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            The future principals are those who are ready to stand at the forefront in leading teachers and students to increase their competence in the global perspective on society. Whitehead, Boschee, and Decker (2013) asserted, “Principals who are leaders of schools in a global society are expected to increase teacher quality and effectiveness and must become proficient in their ability to become instructional leaders” (p.277). In line with this, Educational Leadership Constituent Council ( ELCC) 1 standards number 2.2 states that school leaders need to be able to provide effective instructional programs.   Therefore, principals are expected to understand their role as instructional leaders. One of the important roles as an instructional leader is supervising teachers in order to improve professional practice and student achievement. One method of supervising teachers is classroom observation. In this article, I will di...

            “Race is still real; it still exists. We may question its necessity, the right of anyone to establish such markers and its validity as a scientific concept” (Rosenblum and Travis, 2012, p. 240). Race is becoming the biggest issue of social justice in today’s world. Furthermore, in their book Rosenblum and Travis (2012) write about some other issues related to social justice such as social status differences, gender, class lines, disability, and other situations of unequal power that engender oppression. There have been some approaches to dealing with social justice issues, but these issues seem to be difficult to address. However, I believe social justice issues can be deconstructed. In this paper, I discuss: social justice issues, anti-oppressive education, social justice leadership and its impact to my school in Indonesia. Social Justice Issues Lucas, Henze & Donato (1990) focused their study on the langua...

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...