Principal Management in Realizing School Culture Based on Panca Waluya Local Wisdom: A Multi-Site Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.58905/jse.v7i1.1.799Keywords:
Local Wisdom, Panca Waluya, POAC, Principal Management, School CultureAbstract
West Java mandates character education grounded in Panca Waluya, the Sundanese values of Cageur, Bageur, Bener, Pinter, and Singer, yet in many schools its implementation remains administrative and partial because principals and teachers lack a clear managerial model. This study analyzes how principals manage the realization of a Panca Waluya-based school culture through the functions of planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling (POAC) at SDN 1 Bojong Timur and SDN 2 Bojong Timur, Purwakarta Regency. A qualitative multi-site case study collected data from fourteen informants through in-depth interviews, non-participant observation, and document analysis. The data were analyzed with the Miles and Huberman interactive model, and credibility was established through source and technique triangulation, member checking, and peer debriefing. Planning integrated Panca Waluya into the School-Based Curriculum through the participatory formulation of the CERMAT graduate profile on a layered legal basis. Organizing relied on a Curriculum Development Team, Learning Communities, and written operating procedures legitimized by decree. Actuating internalized the values through intracurricular, cocurricular, and habituation pathways following the Sundanese Pancaniti sequence, with the principal as the primary role model. Controlling combined academic supervision, Management by Wandering Around, anecdotal recording, positive discipline, and In-House Training. Both schools applied the same cycle, but the small plantation-area school relied on direct interaction and contextual programs, whereas the larger school relied on standardization and layered delegation. The study concludes that local wisdom becomes school culture when it is carried by a complete management cycle whose instruments are matched to school scale and resources.
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