Effects of Using School-Based Participatory Decision Making to Improve Services for Low-Performing Students

Jenkins, James J.; Ronk, Joan; Schrag, Judy A.; Rude, Gary G.; Stowitschek, Carole E.

doi:10.1086/461772

Cited by 12 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A decrease in problem behaviour (Ertesvag & Vaaland, 2007) and effects on mental health (Kimber, Sandell, & Bremberg, 2008) was also found in the Scandinavian context, although the effects were small to moderate. Cappella et al (2011) and Jenkins et al (1994) strayed from the previous studies described in this section in that they did not implement a fixed programme in a school but applied a participatory development process to increase collaboration among professions. Cappella et al (2011) focused on developing collaboration between teachers and mental health professionals by employing a participatory research design.…”

Section: Interventions Targeting Teachers/school Staffmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…This study proposed a model for improving collaboration between teachers and mental health professionals and did not measure effects on students. Jenkins et al (1994) studied the effects of a democratic decision-making process characterized by teachers developing consensus regarding the school's goals and the means of achieving those goals. The results showed positive teacher attitudes towards the change process, new approaches to organizing instruction and more mainstreamed instruction.…”

Section: Interventions Targeting Teachers/school Staffmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two of the schools in the SNT project chose to develop a more systematic collaboration culture in general, similar to Cappella et al (2011) and Jenkins et al (1994). Some of the teachers in the project schools reported a lack of collaboration with the school nurse, the Educational and Psychological Counselling Service and the Child Welfare Services in the municipality.…”

Section: Interventions In Snt Project Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Interprofessional collaboration in school: Effects on teaching and learning

Borg

Drange

2019

Improving Schools

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The main objective of this study is to identify and understand interprofessional collaboration practices in schools using a mixed-methods design. First, we conducted a literature review on interprofessional collaboration in schools to give insights into the ways teachers and other professions collaborate with each other, and what kind of interprofessional interventions show positive effects on teaching and learning. Second, we collected data from five Norwegian elementary schools to gain knowledge of factors that facilitate and hinder interprofessional collaboration. The results show that interprofessional collaboration was defined differently in the literature, and that research is lacking on interprofessional collaboration that involves multiple professions in school. Interventions in which social workers and school nurses were involved gave positive, though small-to-moderate, effects on a range of outcome measures. However, interventions that targeted the whole school were found to be the most promising for making changes that persist over time.

show abstract

Section: Interventions Targeting Teachers/school Staffmentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Interventions Targeting Teachers/school Staffmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Interventions In Snt Project Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Interprofessional collaboration in school: Effects on teaching and learning

Borg

Drange

2019

Improving Schools

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The generalizability of the Jenkins et al (1994) study may be limited, however, because it evaluated the impact of an intervention designed and implemented by researchers. We were unable to find any investigations that examined the relationship between district-designed and -implemented educational reform and special education.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Shared Decision-Making Teams Discuss Special Education in Educational Reform Meetings?

Truscott

Meyers

et al. 2004

Journal of Disability Policy Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Authors of recent reports have concluded that U.S. educational reform has ignored special education (President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, 2002). Little is known, however, about how local educational reform efforts consider special education when making decisions that may affect students in special education or special educators. The authors of this study examined the relationships between general education reform and special education by using focused analysis of qualitative data collected through a 3-year, comprehensive project in a suburban district that adopted shared decisionmaking (SDM) teams and site-based management. Data sources included observations of 86 SDM team meetings and interviews with team members and special educators. Findings from primary, middle, and high schools illustrated that there was little connection between general education reform and special education. Specifically, SDM teams seldom discussed special education. Most team members and special educators did not believe that special education was represented in team discussions. Some strategies for representing special education on SDM teams were occasionally effective (e.g., assigning a team member to represent special education for a specific topic). These findings have important implications for education policy because they are consistent with the 2002 report by the President's Commission. The authors also offer suggestions for future research and practice.

show abstract

“…The process pointed to the fact diat although there is limited research on the relationship of snidem achievement with SBM (Miller, 1995;Wohlsterter & McCurdy. 1991;Wohlstetter, 1997;Jenkins et al, 1994), increasing numbers of schools are viewing local school governance and increased parental involvement as important possibilities for school reform (Lindle, 1995;Shields &. BCnapp, 1997;Devos, Van den Broeck, & Vanderheyden.…”

Section: Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Models of site-based management and parent perception of student achievement: a national study

Sampson

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

CHAPTER n. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 4. Results of this investigation represent the 1998-99 school year, during which the data were collected. 5. This sample provided for separate questionnaire mailings made to public school districts. 6. The initial questionnaire respondents for this study were superintendents or district leaders. DeflnitioDS of Tenns One problem with examining SBM is that there are a variety' of definitions for SBM. For this study, SBM was defined as the provision that creates school councils and delegates the authority to make decisions at the school building level to increase student achievement. School reform is defined as the act of changing the form, condition, and function of schools. Human Subjects Release In efforts to ensure that the rights and welfare of the human subjects panicipating in research are adequately protected, the Iowa State University Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research reviewed this project and concluded that confidentiality was assured and the potential benefits through increased knowledge were appropriate. The study was conducted so that no emotional risk or risks to self-esteem were present. Modified informed consent to panicipate was assumed by those voluntarily completing and returning ±e questionnaire. CHAPTER •. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE In successful schools, regardless of all past history, shared principles govern. We find most often in successful schools, a capacity to cherish individuality and inspire communality that is the hallmark of our loftiest institutions. (Rosenholtz, 1989

show abstract

Effects of Using School-Based Participatory Decision Making to Improve Services for Low-Performing Students

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Interprofessional collaboration in school: Effects on teaching and learning

Interprofessional collaboration in school: Effects on teaching and learning

Do Shared Decision-Making Teams Discuss Special Education in Educational Reform Meetings?

Models of site-based management and parent perception of student achievement: a national study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About