Leadership Strategy To Enhance Islamic Education Quality: A Single Case Study at Darush-sholihin Boarding Schools in Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

This is a single case study aiming at describing the implementation of leadership, the leadership behavior, and the  implementation of participative decision making  at Darush-sholihin boarding school in Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia. This descriptive qualitative research used participative observation, interview, and documentation. The interactive analysis as advised by Huberman (1992) was employed. This research concluded that the leadership implementation consisted of enhancing the staffs and teachers professionalism and the academic and non academic achievements of the students. Th leadership behavior turned to be the tendency to benchmark, to conduct leaders and teachers discussions, to grow ruchul jihad, to promote reading habits, to promote partnership with parents and related parties, and to give continuous motivation. The decision making turned out to inlvove principals, staffs, teachers, and the community.