Administrators’ Role in management of ICT integration at secondary school in Indonesia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to identify the concept of administrators’ role in the integration management of ICT at secondary schools in Indonesia, which is whether the administrators’ role in planning, organizing, leadership and controling the ICT integration at schools can run effectively and efficiently. The function of ICT in education is as a source of learning, learning aids, learning facilities, Standard competence, administration system, decision support, and infrastructure which can fix the effectiveness of school management and improve the academic achievement of students and teaching staff. The absence of an ICT good design will not provide optimum benefit, even it is possible that it will be a barrier educational activity. A number of studies show that a relationship between effective management and quality schools, or in other words, management, can make the difference between an effective and efficient school. Management functions that must be performed by the administrator are planning, organizing, leadership and controlling, so that the integration of ICT in schools can actually achieve the goals that have been defined together. Schoolbased school management proved more effective because school administrators take over educational responsibilities from the national govemment, regional and local strategic approach which integrate several different aspects of management to set and achieve their own educational institutions. Furthermore, the role of administrators in the information technology integration is very important especially in Indonesia which is still in the replicate level, new settings, and adjustment, like the use of technology into learning