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Abstract

Diverse populations of students in public schools have led to differences in how the phrase parental involvement is understood. The problem at one local elementary preparatory school in Gosoon Elementary School was this varied understanding on what parental involvement entailed, specifically in school activities. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of parents, teachers, and administrators regarding parental involvement and the influence of parental involvement on student academic progress. Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy and Lee and Bowen’s theory of social and cultural capital provided lenses into parental involvement and students’ academic progress. A study was used with a purposeful sample of parents, teachers, and administrators of grade students at this elementary school. Individual interviews were transcribed and then subjected to constant comparative analysis until theoretical saturation occurred. Interpretations were then member checked to ensure their credibility. Findings indicated all participants believed parental involvement was essential for students’ academic progress, but differed in their views of the term itself. Parents believed involvement was ensuring homework completion, teachers believed parental involvement should be parent’s engagement in every aspect of their child’s life, and administrators believed parents were involved when they participated in school-wide committees. This project study is significant because the findings can be used by the local site leadership team to create workshops for parents, teachers, and administrators to help develop a common understanding of parental involvement and the influence parental involvement can have on student academic progress.

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this work to parents, teachers, and administrators who recognize the power of collaboration, who are concerned about the education of children, and who are willing to promote a school environment which cultivates partnerships which result in the academic progress of all children. I would also like to dedicate this work to my family who supports me all the way until this very crucial and challenging job that I thought very impossible for me to finish, my friends for all the moral support to keep me going, to my colleagues for encouraging me every time I had a hard time in accomplishing this study, and above all to our Almighty Father for the guidance, assistance, and strength so I could continue what I have started and finish with all His grace.

Acknowledgment

I would like to thank God for the love shown by family and friends during this tedious process. I would like to thank my family for the undying support and for all the reminders to keep me strong enough to face all the obstacles I encountered during the process of my study, also for supporting my visions about my study, my friends who supported my technical challenges, my relatives for always believing in me that I used as my best weapon to strive harder, my colleagues who affirmed my journey with words of encouragement. I would also like to thank my great adviser Dr. Lydia R. Curaza for the many revisions of my manuscript that at some point I said to myself I gotta quit but because of her dedication to help me as her advisee, it changed my vision of quitting to accomplishing until end.