membekali warga belajar yang siap memasuki lapangan kerja dilakukan dengan melaksanakan rapat bersama Tutor dan Admin. Pengelolaan tutor yang mengajar ditentukan berdasarkan keterampilan dasar dalam mengajar warga belajar. Evaluasi dilakukan terkait minat belajar warga belajar diantaranya metode hibur, dapat membantu meningkatkan rasa suka, senang dan minat yang lebih pada suatu materi. Hambatan yakni jaringan tidak stabil, warga belajar yang sudah bekerja minat belajarnya kurang karena sudah lelah bekerja dan masih banyaknya warga belajar yang tidak percaya diri dalam mengikuti pembelajaran. Solusi yakni memberikan sosialisasi dalam proses pembelajaran dengan mengikuti pembelajaran dengan jaringan yang stabil, tutor memberikan pembelajaran secara daring yang fleksibel, dan tutor memberikan dukungan yang sifatnya membangun rasa percaya diri warga belajar.

Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi karena adanya perubahan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi yang berkembang dengan pesat dan membawa banyak perubahan dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan. Pendidikan dewasa ini harus dapat beradaptasi dengan perubahan sesuai jamannya.  Untuk itu diperlukan kehandalan Manajemen Kepala Sekolah dalam meningkatkan mutu Pendidikan. Maju mundurnya pendidikan disekolah sangat dipengaruhi oleh kemampuan kepala sekolah dalam memanage setiap komponen sekolah. Serta kemampuan kepala sekolah berkaitan dengan pemahaman dan pengetahuan terhadap manajemen dan tugas-tugas yang harus dilaksanakannya. Kepala sekolah perlu melakukan interaksi yang berkualitas dan dinamis dengan para guru, tenaga administrasi, dan peserta didik yang memainkan peran sangat penting terutama dalam penyesuaiaian berbagai aktivitas sekolah dengan tuntutan globalisasi, perubahan masyarakat, perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Pendekatan metode penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus, analisis yang digunakan peneliti adalah triangulasi data  Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kepala sekolah telah melaksanakan manajemen sekilah secara professional, menjadi teladan, motivator, kepala sekolah telah menjalankan fungsi manajemen dengan baik, Kepala sekolah telah membuat terobosan baru dengan mengintegrasikan beberapa elemen kurukulum yaitu Komponen pesantren salaf, komponen pesantrean modern ala Pondok Pesantren Modern Gontor dan Kurikulum Nasional Departemen Pendidikan Dan kebudayaan. Hal ini dilakukan untuk meningkatkat mutu Pendidikan dan menjawab tantangan global.