The Role of The School Principal As An Instructional Leader in Student Agency-Based School Program Management

Abstract

This research aims to see the role of school principals as instructional leaders in managing student agency-based school programs. Student agency refers to the quality of students' self-reflective and intentional actions and interactions with their environment. National Education Bill year 2022 and Kurikulum Merdeka, state that students have an active position in the main subject of education, not just as participants in the process. The problems of this study were to obtain an empirical description of (1) How the Principal manages student agency-based school programs at Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe, (2) How to implement student agency-based school programs at Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe (3) What are the supporting and inhibiting factors in managing the student agency-based program at Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe. The research was conducted at Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe. The research approach used is a case study. Data was collected through interviews, observation, and documentation with the research instrument was the researcher herself. The results of this study are (1) The principal has an active role in the effort to manage the student agency-based school program Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe (2) The implementation of the student agency-based school program has begun to be developed at Public Junior High School no 1 Lhokseumawe (3) The supporting factor is the enthusiasm of the guardians and students in establishing each school program, and the inhibiting factor found was the guardian's less in-depth understanding of school programs and required a longer time if parents and students were fully engaged in every program management. Research at an advanced stage is expected to be able to find a leadership model that can facilitate student agency in managing school programs. So that the process of engaging the entire school community, especially parents and students, can run effectively and efficiently.