Vocational schools leadership reinforcement model

Abstract

Al-Qur’an is the main source and guideline in every worship and Muslim prayer. Similarly, how Islam provides basic understanding and concepts of leadership. In addition, vocational education is predicted to reduce unemployment among school graduates. Secondary vocational schools were blamed for failing to prepare students for the skilled workforce and eliminate the gap between the requirement of the industries and the competencies taught at school. This study examines school leadership reinforcement model for vocational secondary schools located in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara. This qualitative descriptive study employed development model for data collection. The observations and in-depth interviews were applied as prime data collection methods involving three (3) private and three (3) public vocational high schools. A total of 20 principals and senior school teachers participated in the study. The application of the school leadership reinforcement model requires the principals to have a clear vision in producing ready-to-work graduates. These supporting institutions can provide valuable inputs to enable schools to produce appropriate output that matched with the requirements of the industries. Strengthening the school leadership can be in the form of understanding of the local culture, benchmarking other schools, providing professional training, instilling good ethics and building strong character with high integrity.