The Role of Parental Collaboration with Teachers in Improving the Quality of Education at SDN Buncitan Sedati Sidoarjo

Abstract

The Community Partnership Program (PKM) partner is SDN Buncitan, located at Jl. Raya Buncitan No. 76, Sedati, Sidoarjo, which serves as an institution for nurturing the nation’s future generation by continuously implementing various learning methods and developing educational media to meet modern demands in producing high-quality human resources. However, the school faces several challenges, including a lack of collaboration between parents and teachers in improving educational quality, limited open and honest communication, insufficient cooperation, and the absence of a digital communication platform in the form of an interactive website to monitor students’ academic and behavioral development. The development of an interactive website provides several benefits: for parents, it enables a better understanding of their children’s learning process, fosters effective communication with teachers, and encourages active participation in education; for teachers, it allows a deeper understanding of student characteristics, enhances learning effectiveness, and increases motivation; and for the school, it contributes to improved academic achievement and educational quality, a more positive and conducive school climate, the establishment of good learning habits, reduced absenteeism, and faster problem detection. The implementation of the proposed solution consists of four stages: parenting workshops, management training, socialization, and mentoring. The overall outcomes of the program indicate a significant improvement before and after the participants received parenting and management training as well as after the development of the interactive website, as evidenced by the enthusiasm shown during the mentoring sessions, reflecting a strong partnership between teachers and parents in building a supportive learning ecosystem. Through this synergy, a brighter future for students can be achieved, as stronger collaboration leads to higher educational quality. During the website development process, the partner school and the community service team worked closely to ensure that all targets were successfully met. The resulting interactive website, named “SI-PEKA” (Child Behavior Monitoring Information System), serves as an effective platform to address communication issues between teachers and parents, prevent misunderstandings, and strengthen collaboration to enhance the overall quality of education at SDN Buncitan Sedati Sidoarjo.