Teaching, Counseling, and Law enforcement functions in South Carolina High Schools: A Study on the Perception of Time spent among School Resource Officers

Abstract

In this article, the perception of the extent of time spent on the duties of the School Resource Officer Program in South Carolina among school resource officers, supervisors of school resource officers, and high school principals was examined. A simple random sampling method was used to conduct the study using a random number generator. Every school resource officer and high school principal assigned to a South Carolina high school had an equal chance of being selected who met the set criteria of not being an alternative school, a charter school, or a correctional facility. The data included 63 participants throughout the state of South Carolina. A one-way ANOVA was conducted on the extent to which school resource officers perform their teaching functions, counseling functions, and law enforcement as perceived by school resource officers, supervisors of school resource officers and high school principals. Games Howell analysis was used for those data that demonstrated a significant difference. The results of findings has noted that with an F (2, 60) = 1.658 and p = .199, no statistically significant difference was indicated when analyzing the data from the three populations in the teaching function. Secondly, an F (2, 60) = 16.834, p = .000, demonstrated a statistically significant difference was indicated when analyzing the data from the three populations in the counseling function. Finally, that an F (2, 60) = 16.517 and p = .000, demonstrated a statistically significant difference was indicated when analyzing the data from the three populations in the law enforcement function.