Results and Discussion SOFT SKILLS EDUCATION FOR PREPARING VOCATIONAL SECONDARY HIGH SCHOOL IN PRODUCING SKILLED GRADUATES
invites residents to work hard, passionate, and have high confidence in the success of any business. .
Guntur Dwiyono the 2
nd
Vice Principal of SMKN 6 stated: The principal always support us
whenever we have good ideas and motivating the teachers to think more than anyone else. Thats
what makes this school is always innovative. Every year there is always a result of innovation generated
by the teachers .
Samsudin the Representative Manager ISO of SMKN 6 Malang also stated that the principal
always encourages the entire school to do innovative works. Samsudin said: ... teachers who
have good performance continues invited to work to improve the competence and career development
in schools. While that did not want to forward it had to be left .
Santur Hidayat the principal of Private Vocational School PGRI 3 Malang noted that to
achieve the vision of schools as discplined school, the system and organization of the school are being
innovated such as: 1 student recruitment system, 2 Aprenticeship and graduates career system, and
3 curriculum based on the industrial needs.
The Public Relation of PGRI SMK 3 Lukman Hakim, reveal opinions as follows.
... We are a private school, so for us the image of the school is very important. Today people still see
the private vocational school as a second-class schools so we want to make changes. We saw a
gap from the existing vocational school, that the most problematic is the handling of the graduates.
We have to be a school that can provide jobs for graduates. Therefore, we formed a partnership with
business and industry of all aspects “. ... We have a strong apprenticeship program so
that the industry will be able to know the style, knowledge, and attitude of our students. We
introduce the quality of our students so that the industry really know the quality of our students ...”
... The school placement of graduates is very effective for imaging. There are many students of
SMK PGRI 3 which recruited by the industry before third grade that given a scholarship
donations for Educational Development SPP during the third grade, and some have already given
a full salary with a status of On The Job Training... this will increase the community trust
upon us. On the other hand the industry is also has a network and relationships so that they act to recruit
these graduates PGRI 3 eventually becomes effective imaging media. Another aspect is the
knowledge and understanding of parents of school services will provide word of mouth information
upon parents and other people .
The principal must show strong leadership that has a clear vision, able and willing to empower
all of the followers, able to organize well, able to inspire, integrity, orientation far ahead, and to
maintain harmonious relations with individual goals Use Ref.[41]. Vision is a future goal or purpose to
be achieved by educational institutions. Vision is a direction that will be achieved by each institution.
The clearer vision of the school, the easier it is for principals to make a map of travel road map to
achieve it. The headmasters duty is to develop and convince a
vision and mission to every
stakeholders. With a strong understanding of the vision,
obtaining overwhelming
agreement, commitment, loyalty and passion are easy to
achieve. Each stakeholder will be convinced that by achieving the purpose of education, prosperity will
be provided for all.
In the works of entrepreneur leadership, the principal have managerial functions that include 1
managing school resources, 2 managing the school infrastructure, 3 manage the partnership
with industry, 4 managing finances, and 5 supervision.
The headmaster of SMKN 6 Malang, Wadib Suudi stated:
... I want to make SMKN 6 Malang as a small but complete school, so I make an artificial forest
inside school. Because we have many guests from the national industry and abroad, I make a Guest
House so that the guests from the industry do not have to stay at expensive hotel. That will make the
industry happy. School has a basketball court, that we always paint it so it gives a good mood and
excitement. Many people love to see the field which is always in a good condition.
“I want a change in school, then I created a gazebo on the second floor to gives a beautiful impression.
I will also build a swimming pool. The important thing is to keep the environment arranged as a
comfortable and beautiful place”.
Santur Hidayat, principal of the SMK PGRI 3 Malang said that industrial apprenticeship has a role
in assessing the results of practice, setting industry- specific competency standards, sufficing schools
infrastructure up to industrial need, and certification of competency test by industry. Santur
says: “... Our competency test is examined by the examiners from the industry. This is very serious,
not all fair industry believe in every schools .
The above principal state shows that the entreprenur principal always think active and
creative to make a breakthrough, so new programs will keep appear that different from other schools
both in the role of a leader or role as a manager. The innovation could be related with program,
system, and new activities that have more value of than that already exist.
The principal strategy in implementing the promotion is done by 1 define positioning, 2
provides branding,
and 3
choose the
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differentiation of productsservices school. The image building process is done through direct and
indirect promotion. Use Ref. [42], Ref. [43], Ref. [44], and Ref.
[45] entrepreneurship means courage and virtue in meeting the needs and solve the problems of living
with the existing power of himself. Entrepreneur- ship
refers to
the nature,
character and
characteristics embedded in individuals who have the willpower to develop and implement creative
and innovative
ideas into
the activities.
Entrepreneurship person is someone who has internalized the values of entrepreneurship, a
personality that has creative innovative actions, likes to try, brave in facing the challenge, confident,
have self determination or locus control the capability to manage risk, see the change as an
opportunity , tolerant of many choices, initiative and have a need for achievement, and liberal-
minded perfectionist, think that time is precious, and have a strong motivation to excel.
Being an entrepreneur principal means being a principal that has the willingness and ability to find
and evaluate opportunities, gather the necessary resources and act to take advantage of that
opportunity. The principal willing to take calculated risks and enjoy challenges with moderate risk. A
principal that has entrepreneurial spirit will be full of confidence and determination in himself and his
ability to make the right decision.
Characteristics of entrepreneurship involves three dimensions include innovation, risk taking
and proactive. Innovation refers to the development of products, services or unique process that
involves a conscious effort to create a particular purpose, focusing on the potential socio-economic
change organization based on individual creativity and intuition. Risk-taking refers to an active
willingness to pursue opportunities. While the proactive dimension refers to the assertive nature,
the constantly searching of new opportunity market and experimenting to change the social
environment.
The ability of entrepreneurial principal in innovating will determine the success in schools led
by him because he is being able to addressing the needs, desires and expectations of society on
education services for their children. Thus, if the entrepreneurs minded principal wish to lead the
school he should be creative and innovative individuals in realizing the potential of creativity
into the form of valuable innovation of the school
Trusty, loyalty, commitment and participation of the stakeholders to the both schools were high
level. Public interest to enter in SMKN 6 Malang and SMK PGRI 3 Malang each year was increase
continuesly. Many industry was supported in the implementation of education at the both schools.
They do not have difficulties to students take place in the apprenticeship activities. Indeed at the end of
the apprenticeship many students from both schools have been recruited as workers by industries.
Entrepreneur work culture has been developed in both schools. It was observed from many
innovative and creative teaching-learning, many developed of innovative product as teaching
factory by each department in the SMKN 6. Even in the 2011 years principals was decided to be build
the “School Business Center”.
Creativity and innovation of SMK PGRI 3 Malang was showed 1 implementing of the
curriculum based industrial needs, 2 encouraging many industry to implement of the workforce
education training through their curriculum at the school, 3 empowering teacher-students-parent
communication system. The impact of those programs 70-80 of the graduates have obtained a
job working in industries.