THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ERA

Abstract

The headmaster as a manager and leader of the schools have to develop as an entrepreneur in order
to be able to take a strategic decisions which are innovative, effective, and efficient. Various internal
and external problems need to be solved by optimizing the resources of the schools and its
environment. Then, the effort producing alumni who are qualified, independent and capable to
compete in the ASEAN Economic Community era are needed to implement entrepreneurship-based
school management in each level of education. This paper discusses about how entrepreneurial
strategies in each unit of education or school are and how entrepreneurship-based school
management implements especially curriculum management and instructional program as “the
heart” of the school life. In addition, two things above are able to be implemented in the schools with
integrating the values of entrepreneurship in the carrying process of the component of the curriculum
management and instructional program through the steps: planning (creating a strategy), doing
(implementing the plan), checking (monitoring and evaluating), and acting (continued steps).