Importance of Community Participation
Importance of Community Participation
Abstract: The success of education is not only determined by the process of education in schools and the availability
of facilities and infrastructure, but also determined by the community environment. Education is a shared
responsibility between government, schools, society. This means implying that parents and the community
have the responsibility to participate, to think and provide assistance in school education. In developed
countries, schools are created by the community, so that the quality of schools is the center of their attention
optimally by parents, stakeholders, communities and institutions in the community. In fact, we often find
schools that do not have good names in the community, they will eventually die. This is because schools are
not able to make good and harmonious relationships. Likewise, quality schools will be sought and even the
public will pay high prices as long as children are accepted at school. Community empowerment needs to be
improved, the current dilemma of the latest issue with indications of a lot of fees at school is seen as
extortion which makes the role of the community weaker, because so far the community has participated in
schools through SPP or money to school committees through school committee committees known as
contributions the committee, in the presence of Tim Saber Pungli when this made the Society further away
from school, with a dilemma between school fears in the indication that illegal costs had an impact on the
loss of Community Empowerment in Schools.
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order to empower them as partners of quality stakeholders. The question is: why education
schools. This is confirmed by Brownell that management needs to handle the community (need
community knowledge about the program is the school relations and community), optimally parents,
beginning of attention and support. Therefore, stakeholders, community leaders and institutions in
parents / communities who do not get explanations the community.
and information from schools about what and how School organization is an organization that
they can help schools (especially in rural areas) will embraces open system, as open system means
tend to not know what they will do, how they should educational institution will not willingly,
do something to help the school. It is as a result of consciously or unconsciously will always occur
their incomprehension. In developed countries, contact relationship with its environment called
schools are indeed created by the community, so the supra system. These contact relationships are needed
quality of school is at the center of their attention to keep the system or institution from becoming
and they always strive to be defended. This can extinct. An organization that isolates itself, including
happen because they already believe that schools are the school as an organization if it does not make
the best and convincing way to nurture the growth contact with its environment, will gradually die.
and growth of their children. Given the high Naturally (cannot exist), because the organization
confidence in the ability of schools in the formation will only grow and develop if supported and needed
of their children in building a good future, they are by the environment. Only an open system has a
actively and optimally participated from the misanthropy that is an ongoing effort to block the
planning, implementation and supervision of the possibility of entropy or extinction. This means that
management and administration of schools, due to the death of an educational institution will depend
high awareness of the community concerned. on and determined by the school itself, in terms of
The importance of parent / community the extent to which it is able to maintain and
involvement on the success of this education has maintain its communication with the wider
been proven by Richard Wolf in his research which community or he wants to become an open
concludes that there is a very significant correlation organization.
(0.80) between the family environment and the In reality we often encounter schools that do not
learning achievement. This research in Indonesia has have a good name in society will eventually die.
also proved the same. This is because the school is not able to make good
Such high participation does not seem to occur in and harmonies relationship with the supporting
developing countries (including Indonesia). community. With a variety of reasons people do not
Hoyneman and Loxley stated that in developing want to send their children to school, which
countries most families cannot yet be expected to eventually makes the school die by itself. Similarly,
help more and lead student learning, so that students a quality school will be sought and even the public
in developing countries spend less time in learning. will pay a high price as long as the child is accepted
This is because many community / parents of at the school. This favorite and non-favorite school
students have not understood the basic meaning of seems to be closely related to the ability of the
their role in children's education. Even Made Pidarta principal to approach and support his community,
stated that in rural areas where the level of such as community leaders, business leaders,
socioeconomic status is low, they almost ignore religious leaders and political figures or
educational institutions and they fully surrender their stakeholders.
child's education responsibilities to the school. Hence, since Hajar Dewantara stated that
education takes place in three environments, namely
2. The need to manage school relationships with family, school and community environment. This
the community means that education will not work if all three
The educational environment is everything that components do not work together in harmony.
