Organizational training and relationship building for increasing public participation in a public school district
| dc.contributor.author | Poynton, John, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Venneberg, Donald, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Makela, Carole, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wallner, Barbara, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carcasson, Martin, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T08:11:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T08:11:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.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. 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). The mixed-methods study was designed to include two original survey instruments, follow-up interviews, and archival documents to evaluate the effect of the training on participants. Participants reported strong growth in domains for knowledge, relationship, willingness, efficacy, and action. Follow-up interviews with training participants and parents who served as school Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) presidents, as well as an analysis of archival documents indicated a secondary ripple-effect among PTO members who did not take the training, as well as with other citizens and the larger community. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | doctoral dissertations | |
| dc.identifier | Poynton_colostate_0053A_11316.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | ETDF2012400351EDUC | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/68196 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.subject | civic engagement | |
| dc.subject | parent engagement | |
| dc.subject | public deliberation | |
| dc.subject | public education | |
| dc.subject | public participation | |
| dc.subject | social capital | |
| dc.title | Organizational training and relationship building for increasing public participation in a public school district | |
| dc.type | Text | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Education | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
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