Daftar Isi:
  • This study aims(1) to determine the design of activities to grow and strengthen the character of leadership; (2) the implementation of student council which is one of the student development activities at State Vocational High School 2 Blitar; (3) the impact on growth and strengthening the character of leadership because the student council program activities to grow and strengthen leadership character are not structured and less visible caused activities in Vocational Schools are more practice in accordance with their respective expertise and time for organizational activities are not optimal. The research method used qualitative descriptive conducted at SMK Negeri 2 Blitar in December 2018 to March 2019. The subjects of the study included the vice head of student affairs, the student council adviser and student council administrators. Data collection is done through direct observation, documenting activities and conducting interviews with informants. Data are analyzed through the stages of data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The final stage is to test the validity of the data using the Technical Triangulation procedure. The results of the study show: (1) the design applied to grow leadership character is personal development, design to strengthen the character of leadership is through the implementation of activities included in the student council work plan. (2) The implementation of the overall activities has been carried out well according to the design that has been made. (3) The impact on growth and strengthening the character of leadership is positively reflected by the appearance of the character of integrity which is characteristic of an ideal leader.