IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL AUTONOMY THROUGH COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AT INTEGRATED ISLAMIC SCHOOLS IN JAMBI CITY Musli, Wahab, Yusraini, Irfan
UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi
Abstract
Educational autonomy had the authority to provide the wider space for schools to manage natural and human resources in accordance with existing regional potentials. This article aimed to encourage participation from below related to broader educational autonomy, accommodate the realization of democratic principles, to reduce the costs due to long bureaucratic flows, opportunities to optimally utilize regional potential, accommodate political interests, and encourage more competitive product quality. The main theory that related to educational autonomy used the theory from Hasbullah (2007) and the theory of empowerment used the views fromJobnoun (2008). This study used a qualitative research,technique of data collection were observation, interviews, and documentation-for data analysis used descriptive technique. This study also used triangulation techniques so that the data collected can be guaranteed its validity. Based on the studies that had been done, it was found that community empowerment is a process of, by, and for the community. The community was assisted or facilitated in making decisions and provides opportunities for them to be independent, while the other party only functions as a facilitator. In educational autonomy, community empowerment must use five potential factors that determine the level of competitiveness of a community in the form of intelligence, information, new ideas, funding, and innovation. These five factors will certainly improve the quality of education that took place in Indonesian society. Implementation of educational autonomy through community empowerment in integrated Islamic schools could be carried out including program planning and evaluation, curriculum management, management of personnel, management of teaching and learning processes, management of facilities and infrastructure, student services, financial management, climate management of school and community relations, and participation society in education.
Keywords: Educational Autonomy, Community Empowerment, Integrated Islamic Schools
