Empowerment of PAI Supervisors Through Supervisory Working Groups

Abstract

Empowerment of PAI Supervisors through the Supervisory Working Group (Research on PAI
Pokjawas West Java Province). The research problem starts from the strategic position of
Pokjawas as a supervisory organization for PAI supervisors but, on the one hand, shows the
low competence of PAI supervisors and the lack of competency development by the authorities.
That became the foundation of Kindervatter's theory of empowerment. This research aims to
explore the implementation of PAI supervisor empowerment through Pokjawas in West Java
Province. Specifically, it is to find out the efforts of Pokjawas The results showed that the
appointment of PAI supervisors through Pokjawas in the form of (1) developing the potential
(enabling) of PAI supervisors indicated by the existence of a supervisory competency
development program, developing supervisory resources, building and encouraging the
independence of the new supervisors for the most part; (2) building the power (empowering) of
PAI supervisors is made by reinforcing to improve the competence of PAI supervisors that are
already running, but not yet PAI supervisors are involved in this (3) protecting by fighting for
the rights of members so that PAI supervisors feel calm, comfortable and prosperous in
carrying out their duties (4) innovating for PAI supervisors by developing supervisory
information systems and technology, developing supervisory supervision models, utilizing
organizational information media to improve supervisory competence.