Education is a collective endeavour that requires teamwork. Supervision plays a role in developing and maintaining co-operation by encouraging group efforts. This group work helps individual development, strengthens democratic practices and instils moral and ethical values.
6. Improving Educational Outcomes
The educational process is conducted to achieve general and specific goals. Supervision plays a role in continuously improving educational outcomes by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of educational programmes and adopting methods to correct deficiencies.
7. Improving Supervision
Supervision also needs to undertake self-evaluation to ensure that the functions it has been set up to fulfil are being fulfilled properly. This involves assessing results, improving methods and procedures, and developing supervisory personnel.
8. Improving Teacher Morale
It is important for a supervisor to understand the importance of morale and confidence in learning situations and develop methods to improve them. Low morale in a teacher can have a negative impact on students. Therefore, the supervisor must ensure that teachers' morale and attitudes are in line with organisational goals.
9. Motivation Development
An educational institution can only achieve its educational goals if teachers and supervisors are highly motivated. One of the important outcomes of supervision is an increase in their motivation to work towards achieving educational goals.
10. Problem Solving
Supervision also serves to facilitate problem solving in education. This involves a continuous process to achieve the desired results and, if it fails, requires a new attempt with new ideas. Supervision helps in overcoming problems by adjusting conditions to achieve goals.
Educational supervision is a very effective tool in ensuring that the learning process in schools runs well and achieves the desired results. By focusing on improving the learning situation, providing leadership, developing educational goals, and improving interpersonal relationships and motivation, supervision can have a significant positive impact on the quality of education. Thus, the role of supervision should not be overlooked in the effort to continuously improve the quality of education in Indonesia.
