PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP ON ACCELERATION PROGRAM AT SMAN 1 PURWOREJO Principal Leadership On Acceleration Program At SMAN 1 Purworejo.

PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP ON ACCELERATION PROGRAM
AT SMAN 1 PURWOREJO

THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting M aster Degree of Education
in Educational M anagement Department

Marceles Pamungkas
Q.100.100.221

GRADUATE SCHOOL
M UHAM M ADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2013

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AUTHENTICITY DECLARATION OF THESIS

M e myself w ho give signat ure below :
Name

: M arceles Pamungkas

St udent ’s Regist er Num ber

: Q.100.100.221

Program of St udy

: M ast er Degree of Educat ion M anagement

Concent rat ion


: M anagement of Educat ion Syst em

Tit le of Thesis

: Principal Leadership On Acceleration Program at

SMAN 1 Purworejo

I declare t ruly t hat t he t hesis I have submit t ed is originally made by myself, for
except ion are cit at ions and resumes t hat t horoughly I have explained in t he
sources, and if in t he fut ure it can be proved t hat my t hesis is one of plagiarism, I
am w illing if my t it le and mast er cert ificat e given by t he universit y w ill be
cancelled.

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Writer,

M arceles Pamungkas

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M OTTO

" Things m ay com e t o t hose w ho w ait , but only t he t hings left by t hose w ho
hust le." (Abraham Lincoln).

" Success is not final, failure is not fat al: it is t he courage t o cont inue t hat
count s." (Sir Winst on Churchill)

Vision w it hout act ion is merely a dream. Act ion w it hout vision just passes t he
t ime. Vision w it h act ion can change t he w orld. (Joel Art hur Barker)

DEDICATION

I dedicat e t his t hesis t o :

1. My beloved wife t hat always support s me
2. M y children t hat alw ays become my inspirat ion
3. M y fam ily t hat alw ays w it h m e

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AKNOW LEDGM ENT

Praise and grat it ude t o Allah SWT which has provided an abundance of
His grace and guidance t o t he w rit er, he found t he st rengt h t o finish t his t hesis. It
w as realized t hat t his t hesis is st ill a lot of w eaknesses because of t he limit at ions
of t he w rit er bot h in science and know ledge. This st udy cannot be separat ed
from t he guidance, support , and brainst orming of all part ies, t herefore t he
aut hors w ould like t o t ake t his opport unit y t o t hank t he honorable
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Prof. Dr. Bambang Set iaji, Rect or of M uhammadiyah Universit y of Surakart a
w ho had given a variet y of facilit ies in complet ing st udies at Surakart a
M uhammadiyah Universit y.


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Prof. Dr. Khudzaifah Dimyat i, M . Hum., The Direct or of Graduat e School w ho
h ad given opport unit y t o t he w rit er t o cont inue t he st udy.

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Prof. Dr. Bambang Sumardjoko, M .Pd. Head of Educat ion M nagement
Depart t ement has given support and advices in t he process of w rit ing t hesis

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Prof. Dr. Budi M urt iyasa, M . Kom., Head of Educat ional M anagem ent
Depart ment , Graduat e School, M uhammadiyah Universit y of Surakart a.

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Dra. Dw i Haryant i, M .Hum, t he second advisor t hat had given guidance,
support and advices t o t he w rit er


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The principal and t eachers of SM A Negeri 1 Purworejo t hat helped t he w rit er
in t his research.
Wit h t he complet ion of t he w rit ing of t his research paper, t he w rit er

recognizes t here are manyt hings t hat need t o be refined. Const ruct ion crit icisms
and suggest ions are encouraged t o t he reader for t he perfect ion of t his t hesis.

