Improving the Vocational School Performance Through the Good School Governance

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the implementation of Good School Governance in vocational schools in Indonesia as a response of the high number of inappropriate employment to the vocational graduates’ competencies. This present quantitative descriptive study applies the purposive sampling technique by picking up 852 vocational school principals and teachers from 34 provinces in Indonesia. The researcher found a model for improving the vocational school performance based on good school governance in Indonesia covering Transparency, Accountability, Responsibility, Autonomy, Fairness, Participation, Effectiveness and Efficiency, and Consensus-Oriented principles. Among these eight factors, Responsibility is assessed the highest with the Mean score of 3.25, while both Consensus-Oriented and Participation are labelled as “Not Good” with the Mean scores of 2.93 and 2.82 respectively. However, the results of the recent study need to be legitimated in order to formally applied in all vocational schools in Indonesia.

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“…It is believed that the good school governance supports the participation of all teachers and staff in the decision-making processes that directly affect their works. In many cases, this means the participation in budgeting, teacher selection, scheduling, curriculum, and other programs (Ismara et al, 2020).…”

The Collaborative Strategy of Total Quality Management and School Governance to Improving Effectiveness of Vocational School-Based Enterprise

“…It is increasing the application of SG at vocational schools. School-based enterprise is considered necessary because, with the shift in power and authority to the school level, decision making can be done quickly so that schools create a more democratic model of school administration bureaucracy Ismara, 2020). This, of course, will indirectly be a more effective mechanism as well as encourage a new spirit of performance for school principals as managers.…”

Dampak penerapan GSG dimediasi reputasi sekolah terhadap kinerja SMK Swasta di Kota Malang

“…Oleh karena itu kepala sekolah harus memiliki tanggung jawab penting untuk memastikan bahwa mereka mampu meningkatkan kinerja sekolahnya dengan baik. Pimpinan yang memahami tata kelola yang baik menjadi landasan moral atau etika profesi yang harus diinternalisasikan di sekolah (Ismara & Khurniawan, 2020), kepemimpinan akan mempengaruhi perilaku profesional untuk mencapai kinerja, jika didukung oleh kompetensi (Putra & Saud, 2017).…”

“…Permasalahan klasik sekolah adalah jumlah siswa pada tiap sekolah yang tidak merata, selain itu adanya masalah kualitas layanan, baik bangunan sekolah yang kurang memadai, kebersihan sekolah, fasilitas belajar yang belum lengkap, maupun masalah kompetensi tenaga pendidik. Ismara & Khurniawan (2020) menyatakan bahwa pelaksanaan good governance di sekolah kejuruan masih menghadapi kendala karena kurangnya pelayanan publik, kapabilitas dalam pengambilan kebijakan, belum efisiennya sumber pendanaan publik, lemah dalam pengelolaan keuangan, serta masih birokratisnya prosedur pelayanan.…”

“…Sejalan dengan penelitian Wibowo (2014) bahwa ada hubungan antara tata kelola, reputasi dan kinerja pada universitas pilihan. Penelitian lain menemukan bahwa peningkatan kinerja SMK dipengaruhi oleh good school governance yang mencakup transparansi, akuntabilitas, tanggung jawab, otonomi, keadilan, partisipasi, efektifitas dan efisiensi, dan berorientasi pada konsensus (Ismara & Khurniawan, 2020 (Fombrun & Rindova, 2000). Good School Governance terdiri dari transparansi, accountability, responsibility, partisipasi (OECD, 2002).…”