Open AccessTraining Homeless Education Liaisons to Support the Academic Needs of Homeless Students
Author(s) -
Vanessa Wood,
Marni Finkelstein
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of education and training
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2330-9709
DOI - 10.5296/jet.v7i1.15275
Subject(s) - legislation , resource (disambiguation) , medical education , training (meteorology) , qualitative research , psychology , function (biology) , pedagogy , sociology , medicine , political science , computer network , social science , physics , evolutionary biology , meteorology , computer science , law , biology
The purpose of the qualitative descriptive case study was to describe how homeless education liaisons use training and resources to support the academic success of homeless students. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 local homeless education liaisons in Virginia to determine how they perceive and incorporate training and community resources to encourage the academic success of students experiencing homelessness. Research revealed that they training they received met liaison needs despite needed adaptations to address legislation changes. Implications for leadership are a need to allot necessary time for liaisons to meet needs of students through understanding liaison function and resource availability. Recommendations for assisting liaisons in meeting needs of students are made.