Supervisi Akademik Kepala Sekolah di Sekolah Dasar

This study aims to determine how academic supervision by school principals affects teacher performance in improving the quality of education. This research was conducted at State Elementary School 10 Belimbing with a descriptive qualitative research type. The sources of informants were a school principal, 6 class teachers, and 24 students from grades I-V. Data collection techniques are more in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis methods are carried out through data collection, data reduction, data display, and data verification in drawing conclusions. This study revealed that the teacher's understanding of the Principal's academic supervision was good. This is evidenced by how all teachers understand their duties, know the purpose of academic supervision, and know the techniques or methods of academic supervision. The implementation of the school principal's academic supervision has been going well; where in the process, there is planning, measuring teacher performance, coaching/implementing academic supervision, assessing the success of academic supervision, and revising the academic supervision program. The role of the school principal's academic supervision looks good, where 1) the performance of all teachers is following their expertise such as mastering the material, mastering teaching strategies and methods, having the ability to manage classes, and being able and expert in carrying out learning evaluations; 2) the teacher's attitude and actions look good where the willingness and sincerity in participating in school academic supervision activities; 3) teachers already have the will and participation in the implementation of academic supervision even though the time for carrying out academic supervision is limited; 4) it can be seen that student learning outcomes have increased optimally with academic supervision.Supervisi Akademik Kepala Sekolah di Sekolah Dasar khususnya bagi daerah-daerah terpencil sangat diperlukan bagi guru dalam membantu menyelesaikan permasalahan dalam proses pembelajaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana supervisi akademik oleh kepala sekolah terhadap kinerja guru dalam meningkatkan mutu pendidikan. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Sekolah Dasar Negeri 10 Belimbing dengan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Sumber informannya seorang kepala sekolah, 6 guru kelas, dan 24 siswa kelas I-V. Teknik pengumpulan data lebih banyak pada  wawancara mendalam, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Metode analisis data  dilaksanakan melalui koleksi data, reduksi data, display data, dan verifikasi data dalam pengambilan kesimpulan. Dalam penelitian ini terungkap bahwa, pemahaman guru terhadap supervisi akademik kepala sekolah sudah baik. Hal ini dibuktikan bagaimana semua guru memhami tugasnya, mengetahui tujuan supervisi akademik, mengetahui teknik atau metode supervisi akademik. Pelakasnaan supervisi akademik kepala sekolah sudah berjalan dengan baik, dimana dalam prosesnya terdapat perencanaan, melakukan pengukuran kinerja guru, melakukaan pembinaan/pelaksanaan supervisi akademik, melakukan penilaian keberhasilan supervisi akademik, dan melakukan revisi program supervisi akademik. Peran dari supervisi akademik kepala sekolah terlihat baik, dimana 1) kinerja semua guru sudah sesuai dengan keahliannya seperti penguasaan materi, menguasai strategi dan metode mengajar, memiliki kemampuan mengelola kelas, dan mampu serta ahli melaksanan evaluasi pembelajaran; 2) sikap dan perbuatan guru terlihat baik dimana kemauan dan kesungguhan dalam mengikuti kegiatan supervisi akademik sekolah; 3) para guru sudah memiliki kemauan dan keikutsertaan dalam terlaksanaan supervisi akademik walaupun waktu dalam pelaksanaan supervisi akademik terbatas; 4) terlihat hasil belajar siswa meningkat secara optimal dengan adanya supervisi akademik