The Developing of Application Web-Based to Academic Supervision Model

Abstract

This dissertation was written based on the preliminary study of implementation of academic supervision activities in the city of Bukittinggi has not worked effectively and efficiently. A number of technical and practical problems are faced by supervisors and teachers. Overlapping scheduling, class visiting caused disruption of the learning process and bring the psychological effects for the teacher, practical and effective assessment, weak archiving, and follow-up activities were not well targeted. The current model had not been able to overcome these problems, for this reason the writer has developed a a management model named web-based academic supervision as a solution to the existing problem. This research was research and development used Borg and Gall model with stages preliminary studies, development, field testing, and dissemination. The object of the research was supervisor and teachers of elementary school of Bukittinggi town. The data ware collected through questionnaires, validation sheets, and interviews. The final model of web-based academic supervision management was called Web-based Academic Supervision (WBAS). WBAS consists of three stages with 7 steps, they ware pre-observation stage with the steps developted emotional relationships, discussions/ conferences, and determine the supervision schedule. The second stage was observation consis of carrying out observations and evaluations of the class administrative documents, the implementation of lesson plans, and the implementation of learning. The third stage was post-observation consist of analysis/reflection, discussion/ conference, and follow-up activities. The validity of WBAS Model was obtained 4.17 with a valid interpretation, the average score of the practicality of the model was 85.14 with a practical interpretation, and the average score of the effectiveness of the model was 87.16 with a very effective interpretation.