THE EFFORTS OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN INCREASING TEACHERS’ DISCIPLINE (Qualitative Descriptive Study at State Junior High School of Muara Beliti, Musi Rawas District)

The main objective of this study was to describe the school principal’s efforts in
increasing the discipline of the teachers at State Junior High School of Muara Beliti
in terms of; (a) attendance, (b) making teaching and learning program planning, (c)
teaching and learning activity, (d) teaching and learning evaluation, (e) the supporting
and obstructing factors of the school principal’s efforts in increasing the discipline of
the teachers, and (f) the school principal’s efforts in overcoming the coming
obstructions in order to increase the discipline of the teachers. This research used a
descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this study were the school principal,
the teachers, the supervisor, the staff, the students, the school committee, and also the
head of sub-district educational department office. The data were collected through
interview, observation and documentation techniques. Data analysis process included
collecting data, data reduction, data display, verification and drawing conclusion in
order to know the efforts of the school principal in increasing teachers’ discipline at
State Junior High School of Muara Beliti. The results of this research show that the
school principal has done his best effort as the chief of the school in increasing the
discipline of the teachers in terms of attendance, making teaching and learning
program planning, teaching and learning activity and evaluation implementations.
Furthermore, there were some obstructing factors which influenced the school
principal’s effort in increasing the disciplines of the teachers; those factors were the
long distance between the place of work-school and the place of living, the school
principal’s full activities, the lack of fund, and the lack of distinct action from the
school principal toward the undisciplined teachers.