Optimizing the Role of School Principals as Educational Leaders: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

This article discusses the role of school principals as educational leaders who are very important in improving the quality of education in schools. In this article, the challenges and opportunities faced by school principals are explained in optimizing their role as educational leaders. The challenges faced by school principals include internal challenges, such as school management, human resources, and external challenges, such as educational policies, the school environment, and social and technological changes. Meanwhile, opportunities that can be utilized by school principals are internal opportunities, such as training and development of school principals, leadership development in schools, and improving the quality of teaching, as well as external opportunities, such as collaboration with external parties, school funding, and technology in education.