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Often times, urban school principals blame the background of the students as the source of the school failure. Instead of being optimistic to find solutions to improve school quality, the principals become so frustrated with the condition they have in the buildings.   Blaming the condition of the school (race: black, Latino or Asian, low social economic status of the students) as an inevitable situation that engenders failure is then called deficit theory (Flessa, 2009).   On the other hand, Gorsky (2008) suggest that every teacher and principal need to adopt intercultural education as the way to see the difference at schools. These two different perspectives of how we deal with the diversity in the schools are very relevant with today’s world, which has no more borders for the countries. In this article, I will discuss: deficit theory, intercultural or multicultural education and what are the connections with my experiences. Deficit Theory     ...

            Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standard number two asserts that leaders should have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by promoting positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practices to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for teachers (Whitehead, Boschee, and Decker, 2013).   One approach to address the ELCC standard number two is classroom walkthrough. By doing a classroom walkthrough, a principal should be able to give authentic feedback which is based on evidence. Both positive and negative feedback, as long as they are not judgmental, are very important to improve instructional quality in the classroom. A classroom walkthrough is also important to support the vision of learning of the principals. Therefore, as a future principal, I will try to make use of the instructional rounds by v...

Kamarku masih gelap, ketika alarm di handphone tiba-tiba berteriak marah seolah ingin menyiramku dengan segayung air seperti yang Bu’e lakukan dulu ketika malas bangun pagi. Atau seperti Pa’e   yang tiba-tiba menyapu rata mukaku dnegan bekas air wudhu yang masih ada di mukanya. Ketika kecil, aku sering bersungut-sungut tak karuan ketika mimpi-mimpi indahku tiba-tiba harus hilang karena sapuan air. Tapi kini, aku harus berjuang sendiri melawan malas, meski kadang tiap hari harus berurusan dengan SAMSUNG ku yang sangat cerewet jika jam menunjukkan pukul 07:01.   Agak aneh memang, biasanya di Jambi aku menyudahi tidurku sebelum jam 05:00, terbangun untuk melaporkan kondisiku pada penguasa Pagi dan Malam. Atau jika aku rajin, aku terkandang bangun lebih awal untuk bersapa manja bertahajud ria dengan Sang Pencipta Fajar. Dengan marah aku pencet HP ku yang masih berteriak lantang, semakin ku pencet semain keras suara yang ia keluarkan, hampir saja kubanting tapi aku masih in...

--> Dion Ginanto Race and discrimination have become a serious debate in the US since this nation was formed. Even though, race by de jure has been abolished and has been considered the same among others; race and discrimination, however, by de facto can still be seen in daily life. In this article, I would like to take the ideas of the authors and make summary from books, articles and films that I learned from Diverse Students and Families class for three weeks about race and discrimination. This time I will discuss: what does it mean by race and discrimination, how it is constructed, what kinds of discrimination in education, and what connection to my own experience?   Almost all articles, books and films in these three weeks define the meaning of race and discrimination. So, what exactly is race or discrimination? McKenzie (2009) correlates race and discrimination with narcissistic injuries. “Narcissistic injuries are defined as the psychological damage that r...

--> Dion Ginanto The role of principal cannot be separated from the context of the community, because principals are supposed to understand what the community expects for the school. The principal should be able to develop relationships not only internally (faculty, staff and student) but also with the external community (parents, stakeholders, districts, and state and federal government), in order to create a positive educational climate.   The positive principal’s community leadership can have big impact on the school community, and therefore it can influence students’ success significantly. Thus, principals are encouraged to be actively engaged in the community activities as well as to become an influence in the community. To prepare myself to become a future leader, I will start to participate in the community activities while I am studying in college. As my first step, I attended the Mercy and Merciful activity held by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at Mic...