Components engaged in the development of school culture in Padang Panjang State High School

Abstract

Improving the quality of education is not enough by just improving the learning process, but it must also be followed by the process of implanting cultural values to students. One school that has successfully developed a school culture is Padang Panjang State High School 1 (SMAN 1 Padang Panjang). The school has successfully developed cultural main values of religion, mutual respect, discipline, and willingness to excel. This type of research is qualitative research. This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Padang Panjang. The informants of this study were the Principal, the teacher assembly, employees, students, and other informants outside the school. Data collection was done through interviews, observations, and documents analysis. Data analysis techniques are done by data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing/verification. The study found that the components involved in the development of the school culture in SMAN 1 Padang Panjang covered internal components, including the Principal, teacher assemblies, employees, imtaq (faith and piety) mentors/coaches, and students, as well as external components, including Padang Panjang Mayor, DPRD (Regional House of Assembly), Education Office and School Committee.