Characteristics of Academic Supervision Preparation at Hidayatul Muhsinin High School

Academic leadership is a set of activities that help teachers develop their ability to direct learning to achieve a goal. Then the principal must organize subject guidance in schools and their implementation. The purpose of this research is to describe the implementation of academic leadership in SMA Hidayatul Muhsin. The problem of this research is the facts on the ground which show that some people are rather reluctant to do it. The research method used is a qualitative method. Sources include administrative documents, principals, teachers and also the school environment. Then the data collection technique is to use observation data collection techniques, interviews and documentation. In addition, this data analysis is descriptive qualitative with data validity. Based on the research, descriptive results were obtained, namely: characteristics of preparation for academic leadership, characteristics of academic leadership in the classroom, because the teacher leads the learning process, and lastly increasing the competence of school principals, teachers and staff to make them more professional and improve student performance.