The Principals’ Competency Working Group (Pokja Kompetensi Kepala Sekolah), supported by KREASI Pesisir Barat, organized a capacity-building workshop for school principals under the theme INSPIRA — Innovation, Supervision, Professionalism, and Academics — with a focus on strengthening school leaders’ capacity to implement modern and empowering supervision practices.
In this training, participants received materials on modern supervision techniques, principles of equal and collaborative supervision, as well as practical sessions on preparing Academic Implementation Plans (RPA), Managerial Implementation Plans (RPM), and supervision instruments tailored to the specific needs of each school.
The workshop is also part of the implementation of proposed solutions developed by the Principals’ Competency Working Group to strengthen the education ecosystem, supported by Save the Children through the KREASI program. With this initiative, the effort to improve the quality of principals and teachers in Pesisir Barat is expected to become more focused, collaborative, and sustainable.
According to one of the facilitators, Slamet, “Supervision is no longer just a matter of formal evaluation. It must be a coaching process that inspires, opens up space for equal dialogue, and empowers teachers to become more confident in their teaching,” he explained.
Beyond the core materials, participants also discussed challenges of traditional supervision, limited digital resources in schools, and strategies for building a more human-centered approach. Principals committed to implementing supervision grounded in coaching principles, digital innovation, and customized instruments for their respective schools.
One principal shared their reflection, “Supervision used to feel tense and nerve-wracking. But after going through INSPIRA, I realized it can be a shared moment of reflection that brings new energy for both teachers and school leaders to grow together.”
As a follow-up, the Principals’ Competency Working Group developed an implementation schedule for modern supervision practices, starting from October to November 2025, including the use of digital tools, instrument development, and monitoring and evaluation sessions.
The activity received positive feedback from participants. Although challenges such as limited access to technology and some resistance from teachers remain, the INSPIRA training successfully introduced a new perspective — that supervision should be a means to build a culture of educational quality, not just an administrative task.
Meanwhile, Chairperson of the School Principals’ Forum (K3S) in Pesisir Barat, Azwir, stated, “Through this training, we hope principals in Pesisir Barat will be better prepared to lead supervision that is inspiring, transparent, and sustainable, in order to improve learning quality in schools.”
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Writer: Rikson Simanjuntak, Editor: Andika Ramadhan
Photo: Dok. KREASI/Save the Children