| dc.description.abstract | Women's leadership in the education sector began to show a rising trend. This is because
the glass ceiling barrier that has been turned into a maze, where more women to contribute at the
leadership level, is one of the leaders in schools with special needs. Schools with special needs
are schools that serve education for individuals who have differences. All children with special
needs have the same rights in their needs education, where they need education more
participatory and collaborative, as well as various studies that have been done are more feminist
leadership characteristics. This article will discuss the leadership styles of women in special
needs schools in Jember, especially in facing the challenges of the 21st century skills. This
study uses qualitative research methods with engineering data in the form of in-depth interviews,
observation, and documentation. Data analysis includes data reduction, data presentation, and
conclusion reduction. Research informants for people who are principals in special needs schools
in Jember.. The results showed that the leadership style used by female leaders in schools with
special needs in Jember Regency was more to invo lve relat ional or transformational, where
leadership was built on the basis of communication, relationships, and teamwork, but among
these were specific instructional leadership strategies. Women leaders to pay more attention and
mentoring and encourage appropriate behavior, both with teachers and students with special
needs in their schools. The results of this study can be used by feminist leadership with the
characteristics of caring, visionary, collaborative, courage, and intuition. | en_US |
