Development of education leader professionalism through ORPAER-based participatory group dynamics training in the era of Covid-19

The purpose of this study was to describe (1) the background of providing innovation management material on the professional development of educational leaders, (2) the background of providing change management in the professional development of educational leaders (3) the profile and characteristics of school principals as education leaders in Bantur district, (4) the implementation mechanism for the implementation of ORPAER-based participatory group dynamics training. This study used a qualitative approach, while data were obtained through interviews, both structured and unstructured, participatory observation and document analysis. The data obtained were tested for validity and credibility by using data triangulation techniques. The results show that (1) the program in this study has high efficiency after being analyzed using the CIPP (Context Input Process Product) evaluation model, (2) the principal as an educational leader with a generation X profile has various unique characteristics in it, (3) ) the impact of the program in this study has implications for the self-development of educational leaders, (4) the program in this study has a positive impact on a teacher, (5) the program in this study can be a stimulus for the actualization of DNA of Peak Performance for a student in the school environment.