SCHOOL FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS MODEL IN THE THREE SCHOOLS OF INDONESIA

Abstract

Implementation education in school will held well if it can cooperate with family and community. Through this collaboration schools can take advantage and can utilize the potential that exists in families and communities in achieving the goals of education in schools. This study aims to look at a model of collaboration between schools and families in three schools in Indonesia who have received an award from the government as a School of Family Friends in 2017. The study involved the participants of principal, parents and students. The research employed case study as a methodology with multiple data collection. The results show that the school has implemented cooperated strategies with family and community.  This study is expected to provide an overview and motivate other schools in Indonesia in particular and the world in general to be able to utilize the family as a source of learning and partners in achieving educational goals in school.