Management of Inclusive Education in MIN 9, Banda Aceh City, Indonesia

Abstract

Management is a way or process starting from planning, organising, directing, and supervising all organisational resources to achieve predetermined goals. Inclusive education is an educational service provided to children with special needs in carrying out their learning in public schools with regular students to develop student potential with an effective and efficient learning environment. This study aimed to determine the planning, organisation, implementation and evaluation of the inclusive education program at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City. The approach used in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. Observation, interviews and documentation studies carried out data collection techniques. The research subjects were: Principal, Head of Curriculum, Head of Student Affairs, Inclusive Education Team, and Teachers. The results showed that:1) Planning of the inclusive education programme at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City is carried out during a work meeting at the beginning of the year by involving the USK Psychology study program, the principal, the Inclusive Team of MIN 9 Banda Aceh City, the Vice Principal of Curriculum, the Vice Principal of Student Affairs, and class teachers in conveying the duties and functions of each member in supporting the inclusive education programme that has been implemented at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City.2) Curriculum preparation used in carrying out the teaching and learning process for inclusive category children at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City by modifying the existing curriculum.3) In implementing the inclusive education programme, facilities and infrastructure already available at school create a safe resource room for inclusive children in streamlining the teaching and learning process.4) The organisation of the inclusive education program is carried out by recruiting an inclusive team by selection by the psychology study programme and the principal with full responsibility by the supervisor, madrasah education section, committee, and external parties from the inclusion forum or FPMI.5) The implementation of the inclusive education program has been carried out by the principal by socialising with teachers at school by informing outside parties that inclusive category children can attend school at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City.6) The learning process can be seen from the teaching materials with the material to be given to inclusive children using analysis in the form of student progress reports delivered in a description according to the ability of the inclusive child.7) The process of classifying inclusive children finds education provided by the school to parents of students by conducting interviews and discussing related to the initial hypothesis given by the Psychology study programme at the provision of knowledge in meeting meetings at the MIN 9 school in Banda Aceh City.8) Evaluation of the inclusive education programme is carried out once a month to see how far the child has progressed in fulfilling the knowledge that has been given.9) Follow-up of the evaluation results of the inclusive education programme at MIN 9 Banda Aceh City is presented to the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Banda Aceh City at the procurement of work meetings from the school performance evaluation programme.