OPTIMALISASI IMPLEMENTASI BUDAYA RELIGIUS DI SEKOLAH DASAR ISLAM TERPADU AL RAHBINI GONDANGLEGI

This research departs from a thought and hope about the importance of character education in order to produce a generation of religious and morality. Character building is prioritized from an early age, and entering elementary school students are not only colored by the world of play, but also aspects of social responsibility. The process of development toward maturity sometimes does not always run smoothly in the direction of the potential, expectations and values ​​that it holds. So, it is important to equip students with the values ​​of meaningfulness of life, so that a mature and superior personality is formed. The purpose of this study was to understand the implementation of the program to improve religious culture and to describe the impact of the success of religious culture on the character of citizens at SD IT Al Rahbini Gondanglegi. This research uses a descriptive qualitative research approach. Data collection techniques carried out by (1) interviews, (2) observations, and (3) documentation. Data were analyzed by analysis of the Miles and Hubberman model consisting of data collection, data reduction, data display and conclusion. Checking the validity of the data is done by testing the credibility, dependability, and confirmability. The results of this study indicate that (1) The religious culture improvement program developed in can be grouped into several programs, namely the daily, weekly, monthly, yearly activity program, and the development of the Islamic Religious Education curriculum. (2) The impact of the application of religious culture on the character of school members includes the creation of a culture of greeting each other when meeting, mutual help, discipline, strong brotherhood,. decreasing the number of violations, increasing discipline, increasing students' understanding and knowledge of religious teachings, building mutual respect and appreciation between fellow teachers and other employees, better levels of teacher discipline and growing enthusiasm and curiosity about religion.Penelitian ini berangkat dari sebuah pemikiran dan harapan tentang pentingnya pendidikan karakter dalam rangka mencetak generasi yang religius dan berakhlakul karimah. Penanaman karakter diutamakan sejak dini, dan memasuki sekolah dasar para siswa tidak hanya lagi diwarnai dunia bermain, tetapi juga aspek tanggungjawab sosial bermasyarakat. Maka, penting untuk membekali siswa dengan nilai-nilai kebermaknaan hidup, agar terbentuk kepribadian yang matang dan unggul. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memahami pelaksanaan program peningkatan budaya religius serta mendeskripsikan dampak keberhasilan dari budaya religius terhadap karakter warga di SD IT Al Rahbini Gondanglegi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Data dianalisis dengan analisis model Miles and Hubberman yang terdiri dari data collection, data reduction, data display dan conclusion. Pengecekan keabsahan data dilakukan dengan uji kredibilitas, dependabilitas, dan konfirmabilitas. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1)  Program peningkatan budaya religius yang dikembangkan di dapat dikelompokkan menjadi beberapa program, yaitu  Program kegiatan harian, mingguan, bulanan, tahunan, dan pengembangan kurikulum Pendidikan Agama Islam. (2) Dampak penerapan budaya religius terhadap karakter warga sekolah di antaranya terciptanya budaya saling menyapa ketika bertemu, saling tolong-menolong, disiplin, persaudaraan yang kuat,. menurunnya jumlah pelanggaran, meningkatnya kedisiplinan, meningkatnya pemahaman dan pengetahuan siswa tentang ajaran agama, terbangun rasa saling menghormati dan menghargai antar sesama guru maupun kepada karyawan lain, tingkat kedisiplinan guru yang lebih baik serta tumbuhnya semangat dan rasa ingin tahu terhadap agama