Kiai Leadership Model in Fostering the Spirit of Students Independence at Al Manshur Ma’had Bulu Balen Bojonegoro East Java
Keywords:
independence, transformational leadership, leadershipAbstract
Independence is an important aspect to be embedded in educational practice. Because students will not always be accompanied when living their lives in the future. Students must be independent, able to take responsibility, perform self-management, self-adjustment, and so on. However, this aspect of independence requires conditioning to grow it to its full potential. In the context of pesantren, this conditioning can be dominantly determined by the kiai’s leadership model. The purpose of this study was to find kiai’s leadership model in fostering the independent spirit of students and to describe the supporting and inhibiting factors. This research is a case study at Al Manshur Bulu Balen Islamic Boarding School, Bojonegoro, East Java. Data collection techniques include observation, interviews, documentation, and focus group discussions. The data analysis technique uses the Miles and Huberman technique with steps, namely data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results showed that the kiai leadership model at the Al Manshur Bulu Balen Islamic Boarding School, Bojonegoro, East Java is cultivating the independent spirit of students in the form of a transformational model. This model is expected to be a reference and the basis for developing a leadership model, especially to develop aspects of the independence of students. The findings of the transformational leadership model can also be broad and not specifically about kiai leadership. This model can also be applied in learning with the condition that the goal is to increase student independence. The next results relate to the supporting and inhibiting factors which are discussed in more detail in this study.
