Developing Student Codes of Conduct

Abstract

Recent research on educational policy development has emphasized the importance of parental involvement in schools. How ever, there is little reported research which documents processes to involve parents in such policy development. The purpose of this article is to document a project in which parent-principal collaboration pro vided a policy framework for student codes of conduct. This framework was important for two reasons. First, it addressed an important concern for both parents and principals, namely the problems of bullying and victimization in schools. Second, the framework was the outcome of a systematic, research-based process which provides a model for parent principal collaboration. The implications for using this approach are discussed in the context of more general forms of parental involvement.