Making school based management work

 • Increase community participation by fostering collaboration between schools, parents EDUCATION WHAT KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL and local companies; CAN • Manage BOS funds transparently and accountably with participation from the community, teachers and students; UPDATE 64997 SCHOOLS • Develop school plans based on good quality data and school needs; DO • Make the most of various working groups for teachers, principals and supervisors for sharing of good practices, problem solving, peer learning; Making School Based BETTER? • • At all times, nurture innovation and creativity at all levels; Remember to allow mistakes and learn from them; Management Work • Encourage students to develop thinking and problem solving skills. International evidence on SBM, decentralization, and School autonomy and accountability in Bogor student learning outcomes Acep Kurniawan, Head of School Committee, SDN Ian Whitman, Head of the Programme of Co- teacher and principal training. The presentation Cibulih 1, Bogor “ We’re very proud to say that our operation with Non-Member Economies, clearly showed that Indonesia is improving its school committee is very involved in the decision Directorate of Education, OECD presented the performance, albeit from a low base, so needs making process of the school. When we formed results of the 2009 Program for International to consolidate its support to school-based our school committee, we involved absolutely Student Assessment showing how different management, encouraging both autonomy and everyone, from each class, from the community, countries compare on a range of indicators accountability at school level in order to see even from the media. Each class then submitted ISSUE 4 related to school based management. The gains in student learning outcomes. their candidates, who went through a kind of presentation served to highlight the need OCTOBER 2011 informal fit and proper test, ensuring that they for Indonesia to consider analyzing the PISA Deputy Minister for National Education, Fasli were highly committed and willing to work for results to inform policymaking in the areas of Jalal, chaired the session. A number of senior Photo: DBE 3 - USAID free. The school committee members were then Photo: DBE 1 - USAID the national curriculum, the national exam, and government representatives participated, An active, joyful science lesson at SMP 11 Binjai elected, and they had to work very closely with School committee election Inside This Issue: including Director Generals from the Ministry of the school principal. Open communication is National Education and the Ministry of Religious essential. The press loves to highlight schools that charge Affairs, Rectors of Indonesia’s teacher training fees to parents, but we told them this was not the International evidence on SBM, universities, staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Not too long ago, the SC became concerned with case with our school. decentralization, and student and development partner representatives. the lack of infrastructure of our school. We tried to learning outcomes have an audience with our local parliament but we But we stood our ground and we had the entire The discussion following the presentation didn’t get the support we expected. So we turned school, the community and our parents behind Pak Fasli, Deputy Minister for revolved around strengthening the players in inward, consulting the parents and community. us. We defended our school and our principal, National Education, on SBM the education system, particularly at the school And we received tremendous support. We worked although we still provide criticism whenever level, in order to improve the performance of the with the school to show everyone what we needed needed.