Perceived Needs of At-Risk Families in a Small Town: Implications for Full-Service Community Schools

Autor/in	Voyles, Martha M.
Titel	Perceived Needs of At-Risk Families in a Small Town: Implications for Full-Service Community Schools
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 22 (2012) 2, S.31-63 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	Needs Assessment; Integrated Services; Low Income Groups; Caseworkers; Rural Areas; Community Schools; Rural Schools; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Interviews; Cooperation; At Risk Persons; Parent Participation; Observation; Measures (Individuals); Educational Attitudes; Student Mobility; Human Dignity; Social Attitudes; Interpersonal Relationship; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bedarfsermittlung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Co-operation; Kooperation; Risikogruppe; Elternmitwirkung; Beobachtung; Messdaten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Menschenwürde; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Abstract	Researchers agree that a needs assessment is a critical first step in designing a full-service school, but the large task of orchestrating the necessary community collaboration for such projects has occupied most of the literature to date. This study examines the process of planning and implementing a needs assessment for a rural school serving low-income students. It illustrates how needs assessments necessarily reflect the planners' assumptions about at-risk families. Caseworkers interviewed 13 at-risk and 16 not-at-risk families. Rather than finding the need for improved delivery of services that is commonly reported, especially in urban areas, what families most sought was respect. In addition, teachers and parents held different perspectives on many issues, and a successful project would need to address those differences directly. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Academic Development Institute. 121 North Kickapoo Street, Lincoln, IL 62656. Tel: 217-732-6462; Fax: 217-732-3696; Web site: http://www.adi.org/journal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10