Identification of effective factors on empowerment of schools emphasizing on social care system of students

The purpose of this study is to identify effective factors on empowerment of schools emphasizing on social care system of students.Research

The research method is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study included 386 student academic levels (Elementary, first and second secondary), the parents and staff of the schools selected through Multi-stage cluster in Sari and Neka. To estimate the number of sample population, the Cochran formula was used and for date collection purposes , researcher made questionnaires were used the Face and Content Validity of which were confirmed using the experts’ comments. The reliability of questionnaires was estimated through Cronbach's alpha in a preliminary study on 40 individuals (0.94). Data analysis was performed through Pearson correlation coefficient and second-order factor analysis in SPSS21and lisrel 8.8 software.

The results showed that three key components of school empowerment in students' social care system are cognitive, emotional and behavioral components. Factor loads (standard estimates) were the measurement variables for the latent variable of school empowerment in the cognitive dimension (0.69), emotional dimension (0.84) and behavioral dimension (0.87), which indicates the validity of convergence of markers.

It seems that paying attention to school empowerment with emphasis on students 'social care system can be effective in reducing students' social harms.