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Family-Faculty Trust As Measured with the ESSP
Heather A Bower1, Natasha K Bowen, Joelle D Powers
1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Children & Schools
|September 22, 2011
Summary
This study introduces Family-Faculty Trust, measuring reciprocal cooperation between parents and teachers. Findings show the Elementary School Success Profile can assess this crucial aspect of school culture.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Sociology of Education
- School Culture Research
Background:
- Faculty Trust, previously studied using teacher data, is a key component of school culture.
- Existing measures of Faculty Trust may not fully capture the reciprocal nature of parent-teacher cooperation.
- The original construct theoretically includes the partnership between schools and families.
Purpose of the Study:
- To broaden the concept of Faculty Trust to include parents and teachers, termed Family-Faculty Trust.
- To test the validity of a multidimensional Family-Faculty Trust construct using data from parents and teachers.
- To provide implications for school social workers to enhance school culture.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the Elementary School Success Profile (ESSP) collected from both parents and teachers.
- Employed Confirmatory Factor Analyses (CFA) with Mplus statistical software.
- Analyzed items and composites to establish the multidimensional Family-Faculty Trust construct.
Main Results:
- Confirmatory factor analyses supported the measurement of a multidimensional Family-Faculty Trust construct using the ESSP.
- The study validated the broadened construct encompassing reciprocal trust and cooperation between families and school faculty.
- The ESSP demonstrated utility in assessing various facets of Family-Faculty Trust.
Conclusions:
- Family-Faculty Trust is a measurable and significant construct for understanding school culture.
- The ESSP is a suitable instrument for assessing Family-Faculty Trust.
- School social workers can use these findings to improve parent-teacher collaboration and school climate.
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