Leadership Agility for Pandemic COVID-19: Study of The Principal's Role in Implementing "Teach from Home" Policy

  • Jamaluddin Ahmad, Andi Astinah Adnan, Umar Congge, Muh. Yusuf Qamaruddin

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic status. All state governments face a dilemma amid uncertainty. The education sector is undergoing a policy change called "Teach from home" - the process of teaching and learning using online methods from each home. Principals, teachers, students and parents have an essential role in the implementation of this policy. This article discusses part of the principal's leadership in implementing the "Teach from home" policy of a joint pandemic situation. This study uses qualitative methods with individual and group analysis units - data collection techniques using observation and in-depth interviews with snowball sampling techniques. The results showed that the principal's leadership used the concept of more efficient and effective administrative implementation, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Principals' leadership implements leadership dexterity which includes strategic sensitivity, leadership unity, and resources fluidity are very relevant.

Published
2020-06-06
How to Cite
Jamaluddin Ahmad, Andi Astinah Adnan, Umar Congge, Muh. Yusuf Qamaruddin. (2020). Leadership Agility for Pandemic COVID-19: Study of The Principal’s Role in Implementing "Teach from Home" Policy. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(05), 13210-13217. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/25948