Implementation of Principal Situational Leadership in Teacher Readiness in the Modernization Era

Abstract

Leadership is one of the keys to the implementation of an institution, especially in education. In this era of modernization, leadership has the very challenging task to guide an educational institution so that it is not eroded by the times. Leadership in modern times requires a leadership style to manage educational institutions. One of the leadership styles is situational leadership, a style that can adapt to the existing developmental situation and conditions. The purpose of this study is to find out the situational leadership style of school principals in the modernization era based on a 4- dimensional approach. This article uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The results of the findings can be concluded that the principle in implementing the situational leadership style tends to be participative, namely encouraging followers and conducting two-way communication, and facilitating followers in making decisions on a problem. As well as delegative, which is used on followers with a very high level of readiness, followers have a very high ability and willingnes.