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SUM M ARY

The purposes of t his st udy are t o describe (1) t he charact erist ics of t he
principal's leadership in managing human resources in an accelerat ed program at
SM AN 1 Purw orejo , (2) t he charact erist ics of t he principal's leadership in
mot ivat ing st udent s in t he accelerat ed program, (3) t he charact erist ics of t he
principal's leadership in managing facilit ies and infrast ruct ure in t he accelerat ed
program.
This research is a qualitati ve research using et hnography design. The
research subject s w ere t he principal, accelerat ed program t eachers, t he school
board and st udent s. Dat a w as collect ed using t he follow ing met hods: int erview ,
observat ion, and document at ion. An int eract ive model of analysis was used to
analyze dat a. The result s show t hat : (1) t he principal's leadership in human
resource management included: t o provide services for t alent ed st udent s, t he
accelerat ed program management w as separat ed from t he regular program, t he
select ion process of t eachers w as done by t he observat ion and assessment from
t he principal, chairman of t he program and st udent s, t he principal provided
guidance t o st udent s, implement ed an effect ive learning syst em, and invit ed a
psychologist t o help solve pro blem, (2) principal’s leadership in mot ivat ing

st udent s: t he principal gave guidance t o st udent s on a regular basis, t he principal
gave rewards t o st udent s who have high achievement and sanct ions for t hose
w ho have low achievement , (3) principal’s leadersh ip in t he management of
facilit ies and infrast ruct ure: t he principal t ried t o complement t he provision of
infrast ruct ure facilit ies such as LCD, air condit ioning, overhead project or,
comput er and handbooks; t he principal equipped class library and locker in t he
classroom, conduct ed cont rolling, monit oring of ut ilizat ion and maint enance of
infrast ruct ure facilit ies. The principal managed t he infrast ruct ure based on
suggest ion from t he chairman of t he program.
Keywords: leadership of t he principal, an accelerat ed program .

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TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE ......................................................................................................................

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CONSULTANT NOTE .............................................................................................. ii

ACCEPTANCE......................................................................................................... iv
AUTHENTICITY DECLARATION OF THESIS ............................................................

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M OTTO .................................................................................................................. vi
ACKNOW LEDGEM ENT .......................................................................................... vii
SUM M ARY............................................................................................................. vii i
TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................................. ix
CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................

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A. Background........................................................................ 1
B. Research Focus .................................................................. 4
C. Research Object ive............................................................ 5
D. Research Benefit ............................................................... 5
E. Glossary ............................................................................ 6

CHAPTER I I

UNDERLYING THEORY ............................................................

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A. Principal Leadership .........................................................

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B. Accelerat ed Program ......................................................... 10
C. Previous St udy .................................................................. 14
CHAPTER III

M ETHOD ........................................................................................ 17

A. Type and Design of Research ............................................ 17
B. Research Locat ion ............................................................. 17
C. The Role of Researcher ..................................................... 18
D. Dat a, Dat a Sources, and Informant .................................. 18

E. Dat a Collect ion Techniques............................................... 20
F. Dat a Analysis Techniques ................................................. 21
G. Dat a Validit y ...................................................................... 22

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CHAPTER IV

DATA DESCRIPTION AND FINDING......................................... 24

A. Dat a Descript ion................................................................ 24
1. Principal’s Leadership in Hum an Resource
M anagement of t he Accelerat ed Program at
SM A Negeri 1 Purw orejo ............................................. 24

2. Principal’s Leadership in M ot ivat ing St udent s
of the Accelerat ed Program in SM A Negeri 1
Purw orejo .................................................................... 31

3. Principal’s Leadership in the Facilit y and
Infrast ructure M anagement of t h e
Accelerat ed Program in SM A Negeri 1
Purw orejo .................................................................... 37

B. Finding............................................................................... 42
CHAPTER V

DISCUSSION AND PROPOSITION ............................................. 46

A.

Discussion ......................................................................... 46
1. Principal’s Leadership in Human Resource
M anagement of t he Accelerat ed Program at
SM A Negeri 1 Purw orejo............................................... 46

2. Principal’s Leadership in M ot ivat ing St udent s
of t he Accelerat ed Program in SM A Negeri 1
Purw orejo ...................................................................... 51

3. Principal’s Leadership in t he Facilit y and
Infrast ruct ure M anagement of t h e
Accelerat ed Program in SM A Negeri 1
Purw orejo ...................................................................... 53

B.
CHAPTER VI

Proposit ion ........................................................................ 56

CLOSING ................................................................................... 58

A.

Conclusion ........................................................................ 58

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Implicat ion ........................................................................ 60

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C.

Recommendat ion .............................................................. 60

REFFERENCES ....................................................................................................... 63

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