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MAKING THE CONNECTION:
PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE CALIFORNIA URBAN SUPERINTENDENT
by
Amy Nguyen-Hernandez
_______________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Amy Nguyen-Hernandez
Object Description
| Title | Making the connection: The California urban superintendent and parent and community involvement |
| Author | Nguyen-Hernandez, Amy |
| Author email | nguyenhe@usc.edu; alnh515@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-23 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-04-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Castruita, Rudy M. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Garcia, Pedro Malloy, Courtney |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to redress the paucity of research regarding superintendents and their role in implementing parent and community involvement policies. Another aim was to examine which types of parent and community involvement practices, if any, may be related to student achievement.; A mixed methods inquiry was applied. The Measure of School, Family, and Community Partnership survey was sent out to 53 superintendents leading California Urban K-12 Unified School Districts. Multiple notifications were conducted resulting in a 71.7% overall response rate with a 62.3% overall participation rate. A one-on-one interview was also conducted with six superintendents- two leading more successful districts and four leading less successful districts. Additional data was gathered using the California Department of Education web site and reviewing documents provided by the participating districts.; Four research questions guided the study. It was found that superintendents who were less likely to believe parent and community involvement related to student achievement were less likely to make parent and community involvement a priority than superintendents who indicated that they strongly believed in this relationship. Results also indicated that superintendents rated the involvement practices of Type VI, Collaborating with Community, as the most prevalent component of their districts’ parent and community involvement plan while Type III, Volunteering, was the least prevalent. Findings from the interview revealed nine strategies and five roles that Superintendents used in executing their District’s parent and community involvement policies. Four of the strategies were identified as Type II, Communicating. Three of the roles were identified as building a welcoming environment. Results of the final research question found that there was strong evidence (p = .01) that an association existed between Type III, Volunteering, as compared to student achievement and strong evidence (p < .01) that an association exists between Type V, Decision Making, as compared to student achievement.; This study concluded with implications for practitioners and policy makers and suggestions for future research. |
| Keyword | superintendent; parent involvement; community involvement; roles and strategies |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | circa 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2927 |
| Rights | Nguyen-Hernandez, Amy |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-NguyenHernandez-3632 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-NguyenHernandez-3632.pdf |
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| Full text | MAKING THE CONNECTION: PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND THE CALIFORNIA URBAN SUPERINTENDENT by Amy Nguyen-Hernandez _______________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Amy Nguyen-Hernandez |
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