exists and takes place around the educational process Kaufman mentions the partners / partners not only
(human and physical environment) all of these consist of teachers and students only. But also the
environmental circumstances play a role and parents /community.
contribute to the process of improving the quality of From the above description it is clear that
education and the quality of educational graduates. educational institutions are not independent
Top Management Attention (School Focus) should institutions in fostering the growth and development
strive to integrate educational resources and make of sons, but they are an inseparable part of a broad
the most of it, so that all of these resources society, and together with society build and improve
contribute to the provision of quality education, one all efforts to advance the school. This can be created
of the sources that needs to be governed is the if educational institutions are willing to open up and
community environment or parents, including explain to the community what and how the
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community can play a role in helping schools / 2. People's wishes and hopes for school will be
educational institutions to advance and improve the more easily communicated and realized by the
quality of education. school.
Schools in essence implement and have a double 3. The community will have the opportunity to
function to the surrounding community. What Stoop provide suggestions, suggestions and criticisms
calls the service function and function of the leader to help schools create quality school.
(a function to promote society through the
establishment of qualified human resources?)
Any educational activity, let alone innovative,
should be communicated with the community,
2 THEORICAL FRAMEWORK
especially the parents of the students, so that they
understand why the activity should be done by the 1 Basic Concepts of Community Participation
school and on which side they can play a role in Management
assisting the school in realizing the innovative As described in the previous section, that the school
program. as an institution cannot be separated from the
With a harmonious relationship there are several community in the neighborhood school. The
benefits of school relations with the community interconnectedness of the school with the
(school Public Relation), namely: community will be increasingly felt for parents as
For schools / educational institutions: children grow and develop juvenile delinquency,
a. Enlarge the self-inspection drive, because as it substance abuse, low learning achievement and other
is known that the concept of education now is learning problems.
by the community, for the community and from To understand what and for what school and
the community and began the implementation of community relations programs need to be applied
school-based management, the school intensively in the management of education, the
supervision, especially the quality of the school following will address some key issues: Definition,
will be done either directly or indirectly by the Purpose, Principles of school relationships with the
community, among others through education community.
councils and school Committee.
b. Facilitate / mitigate school loads in improving 2 Understanding
and improving the quality of education at the In general, people can say when contacts, meetings
school level. This will be achieved if the school and other things between schools and people outside
is really able to make the community as a the school are connected with the community. Is this
partner in the development and improvement of what is meant by school relation with society?
schools. The community will fully support and Arthur B. Mochlan stated that school public
help if the school is able to demonstrate quality relations is an activity done by schools or
performance. educational institutions to meet the needs of the
c. Allows improvement of teaching profession. community. What exactly is the community's need
Because basically the best laboratories for for educational institutions (schools)? Communities
educational institutions is the community itself. (more specifically parents) send their children to
d. Community opinion about school will be more school so they can become adult human beings
positive / correct. Positive opinion will greatly beneficial to their lives and to society in general.
assist schools in realizing all programs and Practically we often hear the parents want their
school development plans optimally, because children to be achievement in school (especially
good opinion is the main capital for schools to NEM). This means the needs of society is the
get help from various parties. implementation and service of quality teaching and
e. The community will participate in providing learning process with quality output also. This will
control / correction to the school. So schools be a burden for the school; with all the limitations it
will be more careful. has (energy, cost, time and so on)
f. The moral support of the community will grow Understanding above gives a signal to us that the
towards the school making it easier to obtain relationship of schools with the community more
material assistance. emphasis on the fulfillment of community needs
For the community, with a harmonious associated with educational institutions.
relationship between school and community then: When examined the above understanding, it
1. Community / parents will understand about seems more directed to the pattern of one-way
various matters concerning the implementation relationship, namely the willingness of schools /
of education in school educational institutions to meet the needs of the
community on matters relating to educational
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institutions. This means that the school is lacking, and empower the community and other stakeholders.
