Community Participants in Managing Education Programs in Vocational School

DOI

10.2991/coema-18.2018.51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

community component, participation form, improvement strategy, education program

Abstract

This study aims to describe: (1) the components of society that participate in the implementation of educational programs; (2) the forms of community participation in education activities; and (3) the strategy of the principal in increasing community participation. The method used is qualitative, phenomenological approach, with a case study design in Private Vocational School 1 Muhammadiyah Malang (SMK 1 Muhammadiyah Malang). Data or facts collected using 3 techniques, namely: in-depth interviews, participant observation, and documentation studies. Data or information obtained through in-depth interviews was conducted by digging information from key informants, and several other informants. Meanwhile documentation study was carried out by investigating or reviewing the documents of community participation in the implementation of education programs. While the acquisition of data through observation techniques is done by observing several school activities involving the community. The analysis technique used is single case analysis. To obtain data validity, researchers conducted triangulation activities, checking members, observing perseverance, and the adequacy of reference materials. The results of the study include: (1) elements of the community involved or participating in the implementation of educational programs include: parents of students; community leaders and religious leaders, business and industry, academics, namely lecturers; health workers, police, and various other elements of society; (2) forms of community participation in the implementation of educational programs including education funding from parents, provision of scholarships from the business world / industrial world for disadvantaged students, provision of industrial practice, development school buildings, and the provision of other facilities and infrastructure; and (3) the principal’s strategy in increasing community participation by: fostering trust in parents and the community, involving parents and communities in implementing school programs, establishing effective communication with the community, and building a climate conducive school.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Claudia Nurlaiva
AU  - Raden Bambang Sumarsono
PY  - 2018/10
DA  - 2018/10
TI  - Community Participants in Managing Education Programs in Vocational School
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Management and Administration (CoEMA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 225
EP  - 229
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/coema-18.2018.51
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