Impak Strategi Politik Terhadap Amalan Kepimpinan Pengajaran Pengetua Cemerlang

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the instructional leadership practices and political strategies implemented by the senior principals. Samples for this study consist of 327 teachers from ten secondary schools in Johor Bahru that was leads by the senior principals. Insruments for this research was based on the political strategies adapated from Bolman & Deal (2003)’s political frame and instructional leadership (PIMRS) model which was developed by Hallinger & Murphy (1987). Result indicates that the senior principals utilized high-level all the eleven instructional leadership practices which emphasizes on the setting and enforcement functions of the basic or standard curriculum and the functions to clarify the school’s aims in instructional leadership, whereas the function of supporting the teaching activities and functions of perceiving and evaluate the teaching are given less priority. Finding for implementation of political strategies reveals that senior principals given greater priority to the elements of negotiation and bargaining, but less practices on the dimension of setting the agenda in choosing the elements of the current political strategy while leading the school. In addition, the data also showed that political strategies that used by the senior principal has much influence in practicing the instructional leadership while leading the school.