| Summary: | 碩士 === 元智大學 === 管理研究所 === 92 === The main purpose of this study was to explore the theory basis and related researches about the effect that the structure and the function of the parent association produced on the school’s efficiency, to know the current circumstances of the structure and the function of the parent association and the school’s efficiency, to discover the difficulties of Ju-wei Junior High School and its parent association. Finally, based on the discoveries from this study, the suggestions have been provided for reference to improve the school’s efficiency and the function of the parent association.
In order to achieve these purposes, this study was conducted through literature reviews, questionnaire surveys, and interviews. First, through literature reviews, the author got the theory and practice about the structure and the function of the parent association; second, according to the conclusion of literature reviews, the questionnaire sheet ----“The Effect that the Structure and the Function of the Parent Association Produced on the School’s Efficiency” ----was designed by the author. Third, according to the conclusion of literature reviews and questionnaire surveys, the author set up the interview structure. At last, on the basis of the conclusion, some suggests were made.
The subjects included 62 teaching staffs, all the employees, and 200 parents conveniently random sampled from Ju-wei Junior High School. The number of the questionnaire sheets delivered was 262. In the event, a total of 184 questionnaires were returned and completed availably. That represented a return rate of 70.23%. Data was analyzed through statistics methods of Excel and percentage. To complete the insufficiency of the questionnaire sheet data, the author also designed outlines of interviews to interview with the teaching staffs, representatives of the parent association and community habitants. The interviewees included six teaching staffs, three representatives of the parent association, and three community habitants.
The main conclusions were deducted as following:
1. The scale of school’s affairs the parent association participated in was enormous, the school’s important strategy was included.
2. The parent participating rate of school affairs was really low.
3. The parent association worked efficiently.
4. The major difficulties of parent association were to gather money and volunteers.
5. The teaching staffs’ attitude to the effect parent association produced on school’s affairs is positive and affirmative.
6. The school needs to increase its public relations.
7. What the school leaders did has close relation to the school’s efficiency.
Based on the study results, some suggestions were made：
1.It’s necessary to give parent manuals to all parents of newcomers and get them acquainted with the school’s affairs and the functional contents of parent association. The parent association should hold meetings regularly for its members to learn the structure and the function of parent association.
2.It’s necessary to revise related laws. That will increase the rate of parent involvement.
3.Ju-wei Junior High School should change the process of decision- making and allow parents to participate in the resolution of school affairs.
4.The school should declare its policy explicitly and acquaint the teaching staffs, students, and the parents with it. That way, mistakes could be avoided.
5.In order to obtain all kinds of resources successfully, the public relationship between Ju-wei Junior High School and its community ought to be increased.
6.In order to increase the school’s efficiency, the school’s administrative leaders should develop excellent leading ability.
7.To further study: in order to obtain a better conclusion, the scholars had better expand the contents, the number of samples and methods in this study.
keywords：school’s efficiency, parent association, school public relations
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