Development of ISLAH Instructional Supervision Model Handbook: A Case Study of Nuruddin School (Mulnithi), Narathiwas Province

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ABSTRACT

This action research in a school aims to 1) develop the ISLAH instructional supervision model handbook, 2) develop the instructional supervision skills of school administrators through the application of the ISLAH instructional supervision model, and 3) reflect the states of instructional supervision according to the process of the ISLAH instructional supervision model in Nuruddin school (Mulnithi), Narathiwas province. The target group consists of five people who were purposively selected. They are two school administrators and three Islamic studies teachers. The data was collected using a form for assessing the quality of the handbook, an interview question form, and an observation form. The qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed by content analysis and descriptive statistics, respectively. The results showed as follows: 1) The ISLAH instructional supervision model handbook, developed based on clinical supervision integrated with Islam was appropriate and consistent with the objectives of developing instructional supervision skills, with the overall mean level at 4.23. 2) The administrators were able to develop their instructional supervision skills according to the ISLAH instructional supervision in five steps, namely, 1) I: Isti’dad استعداد)); preparation of teachers and school personnel, 2) S: Syura شورى)) 3) L: Lahazho (لاحظ) 4) A: A’tarif (أعترف) and 5) H: Halaqoh حلقة)) and 3) The reflection regarding states of ISLAH instructional supervision model found that improves the teachers’ teaching quality in three areas: 1) preparation of lesson plans, 2) learning management, and 3) student learning outcomes. It also improves school administrators’ instructional supervision quality in three areas: 1) assessment of the internal school supervision project, 2) operation of supervision activities and 3) teacher outcomes.