Optimization of Academic Supervision Competence of High School Supervisor in Karo Regency with Critical Events Model (CEM)

The purpose of this research is to know: 1) the real
condition of academic supervision competency problems in Karo Regency, 2) supporting factors and the optimal obstacle factors of academic supervision competence, 3) the solution for the school supervisor’s academic supervision competence can be optimal so as to improve the quality of education. This study used descriptive qualitative approach. The research was conducted in Karo Regency for three months. The subjects of the study were Senior High School supervisors in Karo Regency. The
data is collected by interview, observation and documentation. The data validity technique used source triangulation. Data analysis used is interactive model analysis. The findings of the research indicate that: the competence of academic supervision in Karo Regency is still low; supervisory support factors are principals and teachers have undergraduate education qualifications, teachers have an MGMP organizational setting, the existence of a legal product that oversees the supervisor; the inhibiting factors of supervision are the school culture that is still less open to criticism, the society culture is still strong with the brotherhood, the teachers do not make the supervisor as a partner, because of geographical conditions, as well as supervisory educational background, the solution is to do the
training by using critical events model (CEM) that successfully optimize the competence of academic supervision of high school supervisor in Karo Regency. The findings of this study are expected to be useful for school supervisors, and school citizens to work together to improve the quality of education in Karo Regency.