Evaluating Indonesia’s First-Level Police Staff and Leadership Education Using the Kirkpatrick Model

Eko Wirawan; Nurhattati Fuad; Matin Matin

doi:10.17509/curricula.v5i3.753

Authors

Eko Wirawan Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Nurhattati Fuad Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Matin Universitas Negeri Jakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17509/curricula.v5i3.753

Keywords:

kirkpatrick model, police leadership education, sespimma, training evaluation, transfer of training

Abstract

Police leadership education is a substantial investment, yet its effectiveness is seldom evaluated beyond participant satisfaction, and evidence on tiered police managerial education remains scarce. This study evaluates Indonesia's First-Level Staff and Leadership School (Sespimma) using Kirkpatrick's four-level model, aiming to assess reaction, learning, behavior, and results, and to identify the factors that enable and hinder the application of the education. It adopts a qualitative, multi-source case study. An in-depth interview with an alumnus, together with observation and performance documents (LAKIP and IKU), was coded thematically in ATLAS.ti 24 using deductive and inductive coding; open-ended questionnaire responses from sixteen alumni and two supervisors were analyzed as summarized themes, while closed Likert items were reported descriptively as supplementary context. The analysis produced twenty-seven codes across the four levels plus enabling and hindering factors and recommendations. Findings show a positive reaction; gains in management knowledge and in leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills; transfer of learning into more systematic managerial practice; and organizational benefits perceived by supervisors, while subordinate readiness and organizational culture condition transfer.

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