Penelitian ini fokus pada penggalian data perencanaan manajemen PAUD Unggulan di Surakarta. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif Data diperoleh dengan observasi dan wawancara menggunakan Google Form dengan narasumber terdiri dari kepala sekolah , guru kelas kelompok bermain, guru kelas kelompok A, guru kelas kelompok B, guru ekstrakurikuler tari, guru bahasa Inggris, dan guru ekstrakurikuler gambar. Penelitian ini mengungkap bahwa perencanaan manajemen kurikulum yang terdiri dari 7 (tujuh) indikator utama, merupakan komponen yang paling awal ditetapkan oleh lembaga PAUD Unggulan. Penetapan indikator perencanaan manajemen kurikulum ini berimplikasi pada perencanaan manajemen sumber daya manusia, sarana prasarana, pembiayaan, dan kerjasama.

The success of managing early childhood education institutions is determined by management aspects such as curriculum, infrastructure, marketing, students, supervision and educators. One of the most important management is management that regulates education personnel because this management determines how educators provide facilities to develop children's abilities so that they can achieve the expected educational goals. This study aims to improve PAUD (Early Childhood Education) Management by identifying institutional problems. This study used a qualitative descriptive research model. The research sample was teachers in Kindergarten AULIA Surakarta. The results showed that the observation, attention, communication, personality of the teacher and the child was good and the teacher always conducted consultations on children's problems. It showed that the average AULIA Surakarta kindergarten teacher had done their job well.