An Investigation of African American Parents' Perception of School Leaders as It Relates to Parent Engagement and the African American Male Student

Autor/in	Currie, Delvon Denise
Titel	An Investigation of African American Parents' Perception of School Leaders as It Relates to Parent Engagement and the African American Male Student
Quelle	(2013), (97 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Fayetteville State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3036-3772-8
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; African Americans; Parent Attitudes; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Males; African American Students; Educational Quality; Questionnaires; Communication Strategies; Educational Administration; Educational Environment; Volunteers; Participative Decision Making + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Afroamerikaner; Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; African Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Fragebogen; Kommunikationsstrategie; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Freiwilliger
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate African American parents' perception of school leaders as it relates to parent engagement and the African American male student. Specifically, this study addressed African American parents' perceptions of the quality of their child's education and the quality of communication they received from their child's school. A nonexperimental descriptive quantitative research design was used. Purposeful sampling was used for recruiting parents in the selected school attendance area. Participants completed a modified version of the parent questionnaire of the "School and Family Partnerships: Questionnaires for Teachers and Parents in the Elementary and Middle Grades" designed by Epstein and Salinas (1993). Overall, findings suggest parents were pleased with the quality of education their child was receiving, communicating events, and their child's progress. In addition, participating parents felt the school cared about their child. Lastly, findings reveal parents felt welcomed and perceived they were viewed as partners. However, they did not perceive they were viewed as equal partners. Findings disclose parents felt schools could improve their efforts to communicate opportunities to volunteer and participate on school decision-making committees. Recommendations for school leaders are to work closely with staff to develop a plan to increase parent involvement regarding communicating opportunities to volunteer and participate on school decision-making committees. Strategies for recruitment and retaining healthy relations with parents must be monitored for effectiveness of parental involvement. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01