Swot Analysis applied to the 'Partnership Force's Model:' pathway to validation of a school-family-community partnership model

Abstract

The confusion and lack of clarity regarding the practices of school-family involvement and participation to be implemented (Epstein, 2018) and the little scientific evidence on the functionality of the partnership models devised, is one of the persistent critical issues with regard to the school-family-community relationship today. For this reason, a new model, the Partnership Force's Model (PFM), was developed with the aim of doing justice to the complexity and plurality of components involved. The model was developed from a study of the scientific literature on the subject and a survey developed with teachers, parents and school managers aimed at understanding how the relationship is realised in everyday teaching practice (Albanese, 2022). In this contribution we report on the SWOT analysis of the PFM model carried out by 41 pairs of future teachers after participating in the training module dedicated to school-family communication. The SWOT analysis is part of a broader process of validation of the model that is in full implementation for the definition of good practices of school-family-community involvement. The reflections developed within the SWOT analysis have highlighted clusters of responses capable of identifying the strengths and opportunities offered by the model, but also the weaknesses and risks inherent in it. This led to a redefinition of the model.