getting back from the community. Some of these activities are:
A more complete definition is expressed by Always provide periodic explanations to the
Bernays as quoted by Suriansyah (2000) which community about school education programs,
states that school relations with the community are: problems encountered and progress that can be
Information given to the public (providing achieved by the school (serves as accountability). In
information clearly and comprehensively to the order to understand the program by the community
public). to touch the basics it must begin with the
Persuasion directed at the public, to modify explanation of vision and mission as well as the
attitude and action (persuade people to change goals of the school as a whole. What is meant by
attitudes and actions they need to take on schools). your school's vision and mission can deepen on
Effort to integrated attitudes and action of the other reference books. The reality is that not all
institution with its public and the public with the schools are aware of or have a deep understanding of
institution (an effort to conduct attitudes and actions school vision and mission, so when people want to
undertaken by schools with attitudes and action know deeply about it, the school (teachers, students,
made by the community on a reciprocal basis, from administrative staff, etc.) cannot give detailed
school to community and from society to school) explanation. This will give a bad impression to the
The above understanding gives us an idea of community.
what is really the essence of school and community If the explanations are understood by society and
relationships. The most important thing from the what is desired and the programs are in accordance
above understanding is the information given to the with the needs of the community, their appreciation
community whose impact can change the attitude of the school will grow. The growth of this award
and actions of the community towards education and will encourage their support and assistance in the
the community to give Sesutu for education school. Thus, the school program must be in line
improvement. with the needs of the community. Because the
By understanding the two concepts of school customers and users of school graduates are the
relationships with the community above, we can community or with the words of the school's
make a simple understanding of the relationship customers are essentially students and parents of
between school and community as a "process of students and the community. Therefore, the needs
growing activities and fostering mutual and customer satisfaction is the main thing that must
understanding to the community and parents about be considered by the school institution. For example:
school vision and mission, school work program, how will the community help schools if schools are
face and various other school activities" This held by religious and fanatic communities, schools
understanding provides the basis for the school that never program school activities that are religious, so
the school needs to have a clear vision and mission schools are isolated from their communities. Schools
and work program, so that the community become for the environment of their own
understands what the school wants to achieve and communities. This condition encourages people not
the problems faced by the school in achieving its to get involved in participating in school. Starting
goals through various activities undertaken by the from the description above, it appears that the huge
school. benefits for schools and the community if the school
Thus they can think about what roles the relationship with the community really can be
community / parents and other stakeholders can do manage and realized in full accordance with the
to help the school. above concept.
A deep, clear and comprehensive understanding In addition to the benefits described above, the
of the school is one of the factors driving the birth of proper execution of school relations with the
their support and support to the school. This is in community will provide other advantages such as:
line with what was suggested by C.L. Brownell as The community / parents and other stakeholders will
quoted by Suriansyah (2001) which states that: understand clearly about the school's work, vision,
Knowledge of the program is essential to mission, goals and work program, school progress
understanding, and understanding is basic to along with the problems faced by schools in a
appreciation, appreciation is basic to support. complete, clear and accurate manner.
Based on the opinion expressed by Brownell Community / parents and other stakeholders will
mentioned above, it can be claimed that schools / know the problems faced or may face the school in
educational institutions need to do some activities in achieving the desired school goals. Thus they can
implementing the management of community see clearly where they can participate to help the
participation in order to achieve the expected results school.
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b. Continuity e. Constructiveness
School relations with the community must be done School relations programs with communities should
continuously, not only incidentally or occasionally, be constructive in the sense that schools provide
for example, only once a year or once in a semester / constructive information to the community. Thus the
quarter, or only attended by the school when it will community will respond positively about the school
seek financial assistance to parents / community. and understand and understand in detail various
This is what causes. problems (problem and constrain)
People always assume that if there is a school The school faces. This principle also means in
call to come to school is always associated with the presentation of information should be objective
asking for money assistance. without emotion and engineering. Beside the
The fact so far shows that the invitations to information presented should be able to build the
parents of students from schools are often will and stimulate to think for the recipient of the
represented to others, so their presence only ranges information. Constructive explanations will appeal
from 60% - 70% or even less than 30%. When this is to society and will be accepted by society without
conditioned, it is difficult for schools to have strong certain prejudices; this will lead them to do
support from all parents and students. something in accordance with the wishes of the
The development of information, the school.
