Requirements for Digital Leadership Implementation in Indonesian Embassy’s Schools in Saudi Arabia in accordance with ISTE Standards

The purpose of this research was to uncover the reality of digital leadership implementation and to define its requirements in Indonesian Embassy’s Schools in Saudi Arabia in accordance with the standards of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). The researcher employed the descriptive survey method to achieve the study's aims, and the questionnaire as a tool for the study, which consisted of (44) phrases separated into two axes (the reality of implementation and requirements), the study population consisted of (101) teachers at the Indonesian Embassy’s schools in Saudi Arabia. The following are some of the study's most significant findings: the study participants agree to a (moderately) degree on the reality of the application of digital leadership in Indonesian Embassy Schools in Saudi Arabia in accordance with the standards of the ISTE generally, with an average score of (3.34 out of 5), the study participants agree (very strongly) on the requirements for implementing digital leadership in Indonesian Embassy’s Schools in Saudi Arabia in accordance with the standards of the ISTE generally, scoring an average of (4.26 out of 5) on the mathematical scale. The researcher suggests that, in light of the findings, the most crucial course of action be taken: taking advantage of the standards established by the ISTE and making higher authorities informed about them in order to create real national standards for the use of digital leadership for teachers and school leaders, as well as urging higher authorities to adopt one of the international standards for using digital leadership for school leaders and technical competencies for teachers, adopting them in teacher preparation programs, implementing them during professional development while teachers are on the job, and updating them on a regular basis, such as the standards of the ISTE, setting policies, systems, and regulations related to using digital leadership, and defining a system using current technologies at school.