Organizational Training and Relationship Building for Increasing Public Participation in a Public School District

Autor/inn/en	Poynton, John; Makela, Carole; Haddad, Don
Titel	Organizational Training and Relationship Building for Increasing Public Participation in a Public School District
Quelle	In: Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 4 (2014) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2153-7615
Schlagwörter	Parent Education; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Districts; Mixed Methods Research; Interviews; Position Papers; Content Analysis; Capacity Building; Public Education; Decision Making; Social Capital; Leadership Training; Parent Surveys; Interpersonal Relationship; Knowledge Level; Program Effectiveness; Elementary Secondary Education; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; School district; Schulbezirk; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Positionspapier; Inhaltsanalyse; Öffentliche Erziehung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sozialkapital; Führungslehre; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Wissensbasis
Abstract	From the early twentieth century to the present, citizen participation in U.S. public institutions--particularly schools--has continually decreased. The trend has been linked to the bureaucratization of public schools and their increasing reliance on expert knowledge for solutions to school- and education-related problems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a parent training program designed to increase a school district's capacity for public participation by parents and other citizens. The program--known as Leadership St. Vrain--provided citizens knowledge about school district operations and management (know-how) and relationship-building opportunities with key decision makers (know-who). This article focuses on the experiences and participation of the citizens from a mixed-methods study that collected data using two original survey instruments, follow-up interviews, and archival documents. Of the five domains studied, this paper focuses on findings for the domains of knowledge, relationships, and action, as well as the secondary ripple effect from participants to others who did not participate in the training. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Southwestern Oklahoma State University. 100 Campus Drive PAX 208, Weatherford, OK 73096. Tel: 580-774-7175; Fax: 580-774-7020; e-mail: aij@swosu.edu; Web site: http://www.swosu.edu/academics/aij/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01