Vision Development of Principals to Support Achievement of Innovative Leaders

Abstract

Principal as key holder of school success which has a very important role in the success of the school. Principal is the driving force, determining the direction of school policy, which will determine how the goals of school and education in general are realized. The purpose of study was to determine extent of understanding principal's vision in contributing to the success of schools in facing challenges of the times. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Research was conducted at junior high schools in Bengkulu city with 15 school principals as respondents. Research shows that Knowledge about developing vision academically is still underdeveloped among education managers. Thought patterns to formulate a vision in an original manner have not yet emerged, so that vision formulated with plan has not yet found common ground