Improving the Quality of the Integrated Junior-High School of Lampang, Subang, West Java, in Achieving National Education Standards

摘要

This study aims to reveal the efforts and results achieved by the Integrated Private Junior-High School of Lampang, Subang, in improving its learning quality to meet the National Education Standard (SNP - Standar Nasional Pendidikan). It is the process on how the school gets the status of a national standard school (SSN - Sekolah Standar Nasional). This research was a survey with a qualitative approach. The study was conducted in the Integrated Private Junior-High School of Lampang, Subang, West Java. The data sources were the principal, the vice-principal, the teachers, and the school and student committees. The research instrument was based on eight components of SNP that refer to the National Education Standards. The development of research instruments was adapted to the concept of SNP, to build measured variable construction. They are generally described in components, aspects, and indicators of each SNP. The same development was also applied in the school performance instrument. Consequently, in the context of school performance, the achievement benchmark is the SNP. The data analysis used in this research is descriptive analysis. The results shown hat the level of achievement of the program that has been compiled in the Integrated Private Junior-High School of Lampang has reached 90%. The main target is National Final Examination (UAN-Ujian Akhir Nasional) and graduation levels that have been implemented by teachers both in the preparation of lesson plans and teaching materials. Achievement of learning material availability 85%. The management that has been developed by the Integrated Private Junior-High School of Lampang contributes significant value, especially in the planning and the implementation of the program. The supervision and leadership of the principal has been going well, so that the value obtained is significant. The other components that are quite prominent are the Learning and Teaching Process (PBM - Proses Belajar-Mengajar); and the content standard get a good value.