Analysis of the Performance and Improvement Plan of the School’s Parents' Association: Focusing on the Case of Gyeonggi-do Province

The purpose of this study is to examine the performance and problems of the operation of the parents' association at a time when the role of parents in their children's school education is increasing and to derive implications for establishing the direction of improvement of the parents' association in the future.To this end, 66,310 parents and 9,769 teachers from kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school, unique, and various schools were surveyed, and the parents' association programs of 80 schools were analyzed.The study's main findings are as follows: First, positive expectations for strengthening the autonomy of parent association operations were observed among parents, teachers, and administrators.Second, it was reported that parents needed support for 'communication' and teachers needed support for 'reducing and simplifying tasks' to operate parent associations, indicating a difference in perception among the parties involved.Third, some parent association programs were unsuitable as activities supporting educational activities, and it wasn't easy to expect educational outcomes.Therefore, this study suggested that the operation of parent associations should be improved as activities for children's growth and education without compromising the essence of school education.