development of school awareness, the problems of
schools and even the problems of student learning f. Adaptability
always appear and grow at all times, therefore need School relations programs with the community
a continuous explanation of information from should be tailored to the circumstances within the
educational institutions for the community / parents community. Especially the adjustment to the
of students, so that they are aware of the importance activities, customs, culture (culture) and information
of their participation in improve quality of education materials that exist and apply in the life of the
of his sons and daughters, community.
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1. School residents have high sensitivity about the dominate the conversation with others (the
community environment or parents who become opponents of dialogue), listen to what they say
the citizens of the school. At this time many (including their words through gestures),
issues are developing in the community / understand and view the meaning, if there is a
parents about education, both deliberately difference of perception with them try to find
developed by certain people and that developed the equation, do not enlarge the difference.
due to educational policies by education 5. Stress Reward, give reward / reward to the other
officials including policies taken by schools person if it is worth the award. The award in
such as about BOS, donation money for new question is not solely in material form, but also
students and etc. in non-material form.
2. Conduct observations through surveys of 6. Considers the person interest, meaning pay
customs, customs that support or even impede attention to the interest of each individual the
the progress of education in the midst of other person. Therefore, start a conversation
society. In this way it will provide great from a matter of interest, hobby or center of
possibilities for school residents to access attention of people.
information, issues and community needs for The success of communication is the key to
their children's education in schools success in achieving the goal of school relations
3. Conducting interviews and direct dialogue with with the community (communication is a key to
the community especially through key successful team effort). This means that if you want
informants, to find out what their needs and to succeed in empowering the community to
aspirations are. To be able to implement this, participate in the implementation of education in
every school citizen needs to have a reliable school, then the first key that must be mastered is the
interviewing ability. ability to communicate.
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f. creating a home atmosphere that supports the b. Giving rewards and punishments (reward and
child's academic activities punishment). The way parents reward and
g. Help functionally in learning and complete punishment also affects the child's behavior.
school tasks on time. c. Direct instruction (direct command), giving
orders directly or indirectly affect the behavior,
3 Give encouragement to research, discuss ideas such as the expression of parents "do not be lazy
and or actual events to learn if you want to gift" statement is actually
a. encouraging the child to like to research has the a wiser direct command, so it can foster
motivation to write analyst / scientific children's motivation to study harder . Many
b. providing facilities for children to conduct people do not understand how rewards and
research punishments will have an impact on the
c. encourage children to undertake scientific educational process, consequently after a
activities deviation in behavior from excessive giving is
d. Discuss and talk with children about new ideas, realized.
ideas or about learning materials, useful d. Stating rules (stating rules), stating and
activities, and actual problems and so on. explaining the rules by parents repeatedly will
give warnings to children about what to do and
4 Directing the child's academic aspirations and what to avoid by children.
expectations e. Reasoning. At times of aggravation, parents
a. Provide motivation for children to learn well as may question the child's capacity to reason, and
stock of the future. the way it is used by parents to influence them,
b. Encourage and cultivate the aspirations of for example, parents can remind their children
children in learning. of behavioral gaps with values held through
c. Knowing the acrivities of the childern’s school statements. For example "now your rank is ugly,
in learn something Karen aka lazy to learn, not because you are
d. Knowing the standard hope school againt a stupid!"
child in study. f. Providing materials and settings. Parents need
e. Pesent at the teacher with parents students. to provide various learning facilities required by
f. Give positive reward toward performance child their children such as books and so forth. But
in the house. what books and facilities are appropriate to the
needs of the school, many parents do not
understand it.
6 CONCLUSIONS
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